His Dark Materials is a retelling of Paradise Lost. Here are a few things you might not know about Pullman’s books-which HBO and the BBC have turned into a series starring Lin-Manuel Miranda-and the controversy surrounding them.
Yet the series, far from being prohibitively dense, is highly readable and contains all the elements of a spirited fantasy, including armored polar bears, witches, and a Texas gunslinger who flies a hot air balloon. And indeed, each of the books-1995's The Golden Compass, 1997's The Subtle Knife, and 2000's The Amber Spyglass-grappled with questions about philosophy and science, and courted controversy with its critical eye toward organized religion. The series’ name referred to John Milton’s Paradise Lost, a heady reference for what were ostensibly books for teens. In 1995, British author Philip Pullman published The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights, as it was called in most countries outside the U.S.), the first book in the fantasy trilogy collectively known as His Dark Materials.
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