This link has been bookmarked by 167 people . It was first bookmarked on 04 Apr 2008, by someone privately.
-
31 Dec 17
-
18 Dec 15
-
08 May 15
-
06 Apr 15
Thomas James"THE FACTS OF DEATH
POSTED BY NEIL GAIMAN AT 8:03 PM
It is not a wise or a sensible thing to do, to fly from the US to the UK, getting in late on the Tuesday night, and flying back early on the Thursday morning, in order to go to a funeral on the Wednesday, but sometimes you do the wrong thing because it's the only right thing you can do, and because you have to say goodbye to a friend properly, and that was true this week.
We didn't always look like this. 24 years ago, on tour for Good Omens, we looked more like this:
It's a bookshop signing photo, which is a nice change. Back then, every newspaper interview we did they'd drive us to a graveyard. I'm not 100% certain why. But in ancient crumbling newspaper picture archives, there should be a host of photos of Terry and me holding Good Omens and looking not very scary at all.
It accompanies this: http://www.locusmag.com/2006/Issues/1991_Gaiman_Pratchett.html -- an interview with us both from 1991, in Locus Magazine, from back when we were very young and prone to finishing each other's sentences.
BBC Radio 4 is going to repeat GOOD OMENS as a tribute to Terry: it starts Monday the 6th, at 22:30 UK time. Details at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04knt4h If you missed it, you can listen to it from anywhere in the world, using the internet, or an app (if you have only a phone/tablet).
And Terry's death makes me think of Douglas Adams' death (I missed the memorial: it was the first day that planes were flying again after 9/11, and I gave my seat on the plane up so that someone could get home).
On March 3rd I was in the UK to deliver the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture, to help Save the Rhinos. You can watch the talk I gave here:
(The blog title is borrowed from a poem Terry wrote for an anthology called NOW WE ARE SICK, which I edited with Steve Jones in 1985. His poem began...
They don’t teach you the facts of death,
Your Mum and Dad. They give you pets.
We had a dog which went astray.
Got laminated to the motorway.
I cried. We had to post him to the vet’s.
You have to work it out yourself,
This dying thing. Death’s always due.
A goldfish swimming on a stall,
Two weeks later: cotton wool,
And sent to meet its Maker down the loo.)" -
28 Feb 15
-
24 Aug 14
-
20 Aug 14
-
21 May 14
-
04 May 14
-
10 Feb 13
-
28 Nov 12
-
12 Nov 12
-
09 Sep 12
-
28 Aug 12
-
09 Aug 12
-
23 Jul 12
-
17 Jul 12
Stephen SmithGreat place to learn what's going on in the life of the great Neil Gaiman.
-
10 Jun 12
-
30 May 12
-
26 Mar 12
-
17 Mar 12
-
06 Jan 12
-
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.
-
-
24 Dec 11
-
28 Sep 11
-
27 Sep 11
-
19 Jul 11
-
09 May 11
-
18 Apr 11
-
09 Apr 11
-
The bit I think I was happiest with is about 16 minutes in, when I was asked what I would say to someone worried about having to know 47 years of backstory before watching Doctor Who, and I said:
“No, look, there’s a blue box. It’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It can go anywhere in time and space and sometimes even where it’s meant to go. And when it turns up, there’s a bloke in it called The Doctor and there will be stuff wrong and he will do his best to sort it out and he will probably succeed cos he’s awesome. Now sit down, shut up, and watch ‘Blink’.”
-
-
27 Jan 11
-
19 Jan 11
-
05 Jan 11
Blanca Margarita Parra MosquedaMuy interesante conocer sobre este autor.
Muy padres sus novelas graficas -
27 Nov 10
-
07 Nov 10
-
01 Nov 10
-
28 Oct 10
-
14 Oct 10
-
05 Aug 10
-
22 Jul 10
-
13 Jul 10
-
06 Jul 10
-
16 Feb 10
-
20 Jan 10
-
17 Jan 10
Rach(el) BenderMost exciting news was an email from The House on the Rock. Now The House on the Rock is a real place about an hour west of Madison Wi, that I write about in American Gods, and I had to tone down my description of it and leave things out in the book in order to make it believable.
It's a monument to kitsch and wonder and madness and uncertainty. It contains the largest carousel in the world, which nobody ever gets to ride (although people ride it in the book. It takes them somewhere). I know that people read American Gods and then visit the House on the Rock, because they tell me at signings and in email, and it looks like the House on the Rock has noticed this too.
Tom Kupsh at the House on the Rock suggested some kind of event for fans. I asked what he had in mind, and this is what I got back:
Here are the ideas we have so far:
--Although the tenth anniversary of publication is 2011, we would like to do something this year (and maybe next year as well). We would like to do this over the Halloween weekend--perhaps a three day event.
--I suggest you go to our web site at thehouseontherock.com and see the facilities that we have at the three sites. We have a limited number of rooms--about 200; there are a great number of rooms available within easy driving distance. We also have some conference rooms available and are accoustomed to handling large groups.
--We are working on a way to allow a limited number of guests to ride the carousel.
--We want the fans of American Gods to give us their ideas about what the weekend should be.
--We want all the suggestions, ideas and guidance we can get from your end.
--Most of all, we want you to come and celebrate with us.
If you're interested and you have ideas then send them to me through the FAQ line and I'll make sure they get to Tom. What kinds of talks or panels (for example) would you like to attend? Or give? Do you want to dress up as American Gods characters? (I don't think I've ever seen any American Gods COSplay.) Do you want... well, I don't know what you -
02 Jan 10
-
12 Dec 09
-
19 Nov 09
-
08 Nov 09
-
01 Oct 09
-
19 Sep 09
-
09 Sep 09
-
18 Aug 09
-
12 Aug 09
-
25 Jul 09
-
22 Jul 09
-
20 Jul 09
-
05 Jul 09
-
21 May 09
-
27 Apr 09
-
20 Apr 09
-
17 Mar 09
-
06 Mar 09
-
25 Feb 09
-
21 Feb 09
-
11 Feb 09
-
07 Feb 09
-
01 Feb 09
-
26 Jan 09
-
20 Jan 09
-
17 Jan 09
Rhondda PowlingThe talented author of Coraline, The Graveyard Book and other great books comments on the things that interest him, and I find it interesting.
gaiman Neil_Gaiman books art authors blogs comics fantasy scifi writer literature writing WFCaut
-
16 Jan 09
-
07 Jan 09
-
19 Nov 08
-
09 Nov 08
-
01 Nov 08
-
25 Oct 08
-
04 Sep 08
-
27 Aug 08
-
18 Aug 08
-
13 Aug 08
-
05 Aug 08
-
30 Jul 08
-
01 Jul 08
-
08 May 08
-
20 Mar 08
-
02 Mar 08
-
26 Feb 08
-
09 Feb 08
-
30 Jan 08
-
01 Jan 08
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.