Sandman was my first Gaiman, a legacy from the boyfriend before Daniel.
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
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."
WindSparrow - Jul 29, 2013 11:31:28 am PDT #21168 of 28404
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.
dcp - Jul 29, 2013 2:13:00 pm PDT #21169 of 28404
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 28404
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.
Typo Boy - Jul 29, 2013 2:27:46 pm PDT #21171 of 28404
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Maverick rec: One of the Sandman graphic novels. Either Season of Mists or Game of You. Game of You, probably - weirdness factor at 11.
sj - Jul 29, 2013 2:36:11 pm PDT #21172 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I just re-read American Gods, and did the same thing wrt Low Key.
dcp, Low Key is Loki.
smonster - Jul 29, 2013 2:51:59 pm PDT #21173 of 28404
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I have gotten fooled by Low Key at least twice as well.
-t - Jul 29, 2013 3:11:51 pm PDT #21174 of 28404
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There's also the short stories. I think some of those might be available for free?
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2013 3:20:12 pm PDT #21175 of 28404
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just re-read American Gods, and did the same thing wrt Low Key.
I have gotten fooled by Low Key at least twice as well.
I love you all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2013 6:01:15 pm PDT #21176 of 28404
"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
It didn't take me until the official reveal, but I too felt like an idiot when I made the connection and realized it had been in plain sight the whole time.
Atropa - Jul 29, 2013 6:17:03 pm PDT #21177 of 28404
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Sandman. Start with Sandman.
Well, okay, that's my purist reaction. The Graveyard Book may be a good place to start.
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.
Hey, will one of you who has read The Ocean at the End of the Lane give me a general rating for the emotional gut-punchiness of it? I love Neil's writing, but I've seen some comments that the book can be emotionally wrenching around the ideas of the helplessness of childhood, and that's kind of a loaded topic for me nowadays.
(Yes, I have the book and I haven't read it yet. Crazy, I know.)