Escape Artists
PodCastle => Fantasy Discussion => Topic started by: Heradel on September 30, 2008, 11:48:02 PM
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Gaiman's posting the audio of the Graveyard book as he reads the chapters on his book tour. He's only posted the first chapter so far, which is here on his blog (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/harper-collins-audiobook-widget.html).
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AWESOME. I've read an excerpt of this, it was published as a short story in a recent "best of" fantasy collections and its really intriguing. This is great news!
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AWESOME. I've read an excerpt of this, it was published as a short story in a recent "best of" fantasy collections and its really intriguing. This is great news!
I'm aggravated because I had a calculus test which prevented me from going to the reading at Columbia. So close, but yet so far.
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Just more audio that I don't have enough time to listen to.
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AWESOME. I've read an excerpt of this, it was published as a short story in a recent "best of" fantasy collections and its really intriguing. This is great news!
I'm aggravated because I had a calculus test which prevented me from going to the reading at Columbia. So close, but yet so far.
He did a reading at Columbia?
I didn't know. I would have taken off work.
*bursts into tears*
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but check this out:
http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T%2DLC5AE04
wheeeee
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AWESOME. I've read an excerpt of this, it was published as a short story in a recent "best of" fantasy collections and its really intriguing. This is great news!
I'm aggravated because I had a calculus test which prevented me from going to the reading at Columbia. So close, but yet so far.
He did a reading at Columbia?
I didn't know. I would have taken off work.
*bursts into tears*
!
but check this out:
http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T%2DLC5AE04
wheeeee
There's video of it here: http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx
And I need to remember to get a ticket for that when I have money again.
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Seattle's reading is tomorrow.
Sadly, I won't be there. Okay, really not so sadly, since I'll be on a date instead.
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Seattle's reading is tomorrow.
Sadly, I won't be there. Okay, really not so sadly, since I'll be on a date instead.
I saw him at the Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park in 2001. He read from American Gods then.
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I saw him in London a few years ago. He read Wolves in the Walls.
That's a great book.
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I've always wondered what it would be like for him to play Morpheus.
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I saw him in London a few years ago. He read Wolves in the Walls.
That's a great book.
Love that book. I remember reading it to first and second graders around Halloween time and they'd get soooooooooo into it.
I'm gonna see him Monday in LA. Man, his readings are insane with how many people show up.
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Saw him read the first half of chapter 7 last night, which was interesting, as I haven't actually read any of the rest of the book (or listened to/watched it). Gaiman's such an amazing reader and the reaction he got from the crowd at the end of the section was fantastic. People screamed "NOOOO!!!" in the audience. :D
It was cool. I enjoyed it so much I re-listened to audio at work this morning.
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I just bought my ticket for the 11/9 gig.
*happysigh*
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So, I bought the book this afternoon, and, (taking a short break from reading other books), finished it in three hours. Here's a brief spoiler-less review:
It was a good book, certainly, but I found it somewhat unsatisfying. I'm not sure why - I just felt that the story was a bit thin. Maybe it's because it's a YA book, but I've read many YA books that didn't leave the same feeling, including some of Gaiman's other offerings. It's just - well, the book is mostly about the boy growing up in the graveyard, his interactions with the ghosts, and the mystery of why his family was killed (this is not a spoiler, the book starts with the murder). By the end of the book, I sort of felt that we were given glimpses into the life of the boy and into the graveyard - and what was there, was really, really good - but not enough to give me a real sense of either; and the mystery, well, it's alluded to vaguely a lot and then explained in an infodump or two. At the end, there was a sense that the real interesting stuff as far as that subplot went all happened in the background.
So overall, it's was overall really good, but just not quite enough of it.
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Gaiman was on NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95790778). They talk to him about the Graveyard Book and his speaking tour.
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It won the Newbery (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/books/27newb.html) today.
From Gaiman's Twitter (http://twitter.com/neilhimself/) today:
woken up by assistant at 5.30 in the morning. Not quite sure why. All rather bleary, to do with someone trying to call. argh.
oh. forget about it.
@mo_ali what a sensible suggestion. Tea. Yes. Tea. (There is a kettle in hotel room, and teabags.)
Every little pot of honey in this hotel room turns out to be orange marmalade. This is an I-need-honey-in-my-tea moment. They happen rarely.
Mr Gaiman briefly ponders putting marmalade in tea, then realises he has lost his mind.
@quinnlogan I'd already put room service through hoops, trying to get a small pot of milk. Can't do it again. Would hate to bother them.
About to drink second cup of tea without Marmalade this morning. Also, I just won the Newbury Medal for THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.
Newbery, not Newbury. Also FUCK!!!! I won the FUCKING NEWBERY THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME. I thank you.
My blog post about this morning will be autoposted soon, but here's a link anyway. http://bit.ly/OK5w
Blog entry up: (Insert amazed and delighted swearing here): posted by Neil The great thing about h.. http://bit.ly/cNks
@fox_sake it's open to Americans or residents. I'm a resident (have been for 16 years). Pulitzers and NBAs are closed to me, but not this.
Thank you all for the congratulations. (Beams joyfully.) You can listen to the whole book for free at http://bit.ly/y8gk, by the way