B&A: When you see this type of creature in a story, do you automatically ociate it with Pullman's trilogy?

As it grabs you so much that you`ve looked into it - go and do it pronto! Nothing`s absolutely new except the first variation we discover personally.And if it has momentum for you that`s probably a really great starting-point and most stuff with that angle is really good stuff as it appeals safely to our scarify-factor.