tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post113676721410259297..comments2024-01-31T23:35:23.799-05:00Comments on try harder: book 5: Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-1136916172163298592006-01-10T13:02:00.000-05:002006-01-10T13:02:00.000-05:00That's funny; I love Monty Python, I love Douglas ...That's funny; I love Monty Python, I love Douglas Adams, but I hate most things that emulate them. <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm just an originality-slut. I only want to give it up for the oldsters...<BR/><BR/>Re: Gaiman- I also love him. I love his floppy hair, I love his comics. His books are crap. Thanks for commenting Mike- I'll ignore the totally ignant elves commment.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-1136893948581277662006-01-10T06:52:00.000-05:002006-01-10T06:52:00.000-05:00Neil Gaiman is my favorite author I can't stand re...Neil Gaiman is my favorite author I can't stand reading. I visit <A HREF="http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp" REL="nofollow">his blog</A> occasionally when I'm bored at work, and always find him very pleasant and likable; however, his novel writing? Not so much.<BR/><BR/>Granted, I'm not a big fan of much speculative fiction. I just can't get that worked up about elves and parallel universes. But for Gaiman in particular, I just don't feel like he's got any follow-through. He can't end a novel at all. I read both <I>Neverwhere</I> and <I>American Gods</I> and both left me pretty cold and frustrated as a reader. (Especially <I>AG</I>, where we spent a large chunk of the book getting ready for this huge battle, only to have that battle not happen.)<BR/><BR/>I'm also not much for Terry Pratchett. He's too much Monty Python humor for me -- and I can't <I>stand</I> Monty Python humor.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887139425272294031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-1136841628593506742006-01-09T16:20:00.000-05:002006-01-09T16:20:00.000-05:00Any other suggestions, doris? More sci-fi would b...Any other suggestions, doris? More sci-fi would be nice...Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-1136841378113529422006-01-09T16:16:00.000-05:002006-01-09T16:16:00.000-05:00I heard that was good. I saw a shitty paperback co...I heard that was good. I saw a shitty paperback copy of it in a used bookstore in London a few moths ago, but I didn't buy it because of the bad bad bad dollar and its weakness against the pound. Now I kind of regret that.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-1136840119733071432006-01-09T15:55:00.000-05:002006-01-09T15:55:00.000-05:00you should give Good Omens a try... co-written by ...you should give Good Omens a try... co-written by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.... funny stuffdoris dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595563500341706642noreply@blogger.com