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Golden compass, the first of pullmans his dark materials trilogy, won the carnegie medal and the guardian fiction prize, and is considered one of the best juvenile fantasy novels of the past 20 years. The bbcs website for its dramatisation of the trilogy includes a dictionary, quizzes, and a webchat with philip. Philip pullman rare books and first editions at bauman. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Lyras oxford opens two years after the conclusion of philip pullman s the amber spyglass in the comfort and familiarity of jordan college, where lyra and her daemon, pantalaimon, sit on the sundrenched roof looking out over all of oxford. Philip pullman to release first volume in new book of dust. First published in 1995, the novel won the carnegie medal, and a lot other prized and awards, for childrens fiction in the uk in 1995.
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