Actually I snickered. Because Neil Gaiman is one of the few people Harlan actually likes.
Some authors write in omniscient point of view. Neil Gaiman lives it.
This is my favorite.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Atropa - Sep 08, 2009 9:19:13 am PDT #9975 of 28385
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
StuntHusband - Sep 08, 2009 9:23:13 am PDT #9976 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Harlan actually likes
The words "Harlan" and "likes" cancel each other out. I have no idea what noise you just made, Jilli, but it doesn't register as language.
Dana - Sep 08, 2009 9:49:52 am PDT #9977 of 28385
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Peter David mentioned Harlan Ellison at a DragonCon panel yesterday. He held him up as an example of someone who was clearly not a racist, since he marched with MLK.
I did not say "Have you seen some of what Harlan Ellison has done lately?"
Fred Pete - Sep 08, 2009 10:06:00 am PDT #9978 of 28385
Ann, that's a ferret.
When I was in school, a friend was asked to escort Harlan Ellison around campus. (Don't remember why Ellison was there.) Friend was wondering whether to anticipate by buying a "Harlan Ellison spat on me" T-shirt.
Atropa - Sep 08, 2009 10:12:01 am PDT #9979 of 28385
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The words "Harlan" and "likes" cancel each other out. I have no idea what noise you just made, Jilli, but it doesn't register as language.
The last time I met Harlan (which was about 10 years ago, admittedly), he was polite to me and singled me out to have my books signed first from the mass of people standing in front of the table.
(I in no way offer this as proof of Harlan being kind or nice, for I am not foolish. I'm sure his treating me well was entirely prompted by the fact that I am a reasonably attractive woman.)
StuntHusband - Sep 08, 2009 10:22:10 am PDT #9980 of 28385
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I'm sure his treating me well was entirely prompted by the fact that I am a reasonably attractive woman.
Well, that and you're polite and well-mannered. I'm sure he also gets his share of rabid fan-boys...and Gabe and Tycho pissed him off a few years back, so he ALSO hates "industry insiders".
He's what I think about when I consider turning into a full-blown curmudgeon, and it makes me shudder and consider becoming a Zen Buddhist instead.
Steph L. - Sep 08, 2009 10:28:39 am PDT #9981 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
He's what I think about when I consider turning into a full-blown curmudgeon, and it makes me shudder and consider becoming a Zen Buddhist instead.
How about taking H.L. Mencken for your curmudgeon model instead?
erikaj - Sep 08, 2009 10:29:49 am PDT #9982 of 28385
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod.
Steph L. - Sep 08, 2009 11:02:38 am PDT #9983 of 28385
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Erika KNOWS.
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2009 11:05:13 am PDT #9984 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You know how every non-fiction book in the last 4 years has been about the author doing some goofy thing for a full year and writing about it? The Year Of Living Biblically, The Whole Five Feet, The Bonfire Of The Brands, etc?
For the next year, I’m going to read one of those books a week, and I’m going to write about it. After 12 months of blogging, I’ll have my own book that will teach you how to be a better person, a better cook, a better lover, and literally everything else. How convenient!
And- SPOILER ALERT- I will learn something about myself in the process.