Philip Pullman's The Rose Field - not yet, but soon

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TheRavenKingsDaughter · 05/10/2025 09:27

Such a long wait.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg25k199geo.amp

But I have just this moment pre-ordered the book, due out on October 23rd. There is the slight issue of having pretty much forgotten where we’d got to in the last one …

Phillip Pullman, wearing a blue shirt and burgundy jacket

Philip Pullman announces The Rose Field, the final novel in the Book of Dust trilogy - BBC News

The author's new book The Rose Field will end the His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust trilogies.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg25k199geo.amp

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RaspberryRipple2 · 05/10/2025 14:18

Joining in anticipation - I’d forgotten until it was mentioned in The Hallmarked Man spoiler thread. Will hopefully get around to rereading the Secret Commonwealth beforehand. I think I’ve read it twice, and id describe it as gripping in some places with some dull subplots which is consistent with my feelings about The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass tbh, the magisterium/god subplots in those were also terribly boring imo.

elephantsinhats · 05/10/2025 14:08

I pretend these books don’t exist they were such a disappointment. A real real slog as PP said. I can’t see the original Lyra in the characters, and Malcolm is just so obviously Will …

I will of course read the last one as I have been obsessed with the original trilogy since I was 10, but I was actually quite glad he’d taken so long with the last one 🤣 I honestly wouldn’t have cared if it was a GoT situation.

Woompund · 05/10/2025 14:00

I'm relistening to the secret commonwealth and while there are some good moments it's a real slog. The magisterium subplot is so boring and Lyra's misery is depressing.

DameWishalot · 05/10/2025 10:30

I’ve just re read the secret commonwealth in anticipation/preparation and it wasn’t as bad as I’d remembered (perhaps this time I wasn’t expecting much!)

AmberSpy · 05/10/2025 10:27

Ooh thank you for reminding me, something to look forward to!

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TheRavenKingsDaughter · 05/10/2025 10:13

Over six years? There’s been a lot going on … But it’s coming back to me.

I don’t recall actually enjoying much of The Secret Commonwealth - though there must be something that made me impatient for this one.

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JaninaDuszejko · 05/10/2025 09:57

How can you forget that bloody cliffhanger that enraged the world? 😂

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