I don't know if this has been posted yet, but I hope you guys enjoy it! http://www.critiquemagazine.com/onwriting/index.php?author=carroll&submit=Go there's...
Aside from the o. newton john reference the interview was fab, I was interested by the "sometimes too devoted fans" comment.... (Having someone try and hit you...
I haven't named my children after JC characters, just Tyler (Durden) from Fight Club and Bethany from Dogma. I thought it was a great article too. I shared it...
... I think that describes Neil Gaiman... he has a fine journal at www.neilgaiman.com. And is a big fan of Carroll too, of course....
Katie Schwarz
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Sep 17, 2004 2:45 am
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god damn me the sandman man! heard lots of him but never figured.... here in the uk graphic novels count for nowt. I have read them in libraries lots but alas...
A friend of mine who is working temporarily in Bologna, Italy (and also a great JC fan), went over to the Mantova Literary Festival to see him speak last week....
Dagmar Lipovics
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Sep 18, 2004 7:56 am
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... Thanks Liz, they have some fantastic interviews posted! -- Jay Swartzfeger http://www.swartzfeger.com/...
Both "Neverwhere" and "American Gods" by Neal Gaiman are good reads. Gaiman is similiar to Jonathan Carroll, in his ability to twisted the familiar into...
oh when i said a nice man ...i did mean mr G not me. oh how punctuation gets you in trouble...(shall stop using dots.....damn) neverwhere,as i remember(use...
... Yes, in fact, it was, and it was fairly faithful to the book as well as entertaining. Neverwhere is a *great* book. Neil Gaiman was a guest of honor at a...
... Actually the TV show came first, and then Gaiman wrote it as a novel... and then I seem to recall there was even some thought of making a movie of it, but...
Katie Schwarz
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Oct 6, 2004 8:42 pm
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I read _Dark Cities Underground_, and liked it -- yes, very Carrolesque, imaginative. Her voice didn't seem particular California, but I grew up there, so it...
... Speaking of 'Carrolesque,' has anyone checked out Jeffrey Ford's "The Fantasy Writer's Assistant" short story collection? Ford isn't necessarily similar to...
Has anyone read the Carroll blog from 10/13? Holy cow, what an extraordinary idea. I really do think entry for entry, it's one of the best blogs I've ever read...
interested party
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Oct 13, 2004 2:54 pm
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Yeah, that was cool. It shows up in a few of his novels, I think. I read a parallel idea in Kierkegaard recently but haven't been able to track it down. I'm...
I don't know if I agree with you on that, Jim. In THE WOODEN SEA, Frannie's younger self comes back but he isn't summoned. He seems to appear of his own ornery...
interested party
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Oct 13, 2004 4:03 pm
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Yeah, I was just speaking in general about the theme itself, not going into any more detail beyond that. It's probably fair to say the development of this...
Two comments - 1) Yes, JC's blog is awesome... that's why I steal from him almost daily for my own blog. 2) I think the first image looks more like a certain ...
My impression was that it was "thigh high." LOL Catherine James Rovira <jrovira@...> wrote: Ha, Dave, I stand corrected. It does look like a woman's index...
I think it would get great if after enough blogs are done they get collected in a single volume. I really enjoy reading them and there are quite a few I want...
Paul
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Oct 14, 2004 11:25 pm
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So many of his entries are taken from his books, I think it's working the other way around. I also really enjoyed reading his journal on the White Apples site ...
I debated whether I was going to share this or not, but then thought what the heck. I forwarded the link to Carrolls blogs to a couple of my friends. They...
Paul
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Oct 15, 2004 1:05 am
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... After meeting JC, my wife also observed how attentive he was to women in person. Too attentive. Flirting all the time. And the women were LOVING it. All...
About JC's blog from either yesterday or the day before... someone posted on my LiveJournal, the following response: If you could do that, what's to stop you...