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[–] riot@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh, man, this really makes me want to re-read the entire series again.

I've recently gotten into audiobooks for the first time in my life. I wonder if there's a quality production of His Dark Materials.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just looked it up. There are 6 more books outside the original trilogy (9 in all). I have some reading to do.

[–] riot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Wow, I had no idea! I gotta look into those too. Thanks for the head's up!

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I read the first one, and was really let down. I waited twenty years for those books to be released and it was so bad it felt like a slap in the face, to the point I became concerned for the author's cognitive health as I couldn't think of any other explanation for the precipitous decline in quality.

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

The audible version was decent, I reread them all on audiobook ahead of the HBO series and wasn't wowed but I wasn't annoyed either. That part in Amber Spyglass still made me cry so that's a kind of endorsement.

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the BBC show as well!

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I recommend you do forget it, just as a counterpoint.