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Episode Synopsis
In which we discuss ch 3 of The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, Lyra's Jordan, and imagine how it might look as a video game.
(Errata: It's not the Sheldon Building where Lyra's Oxford opens, but the Lodge Tower. But I think the same sort of point could be made.)
Recommended Reading:
The Golden Compass Chapter 3: Lyra's Jordan
Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake
http://www.blakearchive.org/copy/songsie.r?descId=songsie.r.illbk.01
Map of Lyra's Oxford
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hdm/images/b/bd/Lyra%27s_Oxford_map.png/revision/latest?cb=20170723102043
Course page:
http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html
(Errata: It's not the Sheldon Building where Lyra's Oxford opens, but the Lodge Tower. But I think the same sort of point could be made.)
Recommended Reading:
The Golden Compass Chapter 3: Lyra's Jordan
Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake
http://www.blakearchive.org/copy/songsie.r?descId=songsie.r.illbk.01
Map of Lyra's Oxford
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hdm/images/b/bd/Lyra%27s_Oxford_map.png/revision/latest?cb=20170723102043
Course page:
http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html
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