Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy takes you on a whirlwind tour through parallel universes, into heaven and hell, and beyond. In this Borders-exclusive book, Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies, assembles a collection of musings about the trilogy from other top-notch writers who wonder about the attraction between Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter, the secret lives of angels, and how to find your very own dæmon.

  
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Excerpts from The World of the Golden Compass

Introduction by Scott Westerfeld
The Joys and Perils of Dæmon Ownership by Deb Caletti
Shedding Light on Dark Matter by Ellen Hopkins
A Short History of Hell and the Crabby Old God Who
Sends You There by Herbie Brennan