Questions tagged [philip-pullman]
Use this tag only for questions directly about Philip Pullman, an English writer from Norwich. He is the author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials. He also wrote a fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.
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Has Philip Pullman ever released or endorsed a complete list of symbols for the alethiometer?
Has Philip Pullman ever released or endorsed a complete list of symbols for the alethiometer, along with one or two suggested meanings? I've found this link through Reddit, but I don't know whether it'...
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Looking for Philip Pullman quote re imaginary numbers and possibly daemons/dæmons
Besides the term 'imaginary numbers' being used in the actual books:
Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one… If you include it in your equation, you can calculate ...
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