starskin
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Post by starskin on Oct 14, 2006 19:49:31 GMT -4
He made up Czernobog/Bieblebog? Wow, that's pretty cool. Well, the reason I think the forgetable god is an actual god from mythology is because someone asked him not to reveal his identity, because they were really close to figuring out who it was. Neil said he wouldn't out of respect for that person's request. If he had made up the god, I don't think that would have happened. But then, I guess the character could be based on or an amalgamation of several dieties. Who knows? (Other than Neil, I mean.  ) Edited because Holy run-on sentence, Batman! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2006 6:55:38 GMT -4
Yep. Someone asked him (in his blog) who his favourite gods were, and he mentioned that they were some of his favourites and he'd made them up.
I didn't realise Neil had implied that it was someone real. That is interesting. I have to read that book again, I can't even remember the character for some reason.
Maybe it WAS a real god and now he is preventing me from remembering him.
I need Fragile Things right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2008 14:49:00 GMT -4
I loved Good Omens, the book he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett.
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Post by Ripley on Jun 11, 2008 23:20:32 GMT -4
I finally read his Sandman graphic novels last year. They were wonderful.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2008 17:05:54 GMT -4
Neil will be giving a talk in NY next month in honor of Sandman's twentieth (!) anniversary. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2008 0:30:57 GMT -4
God I feel old now. And jealous of New Yorkers.
::hugs signed copy of Anansi Boys::
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2008 1:23:22 GMT -4
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Post by Ripley on Oct 29, 2008 10:18:33 GMT -4
Ergaster, it's already out. I bought it last week. It has more of a feel that it was written for a teen audience, but it's still quite a good story. The illustrations are very subtle, but good for the mood of the book.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2008 14:04:35 GMT -4
Thanks Ripley! Boy, I really am out of the loop, aren't I? Bad fan!
"written for a teen audience," you say? So, kind of like a more mature Coraline?
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Post by Ripley on Oct 29, 2008 20:26:52 GMT -4
According to the Amazon page, its intended audience is 9-12 years old. So I guess it's the same age group as Coraline.
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