As far as I'm aware, Northern Lights was the original title for the first book: it may have got changed for overseas publication.
I think you're right on both counts. I'm just a little surprised that they're not keeping with the altered version for the film, at least on the grounds that it's more consistent with the other two ('the [adjective] [artifact]').
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Date: 2004-11-10 07:11 am (UTC)I think you're right on both counts. I'm just a little surprised that they're not keeping with the altered version for the film, at least on the grounds that it's more consistent with the other two ('the [adjective] [artifact]').