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- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- 1995
- Editions
- 148
- Subjects
- Political theology, Polar bears, Kidnapping, Adventure stories, Children and adults, Open Library Staff Picks, Juvenile fiction, Fantasy
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Key facts
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Cover artist
- David Scutt and Pullman
- Series
- His Dark Materials
- Genre
- Children's fantasy novel
- Publisher
- Scholastic Point (UK), Alfred A. Knopf (US)
- Publication date
- 9 July 1995
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- Isbn
- 0-590-54178-1
- Library of congress classification span
- PZ7.P968 No 1995 , PZ7.P968 Go 1996
- Followed by
- The Subtle Knife
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Encyclopedic overview
Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America and some other countries) is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. Set in a parallel universe, it follows the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as "Dust".
Northern Lights is the first book of the trilogy His Dark Materials (1995–2000). Alfred A. Knopf published the first US edition in April 1996, under the name The Golden Compass, under which title it was adapted as a 2007 feature film and as a companion video game. The book has also been adapted as the first part of the 2019 TV series His Dark Materials.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern Lights” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.