tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post116266446692310252..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing." - Kingsley AmisBabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162768863620144382006-11-05T18:21:00.000-05:002006-11-05T18:21:00.000-05:00WHAT is she doing to the wall in that author photo...WHAT is she doing to the wall in that author photo? She looks like she's in love.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563414055936087654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162763317216194372006-11-05T16:48:00.000-05:002006-11-05T16:48:00.000-05:00Wow, the website for 13th is tres cool, I may have...Wow, the website for 13th is tres cool, I may have to read it just for that reason...<BR/><BR/>And what Mscell said: 1900 words <I>is</I> impressive, just keep at it. Rome was not built in a day...and all that.Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162740903242943252006-11-05T10:35:00.000-05:002006-11-05T10:35:00.000-05:00Good Grief, Woman! You'll have me hopping over to ...Good Grief, Woman! You'll have me hopping over to the bookstore to get that 13th Tale in hardcover. Or maybe hopping over to amazon, although I hate to buy stuff there as every click is a little more death for the local Tattered Cover Bookstore, which is fabulous.<BR/>I'm impressed with you word tally so far. Pat yourself on the back -- and then keep writing!MsCellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162724263337585182006-11-05T05:57:00.000-05:002006-11-05T05:57:00.000-05:00Am not a graphic novel/comic reader (Blankets by C...Am not a graphic novel/comic reader (Blankets by Craig Thompson is my only foray into that area) but I'll have to get the library onto ordering Sandman. Am salivating over your description of The 13th Tale. I remember reading GWTW at 13 thinking it was the best thing (besides Jane Eyre) that I'd ever read. The movie was a huge disappointment.lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162708434588453662006-11-05T01:33:00.000-05:002006-11-05T01:33:00.000-05:00Oh god how do you read so much? It's frightening....Oh god how do you read so much? It's frightening.<BR/><BR/>Am glad you went to look at the website though ... and I need to tell you that yesterday morning I cut my fringe (American trans. "bangs") and it looks just like hers. Only blonde-grey, not fetching auburn. <BR/><BR/>What do you think of Perfume? Blew me away, particularly as it is written IN TRANSLATION! And did you too keep a running tally of how many different words the author (and translator) came up with for the word SMELL?Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162706572654821232006-11-05T01:02:00.000-05:002006-11-05T01:02:00.000-05:00oh, i don't know. i think mr. gaiman looks rather ...oh, i don't know. i think mr. gaiman looks rather fey.<BR/><BR/>but i do agree with you on 'jane eyre', and 'gone with the wind'-- soap operas, both of them! and i do not mean that in a derogatory sense. i love both of them dearly, but they're certainly no pillars of high literature.<BR/><BR/>i'm still slogging through 'gormenghast', though i may just give up entirely. i'm not in much of a reading frame of mind these days.<BR/><BR/>perhaps i will check out 'the thirteenth tale'. it sounds much better than 'boards and wards: a review for usmle steps 2 & 3'. urgh.<BR/><BR/>i shut up now.kilowatthourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07591014112256243273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162690437774927962006-11-04T20:33:00.000-05:002006-11-04T20:33:00.000-05:00Aaargh! I don't have enough hours in my days to r...Aaargh! I don't have enough hours in my days to read everything you make me want to read (or re-read)! Sandman - now there's a read I haven't thought of in 10 years...I have got to work on that time-stretching machine some more, the one that lets me stretch those hours between when the kids go to bed and when I fall asleep out into enough hours to read everything I want to.<BR/><BR/>(And could I use the word "read" any more often in a short little comment?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1162679071000707462006-11-04T17:24:00.000-05:002006-11-04T17:24:00.000-05:00It took me a little bit to get into Sandman, too -...It took me a little bit to get into Sandman, too -- I admire the graphic novel genre, but it was different than what I was used to. But I marveled at his ability to go into such detailed and non-linear Other Places in his mind...and by the end, I, too, was hooked.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897322022631264150noreply@blogger.com