His Dark Materials triology
I read this when it first came out. I was about 11 at the time, and my dad had the hardback books. I read the first two and was completely enchanted, desperately waiting to read the third. The books opened a whole new world for me, so when I read Harry Potter I wasn't as impressed. It lacked the scale and the style of Pullman's books.

Going back to the trilogy now, I realized how much the books had affected me. My views on God and religion, and the complexity of good and evil can all be linked in some way to the reading of the books. After all, this is a trilogy in which the fall of man is not a tragedy, and the protagonists literally kill God.

And no, I haven't seen the film. I don't know if they can ever capture the books for me
(Urban Hermit Exit, pursued by a bear on, Thu 15 May 2008, 21:51, 4 replies)

dude..
... don't watch it, you'll totally cry. It's not terrible, I think it's just impossible to emulate the books. You're right though, they are amazing, amazing reads.
(thants, Thu 15 May 2008, 21:58, closed)

^this
I wish i hadn't seen the film. It's not that it was that bad, as far as films go, it's just that it was so mediocre in comparison to the books (which I thought where brilliant) that it almost taints them.
(biggiantmat, Thu 15 May 2008, 23:08, closed)

I quite enjoyed the film
until the end, which was missing

*grrr*
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 16 May 2008, 11:58, closed)

i heard about the ending
and thats mostly why I'm not gonna watch it. The book ending was such a massive twist, that to cut it just seems absurd.
(Urban Hermit Exit, pursued by a bear on, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:54, closed)