The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are available together in a collectible His Dark Materials boxed set perfect for any fan or newcomer to this modern fantasy classic series that has graced the New York … HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! The fantasy series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman follows two children, Lyra and Will, as they travel through parallel universes.The novels, which have gained a strong following of both teens and adults, have supernatural components including armored polar bears and an element known as “dust”, but are rooted in concepts of physics, philosophy, and theology. My hope was to have read and reviewed His Dark Materials trilogy before the film adaptation of the first third, The Golden Compass, came out last Friday.And I would have too - if it weren't for that sheer enormity of suckiness that was the third book in the series (The Amber Spyglass). Day late and a dollar short with this one.