From: John Bishop <jbishop@zko.dec.com>
Subject: (urth) Re: Pullman/daemon/children [Digest urth.v030.n163]
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 12:52:47 

I have an actual child (now 11) who has finished
_Compass_ and is reading _Subtle_Knife_.

He had no problem whatsoever with "daemon", and
figured out quickly that it was unrelated to "demon",
and meant "visible soul".  Without reference to a
dictionary, as far as I can tell.

BTW, he far prefers Lemony Snicket's series to 
Pullman.

	-John

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