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I'm the opposite. It was Neverwhere that was the massive let down for me. I've always had a problem with Gaiman as anything but a comic book writer - his scripts are unbelievable and his stories, though good, don't stand out beyond other fantasy writers (I'd put him in the Sean Hutson, Graham Masterson bracket rather than the Iain Banks, Robin Hobb area)

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Loved Good Omens with Terry Pratchett, but haven't read any of his others :roll:
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Jim wrote:I'm the opposite. It was Neverwhere that was the massive let down for me. I've always had a problem with Gaiman as anything but a comic book writer - his scripts are unbelievable and his stories, though good, don't stand out beyond other fantasy writers (I'd put him in the Sean Hutson, Graham Masterson bracket rather than the Iain Banks, Robin Hobb area)

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No, Jim, I agree. I don't believe gods, even personal ones, have to be infallible (hence all the AE bashing on this site--but we still love him, no?). While Gaiman is an absolute master, and an innovator, when it comes to comics, his novels, while imaginative, do tend to lack in focus, form, and sometimes even writing quality. I do think that he is improving with each book, however. And oddly enough, his best novel to date, in my opinion, is his children's book from last year called Coraline. It's wonderfully written and conceived. Read that.

Neverwhere was kinda crap.
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Glad we're on the same wavelength. There was every chance you could turn into a raving defender, regardless of rhyme or reason..

A bit like Planet when you slag off Eldy.

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Jim wrote:Glad we're on the same wavelength. There was every chance you could turn into a raving defender, regardless of rhyme or reason..
I once had a job interview with Gaiman's (book) editor, and I think voicing my reasoned opinion of his abilities was precisely why I didn't get the job... :wink: ;D

But I still love him!
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Oh yeah, and I told his editor I would have made him entirely rewrite the first fifty pages of Neverwhere. Whoops.:eek:

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Yeah, I think slagging off Gaiman to the editor's no problem - slagging off their editing, in a job interview, to their face.

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Jim wrote:Yeah, I think slagging off Gaiman to the editor's no problem - slagging off their editing, in a job interview, to their face.

Maybe not your defining moment.
Actually, I think it is my defining moment--and that's exactly the problem. :roll: :P
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Forgot--I read the first issue of 1602 yesterday; intriguing in that Gaimanesque build-up kind of way, and very, very beautiful.

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CorpPunk wrote:Hey I'm Filth (but of course I always knew that)! Somehow I feel as if I should apologise...
woohoo! no more roadkill.

oh and apology accepted. i don't klnow what it was for, but I'll accept it anyway. :D
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CorpPunk wrote:Forgot--I read the first issue of 1602 yesterday; intriguing in that Gaimanesque build-up kind of way, and very, very beautiful.

Hey I'm Filth (but of course I always knew that)! Somehow I feel as if I should apologise...
Congrats! :notworthy:
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The first hundred posts are the worst, after that they begin to flow....
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Jim wrote:The first hundred posts are the worst, after that they begin to flow....
...like sewege from a pipe ;)
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Jim wrote:The first hundred posts are the worst, after that they begin to flow....
...like sewege from a pipe ;)
More than one hundred posts in less than four weeks? Somehow I think my only worry is going to be how to eventually stem the flow. Hence the apology, which Hal so kindly accepted... :wink:
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Jim wrote:The first hundred posts are the worst, after that they begin to flow....
Agreed, it took me forever to get to 100 posts, after that it all began to flow.

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CorpPunk wrote:
Hey I'm Filth (but of course I always knew that)! Somehow I feel as if I should apologise...
congrats 8)
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CorpPunk wrote:
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Jim wrote:The first hundred posts are the worst, after that they begin to flow....
...like sewege from a pipe ;)
More than one hundred posts in less than four weeks? Somehow I think my only worry is going to be how to eventually stem the flow. Hence the apology, which Hal so kindly accepted... :wink:
I find it's directly proportional to the amount of workl I have to do. But I went into detail on that one elsewhere...
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Jim wrote:
CorpPunk wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:...like sewege from a pipe ;)
More than one hundred posts in less than four weeks? Somehow I think my only worry is going to be how to eventually stem the flow. Hence the apology, which Hal so kindly accepted... :wink:
I find it's directly proportional to the amount of workl I have to do. But I went into detail on that one elsewhere...
I find it directly proportional to how much I hate my job. Which, apparently, would be a lot.:cry:
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