tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post114013090365377349..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Anansi And The Boysyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140300226389956282006-02-18T17:03:00.000-05:002006-02-18T17:03:00.000-05:00I thought I'd mention if you like Gaiman, you migh...I thought I'd mention if you like Gaiman, you might want to check out the Sandman script written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. It's at <A HREF="http://www.wordplayer.com" REL="nofollow">wordplayer.com</A>, and it is pretty darn good (and free).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140273858553996812006-02-18T09:44:00.000-05:002006-02-18T09:44:00.000-05:00Anansi Boys was a great book, as was American Gods...Anansi Boys was a great book, as was American Gods, its predescessor. I don't really read a lot of "science fiction", although I'm hesitant to lump Gaiman into that category because his writing is so much more. The Sandman series was one of the most engaging stories I've ever read. I need to pick up more of his work.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and if you want a quickie, creepy read, pick up his children's novel Coraline. Excellent, excellent, excellent, and Dave McKean does the pen and ink drawings that are scattered through.HRH Courtney, Queen of Everythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019876055788862713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140270055822160382006-02-18T08:40:00.000-05:002006-02-18T08:40:00.000-05:00karen,My surreptitious updating of my blog photo h...karen,<BR/><BR/>My surreptitious updating of my blog photo has not gone unnoticed, fortunately to largely positive reaction. Your point is fascinating and one I have thought about a lot, particularly since I have links to my Flickr site promiscuously scattered like adverbs throughout my site. Like most things in my life I will blog about it eventually.<BR/><BR/>And I am very pleased to have my very first comment from Michele. Her site has brought me a lot of readers and it its very flattering that she reads mine occassionally too.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140231076956180622006-02-17T21:51:00.000-05:002006-02-17T21:51:00.000-05:00What a wonderfully written review. I have never r...What a wonderfully written review. I have never read Gaiman, although I do know many people who adore his work.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052534623925640813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140224414230081452006-02-17T20:00:00.000-05:002006-02-17T20:00:00.000-05:00I generally don't go near this kind of fiction, bu...I generally don't go near this kind of fiction, but my daughter might like it. It was for her that I read <I>Wicked</I> as my token novel in January. She has always enjoyed fantasy fiction, from <I>Redwall</I> and <I>Lord of the Rings</I> onward. I'll tell her about this book. (Anansi stories were pretty popular in kid lit when she was picture-book age.)<BR/><BR/>===<BR/>Is it strange that posting your photo, which presumably looks like nobody else in the world and should positively identify you, in fact is less compromising to your anonymity than your name, which you probably share with other people. Simply because we keep lots of written records in our culture, and we don't have an easy way to index images. But that will change, and in the future you won't be able to post your photo on your blog and remain anonymous. In the future, nobody will be anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140223896221306692006-02-17T19:51:00.000-05:002006-02-17T19:51:00.000-05:00I wasn't as big of a fan of American Gods as some ...I wasn't as big of a fan of <I>American Gods</I> as some people since I thought it was basically a novelization of <I>Sandman:Brief Lives</I>. That might not be a particularly apt description, but did find a lot of the central conceits reused. I would strongly recommend <I>Sandman:Season of Mists</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140198843240351552006-02-17T12:54:00.000-05:002006-02-17T12:54:00.000-05:00I'm not the one to ask since I've read none of his...I'm not the one to ask since I've read none of his other stuff, but you can't go wrong with <I>American Gods</I>. I've started <I>Neverwhere</I> a couple of times but it was just too slow and dark for my tastes.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140194326760523242006-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:002006-02-17T11:38:00.000-05:00I haven't read any Neil Gaiman. Any recommendatio...I haven't read any Neil Gaiman. Any recommendations which I should start with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140181630350160012006-02-17T08:07:00.000-05:002006-02-17T08:07:00.000-05:00I only made it halfway through Good Omens, but I t...I only made it halfway through <I>Good Omens</I>, but I think it's got a lot more Pratchett DNA than Gaiman. Not that there's anything wrong with that.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140149605770983232006-02-16T23:13:00.000-05:002006-02-16T23:13:00.000-05:00I'm digging Gaiman's stuff. I'll have to check out...I'm digging Gaiman's stuff. I'll have to check out these two. I rather enjoyed <I>Good Omens</I>, which he wrote with Terry Pratchett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1140142321383850162006-02-16T21:12:00.000-05:002006-02-16T21:12:00.000-05:00I got nothin' for you on the post, yello, but I do...I got nothin' for you on the post, yello, but I do like the new picture...J.Pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131211276276689630noreply@blogger.com