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Question:

Hi philip, i was woundering is there going to be a book after the amber spyglass. if so would something like somebody finds will's broken subtle knife and fixs it and causes havoc and will and lyra have to stop it, happen? Or where somebody else makes a similar knife that doesn't make spectres and will gets this knife and makes an opening to lyra's world. Shaun-bacon

Answer:

 Thanks for that suggestion, Shaun. I''ll think about it.

Question:

Is there any advice you could give to a 14 year old aspiring writer? What would be the best way to start out?

Answer:

 If you look through all the questions I''ve answered on this website, you''ll find plenty of advice for aspiring writers. The advice I''d give you here is to look at that before asking for more.

Question:

Hi Philip, do you know if the subtle knife is going to be made into a film like northen lights was???? Shaun

Answer:

 All I can tell you at the moment is that discussions are going on. As soon as there is any definite news, you''ll hear it on the website first.

Question:

In your dark material trilogy there is a man who has the same gender deamon as himself is there a specific reason for this? J Vale

Answer:

 Yes. The reason is carelessness. I wasn''t thinking. It happens!

Question:

I would like to know if you have any negative views on islam or the koran,and if you have would you make them public as you do your negative views on christianity. Andrew Cunningham

Answer:

 This question has come up several times, usually in the form of an insult. Yours doesn''t, for which I thank you. I do not write about Islam for the simple reason that it''s not where I come from, whereas Christianity is. I know nothing about Islam; I have never read the Koran; I am not interested in it. Christianity, on the other hand, is in the nerves of my brain and the fibres of my heart. It is what made me. The Bible and the Book of Common Prayer formed the contours of my mind. When I criticise the Christian church, I know what I''m talking about. If I set about criticising every other religion, I would be behaving like a jackass. However, in general terms, my criticisms of Christianity could be extended to all other religions, thus: it''s not so much the content of religion, bizarre and ridiculous as a lot of it is, that is the danger: it''s what religion does when it gets hold of political power. THAT''S where the problem lies. As I''ve always said.

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