Matt

Not great literature and I didn't expect it to be. Entertaining and a lot of fun. It took me back to my science fiction adolescence. I've had some problems with a few of Harrison's novels because of dialogue, but the dialogue here was good enough that it didn't pull me out of the story.

It doesn't quite capture the spirit of the first book, but Pullman is a masterful writer. fifty pages can fly by without the reader being aware of it.

An excellent book much to my surprise. If you had told me a month ago that I'd love a book that featured talking animals, I would never have believed you. Pullman's world has so many odd and interesting things going for it, I experienced the same thrill as I did when I first read Dune. Excellent characters, especially Lyra, of course. I'm starting the second book tomorrow.

Inspiring stuff, but since the author has only published three books in the last six years, I guess his answer to the question is "make excuses."

Loved the history of the game. The game-related autobiographical bits were okay. I didn't like the game demo parts and especially didn't like the fictionalized narrative describing the game demo parts.