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September 30, 2006
Three Fresh Yarns and a Horse Chestnut
A review of the new book of Neil Gaiman short stories appeared in the Washington Post this week. As a review, the piece is a bit odd; it's more about Gaiman as a guy who everyone should read than about the stories in question. However, I completely understand the reviewer's delima: I personally find myself less likely to say to a person, "You should read this Gaiman novel" and more likely to say, "Start here, and then follow this path through several different and equally absorbing media." wc3 frozen throne crack 1.2
Consider the first paragraph of the WaPo review:wc3 frozen throne crack 1.2
You've maybe heard some academic theory about how fairy tales weren't composed by any single author, that they somehow knitted themselves out of folk-consciousness. Baloney. To be sure, the tales might have been improved here and there over the years. But if you want to know the kind of person who would have made up the prototype classic fairy tale or even those urban folk tales doing the rounds, it would be someone like Neil Gaiman. He's a one-man story engine. He could fall out of a tree, reach for a passing branch and land with a fable in his hand. If you dusted him down and turned out his pockets, you'd find three fresh yarns and a horse chestnut.
I've nearly reviewed several Gaiman works on this blog before, but usually given up for lack of anything of any depth to say. But in my head, my reviews generally begin the same way. Neil Gaiman isn't the best writer I can think of, but he may be the best storyteller; his narratives resonate with all of the same power of mythologies. Which is to say, I can't wait for the new book.wc3 frozen throne crack 1.2
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I just saw that last night in the window of the Harvard Book Store, and was taken aback. New Gaimain? Wha?wc3 frozen throne crack 1.2
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