Some examples of this are: R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt of " The Legend of Drizzt ", Kathryn Lasky's Soren of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, David Eddings ' Belgarion in the Belgariad and Malloreon, Terry Brooks ' Shea and Wil Ohmsford of The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara, Terry Goodkind's Richard Cypher, Robert Jordan's Rand al ' Thor of The Wheel of Time, Pug and Arutha of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, Philip Pullman's Lyra Belacqua of His Dark Materials, Ursula K. Le Guin's Ged, Aerial of the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and Christopher Paolini's Eragon of The Inheritance Cycleand Ashalind of the " Bitterbynd Trilogy ".

* Lord Carlo Boreal, a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

The Thames also features prominently in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, as a communications artery for the waterborne Gyptian people of Oxford and the Fens.

* Adelaide, a character in Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart series of books

* In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Lord Asriel constructs an " adamant " fortress.

* In Philip Pullman's novel Count Karlstein, the Wild Hunt is featured as a major plot element, only here it is composed entirely of huge phantom hounds and just one huntsman: the evil demon Zamiel, who is actually named " the Demon Huntsman " in the novel.

Harpies are commonly depicted as a race of bird-women, such as in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials book series.

These rivers play an important role in The Tiger in the Well, the last Sally Lockhart mystery in Philip Pullman's trilogy.

More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and also the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights ( the film bearing the title of the US edition of the book, The Golden Compass ).

Exeter College is the real life basis for the fictional Jordan College in Philip Pullman's novel trilogy His Dark Materials.

In Philip Pullman's less well-known little book " Lyra's Oxford " there is a pull-out map which clearly shows the building we know as Exeter College to be Jordan College.

New College appears in the alternate Oxford of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials as ' Wykeham College '.

Philip Pullman's previously mentioned trilogy, His Dark Materials, presented the theme of a negligent or evil God to a wider audience, as depicted in the 2007 film The Golden Compass based on the first book of this trilogy.

* Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy-The trilogy takes place across several universes including " ours ".

Also Faust, Bomber, Doctor Who: The Vengeance of Morbius, Empire of the Sun, Brighton Rock, Fair Stood the Wind for France, Fluke, Great Speeches in History, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Lady Windermere's Fan, Peter Pan, The Alchemist, The Day of the Triffids, The Hairy Hands, The Lives of Christopher Chant, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, The Queen's Man, The Solitaire Mystery, The Swimming Pool Library, The Two Destinies, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Way I Found Her, The Way to Dusty Death, The Woodlanders, Under the Net, Wuthering Heights and Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales for Young and Old.

* His Dark Materials, a two-part adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel directed by Nicholas Hytner starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Dominic Cooper ( 2003 )

* In Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, there is an attempted poisoning by the Master of Jordan College ( the novel ) or an official of the Magisterium ( the film ) of one of the major characters, Lord Asriel, via a decanter of Tokaji in the first chapter.

* Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is strongly influenced by Winstanley's writings, including the idea of the Republic of Heaven.

* Lord Asriel, in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series

Lyra Belacqua (), also known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy features a character named Lee Scoresby, an intrepid explorer, old Arctic hand, and balloon aeronaut.

The Golden Compass, based on the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, is considered a flop in North America due to its $ 180 million budget coupled with New Line Cinema's decision to sell all of the international distribution rights, but the unique circumstances of its international success have made the film's overall success a point of contention ; it was the first film ever to make more than $ 300 million internationally but less than $ 100 million in the United States.

Hytner's directorial work for theatre includes The Country Wife, Edward II, Don Carlos, Ghetto, Miss Saigon, Orpheus Descending, a 2-part adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Alan Bennett's The History Boys, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel ( 1992 ), Southwark Fair and The Alchemist, Measure for Measure ( 1987 ), The Tempest ( 1988 ) and King Lear ( 1990 ), The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar ( 1992 ), The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh ( 1997 ), The Winter's Tale ( 2001 ), Mother Clap's Molly House by Mark Ravenhill ( 2001 ), Henry V ( play ) ( 2003 ) and England People Very Nice ( 2009 ).

* In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series ( 1995, 1997, 2000 ), the fall is presented in a positive light, as it is the moment at which human beings achieve self-awareness, knowledge, and freedom.

Dust in Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a mysterious cosmic particle that is integral to the plot.

