http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3992 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 18:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3992&cpage=1#comment-23385 girldetective Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:01:41 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3992#comment-23385 I'd be wary of the 10th anniversary edition; it's the author's preferred text, with 12K more words, and Gaiman to me is like Steven King--a good storyteller whose prose needs a strong editor and whose fame gets in the way of that. I’d be wary of the 10th anniversary edition; it’s the author’s preferred text, with 12K more words, and Gaiman to me is like Steven King–a good storyteller whose prose needs a strong editor and whose fame gets in the way of that.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3992&cpage=1#comment-23378 Steph Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:47:58 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3992#comment-23378 The ebranch of my local library has started to stock some of Gaiman's titles, this being one of them (apparently the version I checked out was the 10th Anniversary Edition, no less!), which greatly pleases me. I've had mixed success with Gaiman in the past, so I feel like the library is the perfect way for me to experience his books as the risk is relatively low even if I shouldn't like them. This one has always sounded really intriguing to me, so I'm excited to give it a whirl. The ebranch of my local library has started to stock some of Gaiman’s titles, this being one of them (apparently the version I checked out was the 10th Anniversary Edition, no less!), which greatly pleases me. I’ve had mixed success with Gaiman in the past, so I feel like the library is the perfect way for me to experience his books as the risk is relatively low even if I shouldn’t like them. This one has always sounded really intriguing to me, so I’m excited to give it a whirl.

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