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The Golden Compass? Why have they got different names in different countries, as it's called The Northern Lights over here in merry old England. Mind you, I still find it amusing they changed "Harry Potter and the "Philosophers Stone" to "Sorcerers Stone" for all the yanks without brains : Though it seems to me the ones who can't figure out what a philosopher is are also the ones who can't open a book properly, so its all a bit silly really.
I'd suggest John Wyndham as a good author, but NOT "Day of the Triffids" as though that is widely regarded as his best work, I find that it is surpassed by "The Troublr with Lichen" and "The Kraken Awakes".