The Subtle Knife: Illustrated Edition

While I really and truly don't spend much time on social media (I actually had a thought while rereading The Amber Spyglass that it bears a striking resemblance to the Land of the Dead, cold and disembodied with digital harpies shrieking at all the horrible things you've ever said or thought), I nonetheless started following Christopher Wormell on Instagram. 

In case you didn't know, this is the gentleman who did such an excellent job on the Illustrated Edition of The Golden Compass, complimenting Philip Pullman's poetic prose with poetic images. I suppose this was inspired by the likes of Harry Potter and such, though much like with the later books in that series, wow The Amber Spyglass is going to be one thick and formidable book. 

At any rate, I hope no one objects if I post a few great drawings and prints of the illustrated Subtle Knife from his Instagram page. They are quite tantalizing, and I would certainly advise any Dust-lovers to order their own copy whenever it becomes available. I for one am thrilled that they are continuing the whole of His Dark Materials. Who knows, we might even get The Book of Dust trilogy one day! 

Incidentally, the US version of the illustrated Golden Compass is debuting next month, and here is a link to the Amazon page. In the meantime, check out these awesome images from TSK. 

A very familiar cat checking out some very familiar hornbeam trees. 

Our new hero Will Parry taking his first tentative steps into that window in the air. 

Will discovering the world of Cittagazze, complete with surf, sun, and of course, Spectres. 

Will has his legendary first encounter with Lyra and Pantalamion, and thus begins their inexorable trek toward that bench in the Botanic Gardens. 

An airborne Serafina Pekkala flying toward the captured witch with her goose-daemon Kaisa. 

There are more on Christopher Wormell's page, so go follow him on Instagram! 

And if any of you want to check out the very loosely edited video of me opening up my own copy of the Northern Lights Illustrated Edition, a few people on YouTube have actually watched, so enjoy here. Hey, at least I'm enthusiastic.

And as Always 

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