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Part One:
He is. A big-nosed genius. A big-nosed, English-born, Jewish genius.
Reading his books takes me back to the days when everything had possibility. My brother says he can no longer tell stories, because he has lost the innocent pleasure in just telling a story for its own sake. I have become obsessed with finding real stories to tell, stories that will mean something to my peers. Is there such a thing as a Jewish fairy-tale?
The man writes stories, poetry, books, comics, movies. I don't think there's a medium he doesn't write in. He's a Renaissance man, and he lives in Minnesota.
The point of this is, Neil Gaiman is a genius.
But why?
Part Two:
Why fantasy?
Because the good guys always win.
Why fantasy?
Because there is another world out there, one that we don't see. Not the one most authors imagine, but at least they're thinking about it.
Why fantasy?
Because too many books written about the "real" world are written on the assumption that, as Victor put it so succinctly on the last episode of Dollhouse, "people are mostly crap".
Why fantasy?
Because I like it, dammit.
And that's that.
7 comments:
I'm glad you're enjoying the book...
You see? Good things come from Minnesota!
I'm 2/3rd done the color of magic.
the color of magic? which author is that?
terry pratchett. one of my life's missions is to publicize his works.
e., you wanna write a book review when you're done and guest post it?
pratchett's earlier books are pretty lame. the more recent ones are awesome.
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What?! i do believe you have it backwards on pratchett. all his books are great, but earlier ones definatly take to prize.
J
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