Just realized I solved a computer hardware problem involving dust on the same night that I watched the #HisDarkMaterials finale.
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Wow. #HisDarkMaterials totally nailed the ending
Wow. #HisDarkMaterials totally nailed the ending
There is now a sculpture of Pantalaimon & Kirjava behind the bench in the Oxford …
There is now a sculpture of Pantalaimon & Kirjava behind the bench in the Oxford Botanical Gardens that figures in His Dark Materials. Over the years, fans have also carved Lyra + Will into the bench.
Dæmon Sculpture in the Lower Garden
You know that game UI thing where a glow or ring will highlight something…
You know that game UI thing where a glow or ring will highlight something you can (or should) interact with?
I just read a chapter of a book where a character’s visual migraine aura does that. It doesn’t seem to have happened before, but he just sort of takes it in stride.
(It would be nice if mine worked that way.)
By “takes it in stride,” of course, I mean he figures wow, that’s really useful, now I need to lie down until the flashing lights move out of view and I can actually see clearly again, instead of “WTF HOW IS MY VISUAL MIGRAINE TALKING TO ME?????”
In response to someone asking which book:
The Secret Commonwealth, by Philip Pullman. It’s the middle book in the sequel trilogy he’s writing to His Dark Materials. The character is one who was introduced in the previous book. He makes a comparison between the lights of the migraine aura and the lights of the Aurora borealis, which I expect is going to turn out to be important eventually.
At the time I read an article where Pullman mentions getting them himself, and decided to use the idea with one of his characters.
At the time the first book was out, I mean.
It’s been a long time since I read the original trilogy…
Re: The Book of Dust
It’s been a long time since I read the original trilogy, so I had to look up a lot of the references.
The things that struck me most were the changes in understanding how Lyra’s world works: The supernatural elements encountered in the flood, which went far beyond what I remember, and the discovery that the Magisterium’s solid grip is so recent.
(That and the migraine auras. I’ve never encountered a character who experiences them, and the descriptions were spot-on.)