Some notes and a cheer

[andrewducker]

I have my Transmetropolitan Collection, my Preacher collection, my Sandman hardbacks, my Dave Mckean books, the first few Barry Ween collections and my Zenith collections (if only they'd release the last volume).  I am rather happy.

Oh, and my Thomas Covenant Sextology, of course.

The rest of you will have to just live with The only debate on Intelligent Design that is worthy of its subject (cheers to laserboy for the link)

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Yay!!

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

I love my Sandman hardbacks, too.

Did you know that rollick is quoted on the back of The Dollhouse? Her name is misspelled as "Tash."

I was so delighted at the time that her name was in print (this was way before the Onion) that I went out and purchased the book. Then I made the mistake of reading it. Then I read them all. Then I was sad that there were no more.

Have you read the Lucifer series? It is absolutely worth it. That's the series I'm raving about right now on my reader's journal. (forgivesusan)

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[andrewducker]

Lucifer is the only comic I love enough to buy in individual issues rather than waiting for the collections...

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[andrewducker]

Just found my copy of The Doll's House - I think it's the first released edition of it - before they released Preludes and Nocturnes, even - and the three people quoted on the back are Mikal Gilmore, Clive Barker and Ramsey Campbell. Possibly rollick is quoted on the back of a later edition?

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[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

My edition quote Steve Erickson, rollick and Clive Barker.

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[andrewducker]

Interesting. Any idea how to tell what edition/printing a book is?

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[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

You are correct. None of these are the secret identities of rollick.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Ooh, barry Ween!

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the last Zenith. WANT!

[thishardenedarm.livejournal.com]

as to thomas covenant, who i will always thank (or his creator) for giving me the words telic and gelid, what did you make of runes of the earth?

[andrewducker]

Nope - waiting for paperback. Also waiting for him to write all three without dropping dead :->

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

arg! you don't clench race too?

[andrewducker]

Bah!

I _like_ his writing.

The Thomas Covenant stuff _is_ repetitive, but as his other stuff isn't it's clearly a deliberate stylstic choice, and one that demonstrates the character's psychological stuckness extremely well.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

actually I'm only repeating what I've been told :-)

[andrewducker]

I know. "Big" Dave decides that part of SF is non-U and you all have to agree, in case you get excommunicated.

Everyone knows that Bill Gibson wasn't any good, but he slipped a tenner to Mr Langford and the rest is history.

[spikeiowa.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, he's really quite brilliant at writing very poorly. Also high marks for being derivative, badly.

...And yes, I have read all six. I was young then, I thought I had to.