Newsflash: Philip Pullman hates Narnia.

From the BBC:

But Pullman said the Narnia books contained "a peevish blend of racist, misogynistic and reactionary prejudice" and "not a trace" of Christian charity.

"It's not the presence of Christian doctrine I object to so much as the absence of Christian virtue," he added.

"The highest virtue - we have on the authority of the New Testament itself - is love, and yet you find not a trace of that in the books."

Okay, okay.  I know.  That isn't a newsflash at all.  But I just get such a kick out of it every single time he's in the news about it.  He gets people so riled.  It's great.

I love you, Philip Pullman.  But even though I adore you, I'm totally, totally excited about the movie because it looks SO COOL.

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