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Neil Gaiman Talks To John Dvorak
writes "John Dvorak managed to get Neil Gaiman to come onto his video podcast and discuss writing technique and such. I'm not a huge Dvorak fan, but Gaiman will get my attention pretty much any time." Well, it is worth noting that there are other folks before Gaiman, but Gaiman's piece is excellent. As regular readers know, I've been a huge fan/proponent of Neil's work and having meet him a couple years back and exchanged some e-mail over the years it's good to see him getting the recognition he deserves. Watching this video also made me think of some other unusual pairings; I'm thinking Katie Couric doing an interview with Stephen Hawking should happen.
There, fixed that for you.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
If you enjoy reading books by either Neil Gaiman or Terry Prachett, pick up a copy of "Good Omens." Its one of the most enjoyable, humourous and wimsical books I've ever read. By the way, I'm not affilated with either of the authors. I'm just a fan.
I've seen anonymous cowards, and astroturfers, but never a poster who didn't exist...
He tried to kill me with a forklift!
"I'm thinking Katie Couric doing an interview with Stephen Hawking should happen."
Let me know her skirt length and maybe I'll decide then.
Where were you when the voynix came?
...acting as referee between TdR and RMS, cycling through GPLv3 and OLPC.
She'd pass out, I'm bettin'.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Is it just me, or is Gaiman just OK since he started writing novels? His stuff is interesting, but (IMHO) nowhere near as good as his work on the Sandman series. I've read Stardust and more recently American Gods (which I was really looking forward to), but neither of them were something I'd rush to recommend to anyone. He has interesting characters and good plot devices, but the writing itself just kind of lays there.
Maybe it's just me, American Gods did take home the Hugo...
Just junk food for thought...
She can't make him cry for the camera, so what's the use?
What?
Google's image search might be a good idea for you at this point.
...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_gaiman
He's even done one of the "Ask X a question" interviews here on /., but in case you missed that, here you go http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/1 1/03/1349252
Perhaps you should have WTFV (Watched The Fine Video).
That was annoying. It seemed like Dvorak was just interviewing himself - he kept interrupting and answering his own damn questions.
Just link to Crank Geeks itself.
p isode_30_with_s_1.html
http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/10/cranky_geeks_e
-Mattt
Get Katie Couric to interview Stephen Hawking during another one of her televised colon exams.
...So, you're coming out with another book or something? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Hawking: Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to s...what the hell?
Couric: RRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! MORE LUBE GOD DAMMIT!
I missed Neil's Fragile Things tour and he only gets out here every couple of years. I last caught him at Keppler's when American Gods came out. I could only manage about half the book and put it down somewhere, but Anansi Boys was sterling and I've since become a bit of a fan of his works, reading Stardust and Neverwhere and enjoying them both considerably.
When last I met Mr. Gaiman, I was into the 10th year or so of borrowing a ragged copy of Good Omens from a friend. I'd finally read it and took it with me for him to sign, which he did "To Chris- Burn this! Neil Gaiman" classic.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Is there any evidence for or against the claim that Neil Gaiman is a scientologist? The Wikipedia Discussion page talks about it, but no one seems to have any definite answers.
Hey Editors, other than the bolded sentence, could you put up a better summary? I'm a regular/daily reader and how am I supposed to know you are a fan/proponent. Enough of the editorializing. Summarize the article, don't fill it with your pontification of your importance in our lives.
Dvorak + Anyone = still worthless.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
Jack Vance.
Jack Vance vs everybody else is like Lagavulin vs Miller Lite. Complex flavour and deeply rewarding. Not to everyone's taste either.
None of them can see the clouds; The polished wings don't care.
Good Omens really is a classic, but you're right..most of the others are "just" "good reads".
However, check out his recent "Anansi Boys" - I really enjoyed that and feels a lot less forced than American Gods (which I enjoyed more on the second reading, btw)
However, check out his recent "Anansi Boys" - I really enjoyed that and feels a lot less forced than American Gods (which I enjoyed more on the second reading, btw)
I enjoyed it more on the second reading, too. I can't really pinpoint why. I think I liked Shadow a little better the second time around. And maybe I was paying more attention to Anansi, because I was re-reading it before Anansi Boys (which I really enjoyed on the first read) came out.
Since he started writing novels, he hasn't stopped writing for comics. I especially enjoyed the 1602 miniseries.
Anasi Boys is th eonly one I've read. I had a *very* hard time finishing it. his writing leaves so much to be desired. Good basic outline of a story filled with hackneed expresions akward transitions and a prose as smooth as the Andes mountains. The guy can't write. I've read better prose on a milk carton. I really think he shoud, go the way of James patterson and just outline the stories and let someone more qualified write them. I would agree with earlier posters that he's best suited to writting books that have lots of pictures in them and as few words as possible.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.