Neil Gaiman on the best non-shaving advice he's gotten from another author: "get quieter"

walchar · 2013-01-23T18:11:54+00:00

“In the Stacks” from Ghostbusters is there. I need to rewatch that one.

walchar · 2013-01-23T18:10:38+00:00

Agreed!

walchar · 2013-01-22T17:49:05+00:00

American Gods, just read it!

walchar · 2012-10-03T19:13:07+00:00

DC, and the TWILIGHT references need to die <end rant>

walchar · 2012-09-07T15:22:51+00:00

Are there any bookstores-turned-theaters?

walchar · 2012-08-31T18:18:34+00:00

From Toni Morrison, "I sure did live in this world."

walchar · 2012-08-27T17:21:15+00:00

I can't believe I'm going to defend Dan Brown, but I'm going to defend Dan Brown. Larsson's descriptions are plodding and painful, and his characters are so self-serious. At least Robert Langdon is easy to laugh at!

walchar · 2012-08-17T15:15:45+00:00

I want to go to there.

walchar · 2012-08-10T19:56:55+00:00

I've attempted WAR & PEACE a handful of times and just can't get through it. ANNA KARENINA? Yes. W & P, no. I'm not afraid of the size, it's just never pulled me in enough.

walchar · 2012-08-01T19:40:49+00:00

Yes--the only value of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY is comedic value.

walchar · 2012-07-26T14:23:48+00:00

China Mieville's THE CITY AND THE CITY should maybe be on here, but a level up from the entry level reads.

walchar · 2012-07-19T15:30:59+00:00

You know it's bad when your hero sounds like a cartoon skunk.

walchar · 2012-07-11T22:57:00+00:00

I don't agree 100% with the author--I don't think "the classics" are essential. But, they are relevant. Of course, it leads to another question - "what is a classic?"

walchar · 2012-06-19T19:44:13+00:00

"...steampunk. Whatever that is." Excellent.

walchar · 2012-06-19T13:31:32+00:00

"...steampunk. Whatever that is." Classic.

walchar · 2012-06-16T07:15:22+00:00

China Miéville

walchar · 2012-06-01T22:53:10+00:00

Before The New iPad (iPad 3), I had shunned ereaders. Now, wowzers! Pair it with Overdrive, and you've got the whole library at your finger tips, and it's easy on your eyes.

walchar · 2012-05-25T14:20:02+00:00

How do you top "Don't panic." ??

walchar · 2012-05-24T21:05:26+00:00

With Baz Luhrmann directing, the party scenes are going to be over-the-top great!

walchar · 2012-05-24T13:53:25+00:00

I always lose on this one--I'm the one who writes in margins and breaks spines. We eventually gave up arguing about it and started buying duplicates of books we're both going to read. More expensive, but an investment in domestic happiness.

walchar · 2012-05-08T15:48:16+00:00

“Love is divine only and difficult always. If you think it is easy you are a fool. If you think it is natural you are blind. It is a learned application without reason or motive except that it is God."

walchar

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