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mizarchivistTalk about lucked out. The Gaiman event was in the sanctuary of the First Parish, so standard 2 aisles plus- I dunno- box seats? along the windows. I picked the closest box on the left by the book selling table. As it turns out, the "keep the line moving" tactic meant going by section and so I got to be in the first 10 books to be signed.
The church doesn't really have so much with the air conditioning, so it was uncomfortably warm before Neil even started reading. Not a big deal, 'cept the woman sitting less than 6 inches from me was fruitlessly fanning herself with a note card. I did not have to slit her throat with said card, as she gave it up after five minutes or so.
Poor Neil looked tired before he even got started! However, he read a passage from Anansi Boys then took questions for the rest of the time. He talked about what the Good Omens sequel would have been like if he and Pratchett ever got their act together. He talked about the characters that wouldn't work in 1602. The foibles of Hollywood. The new children's book he is starting to write that features a serial killer (this was a segue after recollecting Anansi Boys is pretty much free of swearing and sex... and violence? That last bit seems rather unlikely- and that he thought it was telling that he chose to go on the serial killer option for the kid book. Oh- Derek would be Death's final sibling. Least it keeps with the D theme :) Beowolf is starting production on Monday and it's very likely that a movie version of Sandman/Death will be made. "Family Oriented" was described as the sort of movie that you could plonk a 4 year old in front of while you go out and do other things, come back and be safe with the knowledge that they were exposed to no thoughts or ideas whatsoever (or something like that) If someone who was also there can verify the more exact phrasing go for it. Neil's sort of Family film, like Mirrormask, is absolutely not that sort.
I requested he sign the books to "Dead Muppet House" and was treated with the inevitable curiosity of what does that mean, so I esplained that's where I lived. It reminded him of being at the Henson studios for Mirrormask where he actually touched a real dead muppet. He put it on, made the eyes blink, and the latex that was its eyelid just sort of oozed off as old latex will. He said it was one of the most disturbing things he'd ever had on his hand.
The church doesn't really have so much with the air conditioning, so it was uncomfortably warm before Neil even started reading. Not a big deal, 'cept the woman sitting less than 6 inches from me was fruitlessly fanning herself with a note card. I did not have to slit her throat with said card, as she gave it up after five minutes or so.
Poor Neil looked tired before he even got started! However, he read a passage from Anansi Boys then took questions for the rest of the time. He talked about what the Good Omens sequel would have been like if he and Pratchett ever got their act together. He talked about the characters that wouldn't work in 1602. The foibles of Hollywood. The new children's book he is starting to write that features a serial killer (this was a segue after recollecting Anansi Boys is pretty much free of swearing and sex... and violence? That last bit seems rather unlikely- and that he thought it was telling that he chose to go on the serial killer option for the kid book. Oh- Derek would be Death's final sibling. Least it keeps with the D theme :) Beowolf is starting production on Monday and it's very likely that a movie version of Sandman/Death will be made. "Family Oriented" was described as the sort of movie that you could plonk a 4 year old in front of while you go out and do other things, come back and be safe with the knowledge that they were exposed to no thoughts or ideas whatsoever (or something like that) If someone who was also there can verify the more exact phrasing go for it. Neil's sort of Family film, like Mirrormask, is absolutely not that sort.
I requested he sign the books to "Dead Muppet House" and was treated with the inevitable curiosity of what does that mean, so I esplained that's where I lived. It reminded him of being at the Henson studios for Mirrormask where he actually touched a real dead muppet. He put it on, made the eyes blink, and the latex that was its eyelid just sort of oozed off as old latex will. He said it was one of the most disturbing things he'd ever had on his hand.
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And his phrasing on "Family movie" was pretty much "Most people use that to mean a movie you can plop your four old down in front of go away for two plus hours secure in the knowledge that he will not see anything that will give him ideas".
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Oooh. That, I'd've liked to hear. Do you remember any of the characters and reasons? (Personally, I was disappointed in 1602 for a few reasons.)
He's not coming here on this tour. :( I had to have a minion get my copy of Anansi Boys signed last night.
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There were no others mentioned by name (that I remember) though he commented that the cast got a bit large and hard to handle by the time he finished putting in everyone he did use.
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I think the cast did get a little too unwieldly; that was one of the problems I had with it. Neil seemed to think he had to fit in everyone he could, and damn the torpedoes!
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