What are you reading?

[Scott308]

I like that channel. I met them at the NARBC show in Schaumburg, IL last year.

[rredmond]

As dippy and nice in real life as they seem?

[Scott308]

I love that, especially the borrowing books from the library. Good way to not cram your house with books and reading at zero cost. Also pretty old school

We have a really good library system here in the Madison area, and we use it extensively. My wife and I quite often have books or movies we've borrowed and my wife takes art classes there on occasion. A local library can be such an important part of a community.

I've never read Neil Gailman but I hear of him often. Any take on his style or his themes?

I have not read any of Gaiman's prose work, I've only read the Sandman comics back in the early 90s before this reread, so can't really speak to his style very much. Sandman is one of the highest regarded comic series of all time, and rightfully so. It is not your typical comic book as it does not focus on superheroes. It deals with Morpheus, otherwise known as Dream, Lord of the Dreaming, and involves his siblings such as Death, Despair, and Destruction. It starts off as a dark horror story and eventually transitions to more fantasy/ mythology. I highly recommend it. There is a Netflix series that came out this year, and I'm rereading the series before I watch it.

[sastaz]

The series is great! Not the same thing as the graphic novel obviously, but true to the original in the right places, with the limitations of respective medium taken into regard.

[Scott308]

As dippy and nice in real life as they seem?

From what I saw, yes. Ed was behind the camera, but Emily was meeting people and taking pictures with them. She asked what we were looking for and I told her spiders, so we had a quick tarantula chat. We went to the USARK auction that evening, and they ended up winning a big plate of bakery cookies, which she brought around to share with people, starting with the general public instead of the industry people.

[Karaunios]

We have a really good library system here in the Madison area, and we use it extensively. My wife and I quite often have books or movies we've borrowed and my wife takes art classes there on occasion. A local library can be such an important part of a community.

Nice. I would like to use something like that but I'm spoiled by how easy it is to buy physical books on the internet... and how many classics you can find for free for ebook.