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels, coming together to form an epic, by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights ( 1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America ), The Subtle Knife ( 1997 ), and The Amber Spyglass ( 2000 ).

As with Koyaanisqatsi and the third and final part of the ' Qatsi ' trilogy, Naqoyqatsi, the film is strongly related to its soundtrack, written by Philip Glass.

Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, went further when he remarked that:

* His Dark Materials, a trilogy of novels written by Philip Pullman

The VALIS trilogy is a " trilogy " of science fiction novels by author Philip K. Dick which include VALIS ( 1978 ), The Divine Invasion ( 1980 ), and The Owl in Daylight ( unfinished / unpublished ).

Philip Pullman refers to the doubling property of Iceland spar in his 2000 novel The Amber Spyglass, the third volume in the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and nephew Philip helped run the company, which published the works of Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl and Thor Heyerdal and became well known for publishing the popular children's fantasy novel The Hobbit written by Oxford University professor J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and his The Lord of the Rings trilogy of high fantasy in 1954-1955.

* The Amber Spyglass, the last book in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman

The trilogy His Dark Materials by the English writer Philip Pullman, which takes place in an alternative world somewhat similar to our own, features a prominent character, Serafina Pekkala, who is a witch queen from a tribe near Lake Inari.

A dæmon is a fictional character in the Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials.

Marisa Coulter is a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and one of the main antagonists of Northern Lights.

Heroes of these novels are typical private eyes very similar to Philip Marlowe.

There are early mystery novels in which a police force attempts to contend with the type of criminal known in the 1920s as a homicidal maniac, such as a few of the early novels of Philip Macdonald and Ellery Queen's Cat of Many Tails.

Her portrait of messianic ( self -) sacrifices of these figures make for entertaining speculation, but they have not been taken seriously as history even by her staunchest supporters, though they have been used in novels ( e. g. Katherine Kurtz's Lammas Night, Philip Lindsay's The Devil and King John ).

The official and authorized novels were written by Philip K. Dick's friend, K. W. Jeter.

* King Philip appears in Sharon Kay Penman's novels The Devil's Brood and Lionheart.

Adam Diment's Philip McAlpine is a long-haired, hashish-smoking fop in the novels The Dolly Dolly Spy ( 1967 ), The Great Spy Race ( 1968 ), The Bang Bang Birds ( 1968 ) and Think, Inc. ( 1971 ).

The later works include Pendennis, a sort of bildungsroman depicting the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a kind of alter ego of Thackeray's who also features as the narrator of two later novels, The Newcomes and The Adventures of Philip.

* Philip K. Dick used the planet as a setting for many of his novels.

* c. 10, 000 BC: Is also the setting for the Opar novels by Philip José Farmer – Hadon of Ancient Opar and Flight to Opar.

Late authors Shel Silverstein and William Styron also lived on the Vineyard, as did writer, journalist and teacher John Hersey, poet and novelist Dorothy West and artist Thomas Hart Benton Various writers have been inspired by the island — including the mystery writer Philip Craig who set several novels on the island.

* The Coen brothers ' film The Big Lebowski is inspired by the character Philip Marlowe and the style and plot elements of Chandler's novels such as The Big Sleep.

Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the main characters in Philip José Farmer's Riverworld novels.

Today, Chandler's creation, private eye Philip Marlowe — who appears, for example, in his novels The Big Sleep ( 1939 ) and Farewell, My Lovely ( 1940 ) — has achieved cult status and has also been made the topic of literary seminars at universities round the world, whereas on first publication Chandler's novels were seen as little more than cheap entertainment for the uneducated masses.

* Three early, unpublished novels by Philip K. Dick written in the 1950s are no longer extant: A Time for George Stavros, Pilgrim on the Hill, and Nicholas and the Higs.

In the World of Tiers novels by Philip José Farmer, the idea of godlike protagonists is even more explicit.

Shaw's recording of " Nightmare " was used as the theme soundtrack for BBC Radio's adaptation of the Philip Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler.

Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye.

Marlowe has appeared in short stories and novels by writers other than Chandler, such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration ( 1988 ).

* The two main characters of the film Radioactive Dreams are named Philip and Marlowe ; Philip narrates it in a similar style as Chandler's novels.

* In 2011 the BBC started a series of radio adaptations of all the Philip Marlowe novels under the heading Classic Chandler.