Talk:The Amber Spyglass (novel)
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[edit] "Enjoyment" warning removed
I have removed the "severely reduce your enjoyment" warning in accordance with Wikipedia's NPOV policy. Please see the Talk page for the first book to see the related discussion. Juansmith 00:30, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
IMHO, the article below sorely needs to be cleaned up; it's not necessarily the length I mind (although Wikipedia does say it's too long) but that it reads like an incredibly biased review, especially the last quarter or so, plus it's too airy and light, at least for my liking. I'm not going to just do a mass delete, because that's not really proper, and more to the point, it could be combined with the above "low detail" plot to make a good, moderately descriptive synopsis. However, despite that fact that David probably took ages to write this, if anyone has the time it would be very helpful if they could spend some time cleaning this up. It certainly needs it. If anyone could edit the "high detail" portion of this page, it would be greatly appreciated. --Rikushix
- I agree. And I don't know who David is, I wrote these synopses. Pretty quickly... and yes I love the books. But anyway; I don't have time to clean them myself righ now, though I'm all for someone else cutting them down and merging the low-detail ones.--Alfakim 15:09, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
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- I think it is far too long. Even if the summary isn't cleared up, it could be split into sections. Is the book split into sections? (I can't remember because I haven't read the book for a while). If so, it could be split into sections according to those in the book. Oli 15:21, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Naw the book isn't really split into sections, not in the sense that you could really split it up into seperate articles. SirGrant 18:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
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The plt summary needs some severe trimming. -- Whpq 17:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox Preceding Book
I removed the Northern Lights from the Preceding Books section in the Infobox books, as this is the first novel I have come across that lists more than one preceding novel. Not knowing the story, can I read either book before reading The Amber Spyglass? Grey Shadow 05:02, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
The reason it has two books in the preceding books is because it is a trilogy. The Northern Lights is the first book followed by The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass is the third book in the trilogy so that is why both books are considered preceding books. I would read them in order otherwise you will have trouble understaning what is happening in the series SirGrant 05:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
- This is the first trilogy that has listed more than the direct preceding novel that I have come across. All others I have looked at only have volume 2 listed as preceding if the book is volume 3, and not volumes 1 and 2. Grey Shadow 07:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Ok could you throw up some examples, you are probably right since I haven't looked at many other trilogys and if that is the format wikipedia is using we can go through and change it I'd just like to see some other trilogys before we do SirGrant 17:59, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Amber Spyglass Is A Phenominal Book
The Amber Spyglass is an amazing read. It is the sequel to The Subtle Knife which is the sequel to The Golden Compass...There is a companion novel called Lyra's Oxford which is very intriguing...our future lies in the past..that may be true!! And I absolutely can't wait for The Book of Dust!! It will not be a sequel, but it will be a companion novel, explaining things like dust, possibly how Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter met, which would be what I would REALLY look forward to reading and finding out, etc...Well, thanks...
[edit] Clean-up
Obviously this article is in serious need of clean-up. The spoiler section is WAY too long. I have begun taking out things which are not of the utmost importance. Afterall, there's no need to put so much information that there's no need to even read the novel.
An idea for making this article shorter would be to create separate wiki articles on some of the creatures, making it so there is no need to explain what they are and what their characteristics are (such as the galevspians). The Golden Compass is currently being made into a movie, so I'm guessing if it makes enough they'll create the whole trilogy. If this is so, separate articles would definitely be notable enough to remain on wikipedia.
Just some thoughts. 71.227.218.148 00:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Again, sorry
I just wanted to note that there's no need to put every single detail into a spoiler section. It looks like a lot of people put a lot of time into this, and I'm almost sad to delete so much of it. I have nothing against what is written or this story, but this spoiler section still needs to be about 1/3 of what it is. 71.227.218.148 01:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Agreed. Also, I added a link to a graphical timeline. Mhcole mt 04:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
