Pullman's Dark Materials

[yendi]

I had no idea that Britain's National Theatre was staging His Dark Materials.

And I'm amazed at the controversy. Heaven forbid a "children's book" (although I still think it was a series of adult novels with children as protagonists) actually encourages readers to think. Come to think of it, we wouldn't want an adult novel asking readers to think, either, would we?

I'd love to see this on stage. And I'd be ecstatic if the Tom Stoppard film version ever comes to fruition.