![]() The Catholic Herald called his books "the stuff of nightmares" and "worthy of the bonfire", when asked to respond he said "My response to that was to ask the publishers to print it in the next book, which they did! I think it's comical, it's just laughable". In particular due to the role the church plays in the oppression of people in the novels. ![]() ![]() The trilogy has on occasion invited controversy, in particular among some Christian groups. The trilogy has been adapted for radio, theatre, film and television. In the same year the book was voted in an online poll as the top Carnegie Medal winner in the award 70-year history. In 2007 the judges for CILIP Carnegie Medal selected the novel as one of the 10 most important children's novels in the last 70 years. Northern Lights won the Carnegie medal for children fiction in 1995. The first book published with the title 'The Golden Compass', in the UK it was published under the title 'Northern Lights'. A full set of the American first Editions. ![]()
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