As you might expect,

( Here There Be Spoilers . . . )

Via calliopes_pen and SFX, the title of Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who episode.

Well, that will be interesting. For the fandom-screaming, as well as the ep itself. :)

A lovely memorial to Diana Wynne Jones, on his blog.

"Being Alive. Mostly About Diana."

Somehow seems fitting for such a fine writer to be written about by another fine writer, who was also a friend.

Yes, Neil Gaiman *is* writing for Doctor Who -- just not till next year. The link that's been going around fandom (and the f-list), generating sonic booms of squee in its wake is here.It's been a long (rather coy) dance of hints and rumors coming to this point, but I can't find it in myself to be annoyed. I'm just too delighted by the news ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman was wearing a Doctor Who scarf today (DT was right, people never have gotten over the scarf). Pictures, as proof, are here.

Part of a birding report, actually, involving possible Golden Eagle sightings and some very cold weather, as reported in NG's blog, here.WHY, OH WHY isn't NG writing a DW script for next season? Srsly. ( Read more... )

OMG!  Neil Gaiman, Grandmaster of Coolness, just posted a link on his blog for a site where *all* of the classic TV series, The Prisoner, can be watched for free online (at least within the US).

It's all right here.

I can't even begin to describe what a brilliant mindfuck this series is.  If you haven't seen it, do check it out.  You'll never look at ( Read more... )

. . . Thanks to Neil Gaiman, who, in addition to being a sublime writer, also has an amazing eye for pop culture oddities:

"Princess Unicorn"

I have to admit, I lost it with the line about "Queen of the Princesses."  Though I can't be the only person to wonder about a connection to Anne McCaffrey's "Acorna" books (which I've never read), can I?  They ( Read more... )

Here are his New Year's wishes from his blog:

"I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you dream dangerously and outrageously, that you make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked. And most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now ( Read more... )