Comments on: Odds and Ends http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/08/495/ An Eclectic Journal of the Arts Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Mueller http://www.spinozablue.com/2008/08/495/#comment-368 Robert Mueller Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:57:45 +0000 http://www.spinozablue.com/?p=495#comment-368 I find in the book that seems to have a forgettable title, but in which the magical character of the young and very bright Lyra is taken away from her queerly impish existence in an Oxford college and given the famous alethiometer device and left to go and find her way to save the world, that the relationship between Lyra and her uncle/father is exceptionally intriguing. Also the life of a marginal water people who enjoy the protection of the fens and who take her in in connection with her and their quest is very very beautifully imagined and rendered.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('368','Robert Mueller'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('368','Robert Mueller','I find in the book that seems to have a forgettable title, but in which the magical character of the young and very bright Lyra is taken away from her queerly impish existence in an Oxford college and given the famous alethiometer device and left to go and find her way to save the world, that the relationship between Lyra and her uncle\/father is exceptionally intriguing. Also the life of a marginal water people who enjoy the protection of the fens and who take her in in connection with her and their quest is very very beautifully imagined and rendered.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I find in the book that seems to have a forgettable title, but in which the magical character of the young and very bright Lyra is taken away from her queerly impish existence in an Oxford college and given the famous alethiometer device and left to go and find her way to save the world, that the relationship between Lyra and her uncle/father is exceptionally intriguing. Also the life of a marginal water people who enjoy the protection of the fens and who take her in in connection with her and their quest is very very beautifully imagined and rendered.
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