Ep 369 - The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2), by Philip Pullman

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Philip Pullman followed up The Golden Compass with The Subtle Knife, the adventure of Lyra and Will on their quest to uncover the secret of Dust and (maybe, just maybe) save the world from evil forces within the Church. Like a lot of Second Stories in a Trilogy, the book builds on its predecessor's world by introducing new friends and foes and ending with a cliffhanger that ensures you'll come back for Book Three. We just have one question for Mr. Pullman: where are the bears?

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Andrew.
0:43.0	Hi, Craig.
0:44.5	What's it like having a baby?
0:48.8	I don't know.
0:49.8	I don't have one yet.
0:51.2	But wait.
0:52.2	Why do you ruin the goof?
0:57.4	Welcome to Overdoot.
0:58.4	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:00.4	My name is Craig.
1:01.4	My name's Andrew.
1:03.4	We already got ATV beat to that goof because ATV is much more prepared for my paternity
1:09.4	leave than Overdoot.
1:10.4	Well, but ATV doesn't require you to read whole books.
1:14.4	That's true.
1:15.4	I only have to watch whole TV shows.
1:17.2	Yeah.
1:18.2	They're different.
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