The Subtle Knife

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British novel fantasy novel novel young adult novel

The Subtle Knife is the second novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, introducing a dimension-cutting knife and expanding the series’ multiverse and theological themes.

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Label	Occurrences
The Subtle Knife canonical	15
The Subtle Knife (BBC–HBO television adaptation)	1
The Subtle Knife (unproduced film sequel)	1

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instanceOf	British novel ⓘ fantasy novel ⓘ novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	second series of His Dark Materials (TV series) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Æsahættr ⓘ
author	Philip Pullman ⓘ
awardReceived	Carnegie Medal ⓘ surface form: Carnegie Medal (for the His Dark Materials trilogy)
centralTheme	authority and rebellion ⓘ coming of age ⓘ consciousness and souls ⓘ multiverse ⓘ theology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresItem	Subtle Knife ⓘ
followedBy	The Amber Spyglass ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Subtle Knife self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Subtle Knife (BBC–HBO television adaptation)
hasCoverArtist	Eric Rohmann ⓘ
hasMediaType	audiobook ⓘ print ⓘ
literarySeriesGenre	epic fantasy ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lyra Belacqua ⓘ Will Parry ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person ⓘ
notableCharacter	Lee Scoresby ⓘ Lord Asriel ⓘ Mrs Coulter ⓘ Serafina Pekkala ⓘ
notableConcept	Dust ⓘ the Authority ⓘ surface form: The Authority daemons ⓘ multiple universes ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	His Dark Materials ⓘ
precededBy	Northern Lights ⓘ The Golden Compass ⓘ
publicationYear	1997 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ Scholastic Corporation ⓘ surface form: Scholastic
seriesPosition	2 ⓘ
setIn	Cittàgazze ⓘ Oxford ⓘ multiverse ⓘ
targetAudience	young adults ⓘ

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Philip Pullman → notableWork → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Viking → publisherOf → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Subtle Knife (unproduced film sequel)

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Will Parry → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Marisa Coulter → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Lord Asriel → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Lee Scoresby → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Serafina Pekkala → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Iorek Byrnison → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Mary Malone → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Magisterium → appearsIn → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

Northern Lights → hasSequel → The Subtle Knife ⓘ

The Subtle Knife → hasAdaptation → The Subtle Knife self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Subtle Knife (BBC–HBO television adaptation)

The Amber Spyglass → follows → The Subtle Knife ⓘ