http://gibberish.sidewhites.com/2008/08/the-dangerous-alphabet/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://gibberish.sidewhites.com/2008/08/the-dangerous-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Conan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:01:19 +0000 http://gibberish.sidewhites.com/?p=68#comment-114 Nope - haven't consumed anything else by Gaiman. Picked up Anansi Boys once or twice but never got around to reading it. He's something of a cult hero to the Nerderati. I definitely dig what Terry Pratchett does. More on the second half of this post-length comment in an upcoming post... Nope – haven’t consumed anything else by Gaiman. Picked up Anansi Boys once or twice but never got around to reading it. He’s something of a cult hero to the Nerderati. I definitely dig what Terry Pratchett does. More on the second half of this post-length comment in an upcoming post…

]]> http://gibberish.sidewhites.com/2008/08/the-dangerous-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-110 walter Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:35:41 +0000 http://gibberish.sidewhites.com/?p=68#comment-110 Have you ever read anything else by Gaiman? I have not, though I have the better part of a shelf lined with his books, mostly for adults. Neverwhere and American Gods look to me the most interesting, and my brother is a huge fan of his Sandman comics. I'm intrigued by these sci-fi/fantasy/horror authors who also write for children. Clive Barker and Terry Pratchett come to mind immediately, as well as Joyce Carol Oates. What strikes me as interesting about these specific authors is that the two audiences seem separate. The adult books are for adults, the children's books for children, quite unlike many recent series-- Harry Potter, the Christian thrillers of Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, Stephenie Meyers, Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, etc.--which are gobbled up indiscriminately by young and old alike, without question as to who, if these are indeed juvenile titles, is the intended audience and what, then, is the appropriate level of maturity of said audience. I don't know that I'm trying to make any point here, but working in a bookstore (and library, too, i'm sure) certainly sets one to thinking about who reads what, what is good, what is bad, what is literature, what is pulp, and how and to whom all of the above is marketed. Oh, and fear not, for I am _always_ on the lookout for piracy both blunt And discreet, for discreet pirates are the most sinister of all! Have you ever read anything else by Gaiman? I have not, though I have the better part of a shelf lined with his books, mostly for adults. Neverwhere and American Gods look to me the most interesting, and my brother is a huge fan of his Sandman comics. I’m intrigued by these sci-fi/fantasy/horror authors who also write for children. Clive Barker and Terry Pratchett come to mind immediately, as well as Joyce Carol Oates. What strikes me as interesting about these specific authors is that the two audiences seem separate. The adult books are for adults, the children’s books for children, quite unlike many recent series– Harry Potter, the Christian thrillers of Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti, Stephenie Meyers, Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, etc.–which are gobbled up indiscriminately by young and old alike, without question as to who, if these are indeed juvenile titles, is the intended audience and what, then, is the appropriate level of maturity of said audience. I don’t know that I’m trying to make any point here, but working in a bookstore (and library, too, i’m sure) certainly sets one to thinking about who reads what, what is good, what is bad, what is literature, what is pulp, and how and to whom all of the above is marketed. Oh, and fear not, for I am _always_ on the lookout for piracy both blunt And discreet, for discreet pirates are the most sinister of all!

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