The Golden Compass is a book written by Philip Pullman that was sold in the adult and young-adult categories when it was first published in 1998. It is a book rich in fantasy and according to the Detorit Free-Press it is, “extraordinary storytelling at it’s very best”. In December a movie based on the book will premier starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman. On the movie website they have a fun generator where you can find out what your daemon is (not the same thing as a demon). In the book, a person’s soul lives outside their bodies in the form of a talking animal. Click on bookbabie’s daemon, Pereus, if you want to find yours!
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oh yes, I read this book in one night. I first had to get used to the daemon-idea but it is indeed a clever book. Wondering what the movie will be like.
I’ve read His Dark Materials trilogy and enjoyed them immensly, so I’m delighted that there’s another similar work to be devoured.
I love the idea of having a daemon, I had a three legged cat once that would ride on my shoulders wrapped around my neck like a stole, but his conversation was limited!
In Mary Renault’s book The king must die, the greek queen had a snake as her daemon, it’s the only other time I’ve come across that idea.