| − | ... He is adept at public moralising. He has denounced Narnia [''[[Chronicles of Narnia|Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''] as "morally loathsome," describing [[C.S. Lewis]]’s series of books as amongst the "most ugly and poisonous things" he has read. Indeed, Pullman directly counterpoises his "non-Christian" trilogy to the "Christian" Narnia.<ref group="note">Phillip Pullman said this to the ''Washington Post'' in 2001, in an interview about his trilogy, ''His Dark Materials''. Furedi, Frank (December 10, 2007). [https://www.spiked-online.com/2007/12/10/golden-compass-the-god-wars-as-childs-play/ "''Golden Compass'': the 'God Wars' as child's play".] ''sp!ked'' website.</ref> | + | ... He is adept at public moralising. He has denounced Narnia [''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''] as "morally loathsome," describing [[C.S. Lewis]]’s series of books as amongst the "most ugly and poisonous things" he has read. Indeed, Pullman directly counterpoises his "non-Christian" trilogy to the "Christian" Narnia.<ref group="note">Phillip Pullman said this to the ''Washington Post'' in 2001, in an interview about his trilogy, ''His Dark Materials''. Furedi, Frank (December 10, 2007). [https://www.spiked-online.com/2007/12/10/golden-compass-the-god-wars-as-childs-play/ "''Golden Compass'': the 'God Wars' as child's play".] ''sp!ked'' website.</ref> |