Line #11 Creator/PhilipPullman

Context Creator / PhilipPullman

Go To


1	[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/philip-pullman_1505.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:240:"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world."]]
3	->''"If you're going to make a living at this business - more importantly, if you're going to write anything that will last - you have to realise that a lot of the time, you're going to be writing without inspiration...Amateurs think that if they were inspired all the time, they could be professionals. Professionals know that if they relied on inspiration, they'd be amateurs."''
4
5	Sir Philip Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English fantasy writer, best known for the ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' trilogy, with the Literature/SallyLockhart series a close second. He has also written a bunch of other stuff, including the gothic-horror parody ''Count Karlstein'' and ''Spring-Heeled Jack'', a superhero yarn set in VictorianLondon. He also penned an alternative take on the story of Jesus, ''Literature/TheGoodManJesusAndTheScoundrelChrist''.
6	----
7	!!Works by Philip Pullman with their own trope pages include:
8	[[index]]
9	* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' series
10	* ''Literature/TheBookOfDust'' series
11	* ''Literature/SallyLockhart'' series
12	* ''Literature/TheGoodManJesusAndTheScoundrelChrist''
13	[[/index]]
14	%%!!Other works by Philip Pullman provide examples of:
15
16	%%* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A common theme.
17	%%* {{Epigraph}}: ''Spring-Heeled Jack'', not entirely seriously.
18	%%* ForegoneConclusion: ''The White Mercedes'' aka ''The Butterfly Tattoo''
19	%%* LoveAtFirstSight: ''The White Mercedes'' aka ''The Butterfly Tattoo''
20	%%* MeanwhileBackAtThe: ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
21	%%* OldShame: Pullman's first novel.
22	%%* OrphanageOfFear: ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
23	%%* PublicDomainCharacter: Spring-Heeled Jack
24	%%* {{Superhero}}: ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
25	%%* VictorianLondon: ''Spring-Heeled Jack''
26	%%* TheWildHunt: ''Count Karlstein''

Context Creator / PhilipPullman