Benjamin Feen ([info]benjyfeen) wrote,
@ 2005-02-06 18:15:00
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His Dark Materials
I just finished reading the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. I loved it. It's Narnia for Unitarians. I read the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time when I was in college, when I was dating a Presbyterian youth minister who gave me the books as an answer to my question, "What do you think Heaven looks like?" I liked the Narnia books, and I even got an appreciation for Christianity out of it, but in the long term the message just didn't resonate with me -- the idea of our eternal reward being a neverending day trip to a really nice botanical garden wasn't so compelling. His Dark Materials works much better for me. I think it was [info]ruespieler who introduced me to both His Dark Materials and Erik Davis' book TechGnosis, which I'm really glad I read first, since it gives a good background into the Gnostic heresies that His Dark Materials draws from. Anyway, good books. Now I'm going to go eat pizza and watch a bootleg Jackass DVD.

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[info]this_is_not_art
2005-02-06 05:29 pm UTC (link)
i'm sorry, did i not *rave* about that trilogy when i saw you recently?!

c'mon ben, i'm cool too! i know things!

hehehe.

i miss you, by the way. have you run across any cool indian yarn?

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doh!
[info]benjyfeen
2005-02-06 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Maybe you also told me about it. I think I heard about it from three independent sources. You get 1/3 of the props for suggesting it. :)

Cool Indian yarn: no, even though I've been looking! I should look harder -- so many knitters in my life. I do think I'm going to spend another $100 or so on fabric, though... need to pick up holographic sequin fabric, among other stuff...

(Hi Jules! So nice to get to see you not-so-very-long-ago...!)

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[info]jonathanbenari
2005-02-06 06:43 pm UTC (link)
ooh, ooh, have you found the TechGnosis website yet? Erik Davis' Figments and Inklings have been one of my favorite destinations on the web for many a year...

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[info]yetra
2005-02-06 08:35 pm UTC (link)
Oooooh, I loved those books (read them over xmas). Thank you for the descriptor: Narnia for Unitarians. (having a unitarian background, this is especially amusing, and reminds me of how I describe the Rhythm Society: Raving for Unitarians.)

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[info]ruespieler
2005-02-07 02:51 am UTC (link)


Hey, you know one of our campmates is directing the movies, right? Did I already send you this link?

http://www.bridgetothestars.net/index.php?p=weitzinterview

I've read all of Eriks website by now, I think. He's got some great stuff on there about Goa, in case you're not yet convinced.
http://www.techgnosis.com/hedonic.html

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[info]kbuxton
2005-02-07 06:17 pm UTC (link)
I've been meaning to get around to those books for a couple of years since I bought them. Thanks for the reminder :)

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Are you back
[info]gypsybrat
2005-02-09 01:44 am UTC (link)
Home that is?
I am from Mexico that is... LOL
How are you? I'm great!

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Re: Are you back
[info]benjyfeen
2005-02-09 01:53 am UTC (link)
Hiya sugarlumps! I'm not back quite yet... tomorrow I'm leaving Hyderabad to spend 3 days in Goa with a friend, and THEN I'm coming home, where I'll be locking myself in my room with Jp for a day or two ;)

How was Mexico?!

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