5 Shevat/20 January, 2010
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bearshortyNeil Gaiman is awesome and so is his blog , especially discovering that I can listen to him read “The Graveyard Book” online.
I really liked this Neil Gaiman’s quote about “Coraline” in FAQ section:
“Is it a kid book or an adult book?
Hmm. Good question. I'm not sure what they call things like the Harry Potter series, or the Phillip Pullman books, or Clive Barker's Thief of Always, or the Lemony Snicket books, but if it has to be put into a box that's the sort of stuff you'd find in the box it goes into: books with young protagonists, with stories that children enjoy and that adults enjoy and they seem to be enjoying different things.
It's not a long book -- I just got the UK edition, in proof, and it's 168 pages long, thirteen chapters.
As a general sort of rule, kids seem to read it as an adventure. Adults get nightmares.
Does that help?”
I actually though “Caroline” was creepy and scary when I read it in my mid-20s, so I think I agree with him. And adults definitely get other things out of Harry Potter than children.
Good episode of “Leverage” tonight, much better than last week; a better setting at least.
Some stars out tonight, which is a rarity here in all light pollution. I miss Undergrad sometimes because it was in pretty mountainy region with nights full of stars.
I really liked this Neil Gaiman’s quote about “Coraline” in FAQ section:
“Is it a kid book or an adult book?
Hmm. Good question. I'm not sure what they call things like the Harry Potter series, or the Phillip Pullman books, or Clive Barker's Thief of Always, or the Lemony Snicket books, but if it has to be put into a box that's the sort of stuff you'd find in the box it goes into: books with young protagonists, with stories that children enjoy and that adults enjoy and they seem to be enjoying different things.
It's not a long book -- I just got the UK edition, in proof, and it's 168 pages long, thirteen chapters.
As a general sort of rule, kids seem to read it as an adventure. Adults get nightmares.
Does that help?”
I actually though “Caroline” was creepy and scary when I read it in my mid-20s, so I think I agree with him. And adults definitely get other things out of Harry Potter than children.
Good episode of “Leverage” tonight, much better than last week; a better setting at least.
Some stars out tonight, which is a rarity here in all light pollution. I miss Undergrad sometimes because it was in pretty mountainy region with nights full of stars.
