Following the release of #TheRoseField, here's an update of our page (available 🇫🇷/🇬🇧) dedicated to the cities and places of Central Asia mentionned in #TheBookOfDust.

(⚠️Beware the spoilers if you're not done with the books)
https://www.cittagazze.com/univers/asiecentrale.php?version=en

‪🇺🇸 🇨🇦 RELEASE DATE!

The North-American bookset edition for Philip Pullman's #TheBookOfDust trilogy is landing October 20, 2026 from Knopf Books!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/824132/the-book-of-dust-3-book-paperback-boxed-set-by-philip-pullman/

The Book of Dust Volume Three: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman Review - Pop Culture Maniacs

Lyra, Pan, and Malcolm continue to journey eastward so they can discover the secrets of the Red Building in Philip Pullman's The Rose Field.

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The Book of Dust Volume Three: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman Review - Pop Culture Maniacs

Lyra, Pan, and Malcolm continue to journey eastward so they can discover the secrets of the Red Building in Philip Pullman's The Rose Field.

Pop Culture Maniacs

‘She put down her spoon. The crème caramel suddenly seemed inedible. “What… I’m sorry, but this is a shock,” she said.
“Of course. I understand.”
Pan had come up onto her lap. She moved her fingers through his fur. “So this means… I have to leave?” she said.’

-chapter 6 con’t #TheSecretCommonwealth #thebookofdust

“Over the meal, which was served by one of the Master’s private staff whom Lyra hadn’t seen before , she tried to ask the Master about his previous career, his background, and so on. She was really only making conversation for the sake of politeness; she’d already decided that the man was clever and courteous, but dull.”

-chapter 6 con’t #TheSecretCommonwealth #thebookofdust

“The new Master was Dr. Werner Hammond: not a Jordan man, or even an Oxford man, but a businessman from the world of pharmaceuticals who had had a distinguished career as a scholar of chemistry before becoming chairman of one of the great medical corporations and enlarging its powers and revenues considerably.”

-chapter 6 #TheSecretCommonwealth #thebookofdust

‘Dick sat down. “I didn’t get you a pint because there was this article in the paper,” he said. “It says women shouldn’t drink all that much at once, it’s too strong for ‘em, it sends ‘em mad with strange lusts and desires.”
“Too much for you to cope with, then,” Lyra said.
“Well, I could manage, but I was just thinking of the innocent bystanders.”
-chapter 4 cont #TheSecretCommonwealth #thebookofdust

‘Dick came back with a half pint of Badger ale. The other girl had gone.
“Oh, a half. Thank you for my half pint, Dick,” said Lyra. “If I’d known you were short of money, I’d have asked for a glass of water.”’

-chapter 4 #TheSecretCommonwealth #thebookofdust

“Before you do,” said Malcolm, “what is that place back there? That garden?”

“That’s the place where people go when they forget. You seen the fog on the other side?”

“Yes. And I saw what was behind it.”

“That fog’s hiding everything they ought to remember. If it ever cleared away, they’d have to take stock of themselves, and they wouldn’t be able to stay in the garden no more. Back off a bit and give me room.”

-chapter 23
#labellesauvage #thebookofdust