Some, including Peter Hitchens, claim that he [Philip Pullman] actively pursues an anti-Christian agenda. Proponents of this view cite the critical articles he has written regarding C. S. Lewis' series The Chronicles of Narnia (which Pullman denounces as religious propaganda), and the usually negative portrayal of the "Church" in His Dark Materials (suomeksi: His Dark Materials = Universumin tomu-trilogia. Kirjat järjestyksessä Kultainen kompassi, Salaperäinen veitsi ja Maaginen kaukoputki.)
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His Dark Materials consists of Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The first volume of the trilogy, Northern Lights, won the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction in the UK in 1995. The Amber Spyglass, the last volume, was awarded both 2001 Whitbread Prize for best children's book and the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in January 2002, the first children's book to receive that award. The trilogy won popular acclaim in late 2003, taking third place in the BBC's Big Read poll. In 2005 Pullman was announced as joint winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature.
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A film adaptation, titled The Golden Compass, is to be released in December 2007 by New Line Cinema, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Dakota Blue Richards.