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His Dark Materials: Decoding the linguistic origins of Philip Pullman's fantasy world
•The most important literary source for His Dark Materials is John Milton’s Paradise Lost, a poem which has held a lifelong fascination for Pullman and which provides both the metaphorical and literal Dark Materials for Pullman’s cosmology
His Dark Materials review: Everything about HBO's adaptation of Philip Pullman's trilogy feels epic
Rohininair •Everything about His Dark Materials says "epic" and "prestige TV" but those aren't the reasons to watch it. Even discounting the trappings of being a "must watch show", this adaptation is a riveting, gorgeously mounted, well-acted tale, with a scrappy heroine you'll be only too willing to accompany on her perilous quest.