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Gaiman Naming Auction
Embedded Geek writes "Neil Gaiman is auctioning the opportunity to help pick a name in his upcoming novel Anansi Boys. Proceeds will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "I've got to name a currently unnamed cruise ship in Anansi Boys. I have no idea what to call it, and, a couple of days ago, realised that my utter lack of inspiration could do good things for the CBLDF. If you wish, you can bid to have the ship named after you, your loved one, your dog, or even your favourite word." As of 10AM PST the bidding is up to US $2,225.00, but surely some slashdotter who cashed out of the bubble at the right time can bid it up. Be warned, though - the auction indicates "Successful bidder agrees to pay actual shipping costs.""
The winner of this auction "will receive a signed, first edition of Anansi Boys when it is published this Fall." - This explains the shipping costs.
Not just boys, but Anansi boys.
If you're going to make homo jokes, please try to make them as complete as possible.
(For the Brit-challenged: "nancy boy" is slang for an effeminate, presumably homosexual young man. The title of the book is a clever pun... one that many Americans will, sadly, not get.)
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Anansi The Spider is a West African folk character who is also quite popular in the carribean and the States.
The main character in Gaiman's book is the son of a spider god.
Heard 'im speak at the Princess Mononoke US version premiere in Austin. He pronounced it Gay-min too.
Cheers and thanks for that.
Read Errant Story.
As far as a know, the best living British author Terry Pratchett occasionally auctions off names of secondary characters for good causes. Pratchett, of course, co-authored Good Omens, which you should have read because it is brilliant, so they know each other (one would hope).