Or The Graveyard Book.
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 10:14:28 am PDT #21161 of 28378
Because books.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2013 10:19:22 am PDT #21162 of 28378
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
P-C, Amy -- have you read The Ocean at the End of the Lane? Because it's quick and accessible as hell. I almost feel like telling her to start with that.
She's no slouch in the brains department, so it's not like American Gods will kill her, but it is so frigging dense. (True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming. At all. And when it did, I smacked my forehead. And then the *second* time I read it, a few years or more had passed, and I 100% forgot about the whole Low-Key dealio. And once again, the reveal caught me by surprise, which made me smack my forehead even harder, because I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT but just plain forgot.)
Amy - Jul 29, 2013 10:22:30 am PDT #21163 of 28378
Because books.
I haven't read it yet, Steph. I have a bunch of Gaiman to read that I haven't gotten to yet -- I've only actually read Coraline, The Graveyard Book and the beginning of Stardust.
Edited to make sense.
Polter-Cow - Jul 29, 2013 10:40:14 am PDT #21164 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Or The Graveyard Book.
Ooh, yes.
P-C, Amy -- have you read The Ocean at the End of the Lane? Because it's quick and accessible as hell. I almost feel like telling her to start with that.
I have, and, yeah, it's really short and also a pretty good introduction. "Here is Neil Gaiman. He will fuck you up and make your skin crawl."
True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming.
Steph, about halfway through the book, I actually texted my friend wondering when the hell So-and-So would show up, and she laughed her ass off. And just recently I looked at the first page and IT IS SO BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS STEPH HOW THE FUCK DID ANY OF US MISS IT.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2013 10:41:36 am PDT #21165 of 28378
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
IT IS SO BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS STEPH HOW THE FUCK DID ANY OF US MISS IT.
TWICE.
Dana - Jul 29, 2013 10:46:57 am PDT #21166 of 28378
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Neverwhere was also my first Gaiman. It's especially good for Anglophiles.
Pix - Jul 29, 2013 11:15:34 am PDT #21167 of 28378
The status is NOT quo.
(True story: the first time I read it, I didn't see the Low-Key reveal coming. At all. And when it did, I smacked my forehead. And then the *second* time I read it, a few years or more had passed, and I 100% forgot about the whole Low-Key dealio. And once again, the reveal caught me by surprise, which made me smack my forehead even harder, because I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT but just plain forgot.)
HA! This is me, too!
WindSparrow - Jul 29, 2013 11:31:28 am PDT #21168 of 28378
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sandman was my first Gaiman, a legacy from the boyfriend before Daniel.
dcp - Jul 29, 2013 2:13:00 pm PDT #21169 of 28378
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I do not even remember what the Low-Key Reveal might refer to. I'll take that as my cue to re-read.
Gris - Jul 29, 2013 2:18:15 pm PDT #21170 of 28378
Hey. New board.
Can I assume we are discounting Good Omens since it is with TP? Because it was my gateway and is still my favorite.