tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post6485350050779151768..comments2023-10-30T06:21:18.757-04:00Comments on John Kelly's Voxford: Daemon LoverJohn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15518490709206494331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-25313694480333059802007-12-13T10:25:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:25:00.000-05:00Mark, personally I think all the to-do about the a...Mark, personally I think all the to-do about the anti-religious aspect has been blown out of proportion and we have lost sight of this beautifully-crafted epic. I am not denying Pullman's intentions because, after reading several interviews with him, he does intend to be anti-Christian, but I don't feel he is anti-God. In his stories, he let's us discover that who we thought was "God" is not the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-12976496025012186102007-12-13T05:46:00.000-05:002007-12-13T05:46:00.000-05:00John, have you heard of Lyra's Oxford? Extra stor...John, have you heard of Lyra's Oxford? Extra stories by Pullman and a map might aid your explorations. My family is also enjoying the experience of living in Oxford while reading the trilogy or remembering it. Magical!<BR/><BR/>Veronica, happy to hear that the printed word and imagination beats a movie as I write fiction too. I'm still curious to see the film as Pullman wrote some of the new Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-64556645323205512612007-12-12T15:50:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:50:00.000-05:00Not having read the books, I'd be interested to he...Not having read the books, I'd be interested to hear "opinions on the opinions" that the movie is anti-christian or anti-religion and that it is dangerous for children (or, presumably, others with impressionable minds). Is there merit to these concerns or are they simply John's dog's dinner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-60124415167069922122007-12-12T11:56:00.000-05:002007-12-12T11:56:00.000-05:00I am a huge fan of Pullman's trilogy and was very ...I am a huge fan of Pullman's trilogy and was very excited to see the movie. I was disappointed at every turn (except Nicole Kidman who is truly the most beautiful ice princess in the world). I won't gripe about the particulars because I don't want to give it away, and who knows, you might like it. To sum up, it was a beautiful movie to see, but I felt they ruined the story. I wonder if I would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-58843788675959625832007-12-12T09:06:00.000-05:002007-12-12T09:06:00.000-05:00I always waited for February in Oxford because the...I always waited for February in Oxford because the evenings start getting longer. Philip Larkin wrote a fine poem about it: "Coming". And his novel "Jill" is set in the Oxford of the 1940s, when he was an undergraduate at St. John's College. Thomas Hardy presented a different picture of the place in "Jude the Obscure". For an evocation of the 1920s there is Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited". Candadai Tirumalaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842987883746560077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2862729565948191502.post-24533683552489991472007-12-12T07:37:00.000-05:002007-12-12T07:37:00.000-05:00Cow poop? Yum. Your dog should try our fudge:http:...Cow poop? Yum. Your dog should try our fudge:<BR/><BR/>http://suburbancorrespondent.blogspot.com/2007/12/betty-crocker-911.html <BR/><BR/>(can't figure out how to hyperlink in the comments - do you know?)Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.com