insane after only 3 days

larn — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:52:56 +0000

I just said, aloud, TO MYSELF, while attempting to play guitar hero, but putting in the wrong game disc “it helps to put in the right proper game.” Either I’ve gone mad, or watching 14 episodes of Firefly in two days has turned my brain into mush.

Noteworthy: Neil Gaiman is on The Colbert Report tonight. WATCH IT. or die. that is all.

Graveyard Praise

larn — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:00:34 +0000

This morning, via Neil Gaiman himself (on Twitter), I learned that The Graveyard Book won the 2009 Newbery Medal for outstanding children’s fiction from the American Library Association. That’s fucking awesome. In the world of children’s book publishing, that’s like winning an Oscar. Libraries and the librarians that run them are the most influential people in terms of what books children read, and what books parents buy their children. If the American Library Association thinks a book is great for kids, expect sales of said book to increase dramatically, as more libraries will purchase the book for their collections and more parents will want their kids to read it.

I’m ecstatic that The Graveyard Book was chosen as the winner this year. It’s a spectacular piece of fiction that’s great for any age group, really. I’m 26 and I loved it. It’s an homage to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, except the main character, Nobody (Bod) Owens, is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, instead of animals in a jungle. I had never read any Gaiman before, and I think this book is a great introduction to his writing. If you don’t have time to read the book, you can listen to Gaiman read the entire thing on his website (for free, even).

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insane after only 3 days

Graveyard Praise