essential reading from the weekend

[Baliset]

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[xfer]

i wanna borrow some gaiman!

 

[Baliset]

i have to actually read the rest of the sandman stuff. that is the only thing of it i have ever read but you are more than welcome to borrow it from me at any time!

 

[xfer]

whee!

 

[Baliset]

i also have the book neverwhere by neil gaiman and Good Omens the book he did with terry pratchett if you ever want to borrow those. i still have yet to read neverwhere but Good Omens is one of my most favorite books of all time.

 

[xfer]

i've only read one sandman thing ever and it was pretty great, soooo yes! or, probably!

 

[Baliset]

i should also mention that good omens was going to be made into a movie by terry gilliam if that gives its goodness any more credibility.

 

[xfer]

umm it totally does DUH

 

[mindspell]

Good Omens movie is on ice while Gilliam tries to get some financing, it didn't work the last time he tried back in 2001 (it was right after the collapse of the Quixote thing)

Gilliam has two movies coming up in the next year or so... just so you know.

 

[Baliset]

i know that it isn't seeing the light of day any time soon but the rather just the fact that terry gilliam liked the book enough to pursue it is fucking amazing in its own right.

 

[xfer]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155724/
(Good Omens, in production)

and

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355295/
(The Brothers Grimm, in post-production)

both sound fucking awesome.

I really want to read Good Omens.

 

[mindspell]

IMDB is wrong about that. Gilliam will make Tideland, starts shooting in the fall

http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/tidefact.htm

Good Omen latest news:

Over to Neil Gaiman at his website for clarification: "Someone asked me whether I knew anything about the rumours that the Good Omens film had collapsed. Not that I know of. They've been having trouble putting together the money (65 million plus) for some time, and the last time I saw Terry Gilliam he mentioned that if it didn't happen soon, he'd go off and do Tideland, which will cost infinitely less, because if he didn't make a film soon (given what happened to Quixote) he'd go crazy. As far as I know, if that happens, it means that Good Omens simply goes down to next-on-the-list while the producers spend the intervening time trying to nail down the financing.

"The script is good, the cast seem committed, and the producers have the foreign financing in place. What they need is a US studio to commit some money (I think it's about $15 million) to the project, and no US studio seems ready to take the plunge yet. My attitude on all Hollywood things is not to expect any of them to happen until I'm sitting at the premiere eating my popcorn. Worrying about the ups and downs of getting a film made could drive anyone to drink."
http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/gofact.htm

 

[chupe666]

hmmmm

 

[lizard]

I just got a copy of Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure.

 

[Greg B.]

Lizard: is that book good? I got it for $0.25

 

[Ominous Luminous]

i still have yet to read neverwhere

I've started this book 3 times now and I have to say it's really hard to get into at first. Now Stardust on the other hand is really good. Simple story, simple dialogue, all around simple. Like myself.

 

[Josh Seipp]

Neverwhere is fucking amazing as is American Gods

 

[lizard]

I got it on sale also but I think its an interesting concept.

 

[Baliset]

also Small Gods by terry pratchett is fucking amazing as well.