The Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America during 2008. The Graveyard Book traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens who is adopted and raised by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered.
And there's also a two-volume graphic novel that I would recommend as well. Like, read all three books. Both versions bring something different to the table so together you get what I feel to be a more complete picture.
And don't let the "children's" thing throw you: It's a children's book the same way Harry Potter is.
durdencommatyler wrote:I couldn't finish American Gods. People love it. I expect that you guys will like it a lot. I'm sort of a weirdo when it comes to Gaiman. For some reason his stuff doesn't like to click with me. I'll give it a second try one of these days.
stardust is the only thing from him i've read, and i enjoyed it
I fucking LOVE Stardust.
did you like the movie as well?
Yes I did. Very much.
Have you read any of his Sandman work?
Very little. Back in the day.
It's REALLY good.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
Couldn't really get into Sandman. I liked Coraline and Stardust. I read one of his short story collections and hated it. I might try Graveyard Book next.
BurtReynolds wrote:Couldn't really get into Sandman. I liked Coraline and Stardust. I read one of his short story collections and hated it. I might try Graveyard Book next.
Sandman didn't really hit it's stride till around the third arc. Then it REALLY took off.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
BurtReynolds wrote:Couldn't really get into Sandman. I liked Coraline and Stardust. I read one of his short story collections and hated it. I might try Graveyard Book next.
Sandman didn't really hit it's stride till around the third arc. Then it REALLY took off.
BurtReynolds wrote:Couldn't really get into Sandman. I liked Coraline and Stardust. I read one of his short story collections and hated it. I might try Graveyard Book next.
Sandman didn't really hit it's stride till around the third arc. Then it REALLY took off.
I've heard that. I only tried the first two.
When I re-read it, I usually skip the first two. I like them, but I want to hit the ground running.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:I hate Neil Gaiman. Were I to be gifted his entire works in a one-of-kind leather bound book with personal inscription, I would sandwich the book between the Amanda Palmer records, set fire to the whole lot, and then flush the ashes down my toilet.
Don't hold back, Trag.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
BurtReynolds wrote:Couldn't really get into Sandman. I liked Coraline and Stardust. I read one of his short story collections and hated it. I might try Graveyard Book next.
tragabigzanda wrote:I hate Neil Gaiman. Were I to be gifted his entire works in a one-of-kind leather bound book with personal inscription, I would sandwich the book between the Amanda Palmer records, set fire to the whole lot, and then flush the ashes down my toilet.
A Man Called Ove is great so far. Laugh out loud funny. And so charming and emotionally honest. Makes one feel without being manipulative (yet). Very much enjoying the book at this point.
I'm not a smart man but this book is pretty much bullshit, right? Also I love how it's got a five-star review based on two reviews. Hmm, what's their last name again?
Published December 18th 2015 by Diviacchi Promotions, Inc.
This is regarding SJC Case 12025, In Re Valeriano Diviacchi, in which the undersigned former attorney Valeriano Diviacchi was the only one involved who had the courage to speak honestly and truthfully to the best of his knowledge and ability; who was the only attorney willing to handle a complex, difficult case on an honest and reasonable fee basis; who was willing to do so despite being out-of-state attending his daughter's college graduation at most material times (something no judge or BBO member could be bothered to consider); who represented his dishonest client in such a competent and diligent manner that his dishonest client avoided default, foreclosure, and true bankruptcy that would have been the undisputed result without his representation; and who committed no act of perjury nor intentional misrepresentation as falsely claimed in this case unlike the other attorneys involved who used his honest work and the dishonest nature of his client to collect their dishonest fees and to falsely disparage his work and experience.
Private citizen Valeriano Diviacchi pursuant to the First Amendment states to the following specific individuals and generally to the farce called the American system of justice:
To the Injustices of the Supreme Judicial Court who have become so accustomed to fabricating evidence and "law" to enforce their own personal ruling class ideology that they have become incapable of differentiating fact from fiction and live life in too much fear of losing their power to deal honestly with the lives before them;
To the glorified bookkeepers that call themselves Bar Counsel and Board of Bar "Overseers" consistent with their plantation heritage and mentality whose only knowledge of ethics is how to spell it and including but limited to the hypocritical, delusional, sycophant, bigots who were involved in the above case who were and are willing to have their personal emotional dislike of an individual serve as a basis for financial, personal, and familial punishment of that individual;
To the fine, upstanding members of the Bar everywhere whose ignorance of history and their own ability to contort delusional self-interest into a recognizable and enforceable ethical standard makes them willing to destroy lives both physically and spiritually;
And last by not least
To my dishonest, lying, cheating, outright evil former client Camilla Warrender:
I did nothing wrong and made no mistake in this case other than to naively expect honesty and forthrightness from my client, the Bar, and the justice system. A mistake no honest trial attorney should make or they will wind up as I have.
Really liking this. I'd recommend it to be read alongside George Packer's The Great Unwinding for perspective on post-industrial infrastructure. Packer builds a convincing narrative in his book, then Byrne comes along on his bicycle and observes the landscape while musing about many different things. One of the only books I've ever read where the voice in my head matches the real-life voice of the author perfectly.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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To me, George Saunders is unique. There are younger writers that try to emulate him, but they always come off as too clever and are unreadable. Simon Rich is an example of this. His TV show Man Seeking Woman is great, but his stories are terrible. Actually, now that I think of it, Saunders is kind of like Man Seeking Woman. Robert Coover is maybe a predecessor/contemporary that is sometimes similar in some ways. I'm a big fan of them both.
The book turned into Deadwood for me. 
