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The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Jackie Blue:
It looks like a whole lot of little kids are going to be tricked into wanting to see Coraline and come out of the theater scarred forever.
Excellent.
Vertical Stripes:
I don't know. I think I'd be much more tickled if the kids came out loving it and the parents were horrified. Eight-to-twelve-year-olds, which is kind of the age that Coraline was aimed at, should find this stuff chilling and awesome, not pee-your-pants scary. It's just parents who keep expecting them to react that way that fuck it up for them.
I'm going to be teaching a class on horror elements in children's writing soon, so, at least, I hope I'm right. =)
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Vertical Stripes on 18 Jun 2008, 08:56 ---I don't know. I think I'd be much more tickled if the kids came out loving it and the parents were horrified.
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That would be cool as well. I bet there will be people "warning" parents about how "disturbing" it is.
Vertical Stripes:
I mean, when I was a kid I liked the chilling, creepy stuff because it made me feel like I was on to something. Something ... grand. (mysterious music)
PS: Your user-title says you are William Gibson's babydaddy. I know William Gibson. Well: more accurately I'm friends with his daughter and only see William Gibson when he comes down for cereal late at night in his PJ's.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Vertical Stripes on 18 Jun 2008, 12:32 ---I know William Gibson. Well: more accurately I'm friends with his daughter and only see William Gibson when he comes down for cereal late at night in his PJ's.
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WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW UTTERLY FUCKING JEALOUS I AM :x :x :x
On the other hand, a girl I know is friends with Neil Gaiman and said she'd introduce me next time she goes to meet him whenever he comes near us, which will probably be on a signing tour for the book this thread is about.
EDIT: Next time you see him, tell him his last book sucked. I dare you.
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