Neil, I'm a long time reader, first time writer. I met you at a book signing and addressed you as Mr. Gaiman, to which you responded, "Call me Neil." You're probably aware that the first line of Moby Dick is "Call me Ishmael." Were you paying homage to Melville, or were you just tuned into the mid-19th century's collective unconscious? I know it's a hundred and fifty years old, and it's in the public domain, but is an acknowledgment too much to ask? Other than that I love your stuff -- keep up the good work!
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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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."
joe boucher - Dec 15, 2004 1:18:40 pm PST #6609 of 10002
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
DavidS - Dec 15, 2004 1:59:57 pm PST #6610 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
joe mocks, but he mocks with love.
checks contents of joe's post
I'm sorry, as my previous comment seems to be inaccurate. There was no love in that mockery. It was a full-on mock, filled to the brim with cold, frothy snark.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:42:08 pm PST #6611 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which neatly addresses my perpetual cognitive dissonance on re-reading Neuromancer and getting stuck on that very point.
When did you read it? I'm pretty sure that when I did it was either during or close enough to the time where static was really static that it never pinged. During, I feel sure.
A sky the colour of that blue, though, would freak my shit out.
brenda m - Dec 15, 2004 2:49:59 pm PST #6612 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
For me it definitely predated the blue screen.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2004 2:53:19 pm PST #6613 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When did you read it?
1986. It's only bugged me on re-reading.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:54:33 pm PST #6614 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does the lack of submachine guns in the Iliad bother you too, Mr. Picky?
Betsy HP - Dec 15, 2004 2:56:41 pm PST #6615 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Think how much shorter it would be with submachine guns!
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 2:58:16 pm PST #6616 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But I don't think they'd get to still wear skirts, and I'm not willing to make that tradeoff.
Betsy HP - Dec 15, 2004 3:06:58 pm PST #6617 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
If the Black Watch wore kilts to WWI (and they did), I think you're covered.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2004 3:08:27 pm PST #6618 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay. Guns it is!