[grimoire] The Golden Compass vs. Stardust

[Jason Cavallaro]

I read these two books back-to-back.  The Golden Compass is by Philip 
Pullman, and Stardust by Neil Gaiman.  I find Gaiman to be a hit-or-miss 
kinda author and this was my first Pullman novel.

I read them back-to-back b/c I consider them to be in the same genre:  young 
adult/fantasy/adventure.  Consequently, they both have film adaptations 
coming soon.  Stardust in August, and The Golden Compass in December.

I found The Golden Compass to be vastly superior.  Better characters, more 
fantasy elements and a multi-faceted and interesting plot.  Stardust I was 
kinda disappointed in.  None of the main characters interested me, and I 
found some of the protagonist's motivations dubious.  I'd call it an average 
read.

As for the film adaptations, The Golden Compass has a great amount of 
potential here.  I'm expecting a lot of CGI.

SPOILERS for The Golden Compass....





I'm especially interested in how they deal with the transforming daemons in 
the movie.  Also, everyone has a daemon in the book, and in the trailer, I 
don't see them.  hmmmm....

Jason

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