I figure not getting to enjoy Neil Gaiman's writing is punishment enough for his detractors.
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2010 11:55:11 am PST #10794 of 28367
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Atropa - Jan 18, 2010 1:27:39 pm PST #10795 of 28367
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I just shake my head at Neil Gaiman detractors and feel vaguely sorry fir them.
Soulless was, as The Kids say, totes ridic, and I loved it beyond all reason. It was just so frothy and silly! With vampires and werewolves and tea trays and bustled dresses! What can I say, sometimes I'm really easy to please.
sj - Jan 18, 2010 1:30:32 pm PST #10796 of 28367
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I need to read Souless. Vampires and tea trays? The friend who told me that I HAD to read it apparently knows me quite well.
askye - Jan 18, 2010 1:31:01 pm PST #10797 of 28367
Thrive to spite them
And the parasol!
Atropa - Jan 18, 2010 1:50:18 pm PST #10798 of 28367
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I covet the parasol SO MUCH.
Amy - Jan 18, 2010 2:05:23 pm PST #10799 of 28367
Because books.
Every time you guys mention the parasol I go right to a Mary Poppins place. Which isn't a bad thing!
Is anyone else reading the Melissa Marr faerie books? I know (I think) I've asked before, but I'm really loving them. They're a lot more unflinching and less frothy than I expected, and I'm thrilled. The second one, especially, hit some dark places.
Strega - Jan 18, 2010 2:49:53 pm PST #10800 of 28367
Honestly, I don't dislike Gaiman, but I haven't felt the urge to read anything he's done since Coraline. It might just be that I OD'd; there are a couple of writers who I was quite into for a while, but it started to feel like an obligation rather than genuine enjoyment. (I had the same experience with Jonathan Carroll. Maybe it's contemporary fantasy in general that I got tired of.)
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2010 5:00:31 pm PST #10801 of 28367
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You wanted steampunk, you got steampunk (you wanted an end to mashups? You don't got it): Android Karenina.
Polter-Cow - Jan 18, 2010 5:04:51 pm PST #10802 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Guess no one noticed when I posted that last week.
Emily - Jan 18, 2010 5:08:40 pm PST #10803 of 28367
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I wouldn't say no one, just... not ita.
And, to be fair, not me either. But that's because I ignore EVERYTHING you say, whereas she may just not have been reading.
(er. sarcasm. right? On the internets no one can hear you use a wry tone of voice.)