So would I! Just imagine what kinds of recipes he'd put in them. Especially if it's meant to be a cookbook written by Delirium. (Chicken and telephone ice cream!)
Neverwhere is definitely one of my favorites, probably because there's less emphasis on the romance and more on the adventure part of it. (Oh, Stardust.) It's also got this gritty feel to it, and it's a great example of urban fantasy -- literally. I also like the surreal qualities of some of the parts of the story, like the floating market and the trials. Kinda reminds me of Mirrormask, only a little less packed with LSD.
Yeah, stardust was all about tappin' that stargirl ass, all I know about Neverwhere is that it's about some dude who finds another city under london and there's a woman named Door. Sounds awesome!
Now that I've got you here, can you whip out those tarot cards and find out if there's a point in your forseeable future that you aren't... I'm finding it hard to describe what Real Life is doing to you without getting "Drill Sergeant from Full Metal Jacket" graphic... let's just say 'indisposed'
It's just that I would like to hire your services as a beta reader, particularly in the sentence structure and grammar areas. There's no way in hell that I'd let you do it now because I don't want to add to your current pile of stuff. It's something that I'd eventually like because, as Will Smith puts it in Men In Black, you're "The best of the best of the best. With honours."
That is pretty much an accurate summary of Stardust. Also, I'd like to put forward the notion that I preferred the book ending to the movie ending because although the book's ending was kinda a dick move, it was a lot more realistic and somehow more satisfying than, "And then they lived in the stars together forever. THE END."
The Book Job is indeed awesome. Haha, I mentioned to a few people on the chat how the way Lisa puts off her writing was me with my NaNo story. And yay for Neil Gaiman. I totally need to read his books as he does indeed give great writing advice.
Haha, yeah, Lisa was pretty much a good example of writers in general, I think, save for the particularly dedicated. Who hasn't been plagued with distractions?
Also, you do! He's such an awesome writer, especially if you're into fantasy. People say he's on the dry side, but personally, I just think it's refreshing. It's poetic yet straightforward. Pretty much typical for British literature. (People these days I guess are expecting Rowling-style lit or American lit. They just don't realize that writers from the isles are pretty dry. /rant)
I love Neil Gaiman. Once I almost met him but then I didn't. And that's my sob story. He's great though. I haven't read nearly enough of his books, only American Gods and the short stories and his children's books. Oh and the Sandman. And Good Omens. Okay I've read quite a lot of Gaiman.
You are so very lucky, even if you didn't get a chance to meet him. ;_;
Actually, same here. See, I'm not particularly into Amanda Palmer, and a bunch of my friends went to an Amanda Palmer concert without me... and met Neil Gaiman. And got him to sign a few books. And I was like, "Goddamnit, musical tastes."
/sob story sharing
Also, you've read the good stuff. XD American Gods (and Anansi Boys by extent) is/are my favorites out of his work besides Good Omens. His short stories are pretty classy too. (Oh, A Study In Emerald. You are so very, very awesome.) High five for classy tastes!
Aah, Gaiman's a cool guy. I agree about the books thing, too! I've heard complaints, but I actually really like most of his stuff? (To be honest, I find a lot of his short stories underwhelming, but I love his novels.)
Also, high five! Not sure what to make of the complaints I've seen on f!s. I get the feeling that when they say "most of his work is dry," they're not really taking into consideration that it's a) deconstructions/adaptations of fairy tales (which is common) and b) British lit. I mean, it's cool that not everything floats everyone's boats, but he's not the worst writer ever if you put things in perspective, right?
As for the novels, I have to admit, I like all of his work, but word to the idea that his novels > his short stories. I think it's just because he has more time to flesh out his characters and really take them to awesome levels.
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I still need to find the time to sit down and read Neverwhere.
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Neverwhere is definitely one of my favorites, probably because there's less emphasis on the romance and more on the adventure part of it. (Oh, Stardust.) It's also got this gritty feel to it, and it's a great example of urban fantasy -- literally. I also like the surreal qualities of some of the parts of the story, like the floating market and the trials. Kinda reminds me of Mirrormask, only a little less packed with LSD.
Tl;dr, do it. It's totally worth it.
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Will do captain!
Yeah, stardust was all about tappin' that stargirl ass, all I know about Neverwhere is that it's about some dude who finds another city under london and there's a woman named Door. Sounds awesome!
Now that I've got you here, can you whip out those tarot cards and find out if there's a point in your forseeable future that you aren't... I'm finding it hard to describe what Real Life is doing to you without getting "Drill Sergeant from Full Metal Jacket" graphic... let's just say 'indisposed'
It's just that I would like to hire your services as a beta reader, particularly in the sentence structure and grammar areas. There's no way in hell that I'd let you do it now because I don't want to add to your current pile of stuff. It's something that I'd eventually like because, as Will Smith puts it in Men In Black, you're "The best of the best of the best. With honours."
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Also, to answer your question... December. XD;
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Also, you do! He's such an awesome writer, especially if you're into fantasy. People say he's on the dry side, but personally, I just think it's refreshing. It's poetic yet straightforward. Pretty much typical for British literature. (People these days I guess are expecting Rowling-style lit or American lit. They just don't realize that writers from the isles are pretty dry. /rant)
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/goes back to NaNo
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Actually, same here. See, I'm not particularly into Amanda Palmer, and a bunch of my friends went to an Amanda Palmer concert without me... and met Neil Gaiman. And got him to sign a few books. And I was like, "Goddamnit, musical tastes."
/sob story sharing
Also, you've read the good stuff. XD American Gods (and Anansi Boys by extent) is/are my favorites out of his work besides Good Omens. His short stories are pretty classy too. (Oh, A Study In Emerald. You are so very, very awesome.) High five for classy tastes!
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Also, high five! Not sure what to make of the complaints I've seen on f!s. I get the feeling that when they say "most of his work is dry," they're not really taking into consideration that it's a) deconstructions/adaptations of fairy tales (which is common) and b) British lit. I mean, it's cool that not everything floats everyone's boats, but he's not the worst writer ever if you put things in perspective, right?
As for the novels, I have to admit, I like all of his work, but word to the idea that his novels > his short stories. I think it's just because he has more time to flesh out his characters and really take them to awesome levels.
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