ACHUKA: November 2007 Archives
BBC NEWS | UK | Golden Compass author hits back
The author of the book on which the new film The Golden Compass is based has hit back at critics who accuse him of peddling "candy-coated atheism"...
from The Bookseller:
The first new Paddington novel for 30 years will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in June 2008, backed by a significant marketing and publishing programme.
Imaginary worlds from Philip Pullman to Terry Pratchett review | Children's Books - Times Online
Amanda Craig on imaginary worlds:
Done badly, fantasy is more risible than any other genre, perhaps because there is such a fine line between heroic endeavour and bathos. Success isn't just a matter of consistency (Tolkien despaired of C.S. Lewis when he introduced Christian myths such as Father Christmas into a world with nymphs and satyrs). A gifted writer makes the mundane magical and the magical mundane. We believe in everything they tell us because the ultimate magic is to make us think that what they describe is true.
Apologies for the extended downtime!
ACHUKA was unavailable from late Saturday until late Tuesday UK time - some 72 hours - whilst the site's hosts, oneworldhosting.com, moved their entire client base to new servers in a new location. The transfer, it would appear, did not go quite according to plan...
