tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post113363621574880634..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: Gaiman's tricksIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1134679365821838042005-12-15T15:42:00.000-05:002005-12-15T15:42:00.000-05:00I've always found Gaiman to be an intuitive writer...I've always found Gaiman to be an intuitive writer of character, rather than an expansive orator of myth; or even an coherent craftsman of detail. His plot consistency is sometimes weak, and his patchwork philosophies don't always meet at the corners. What I find he excels at is playing with the idea of <I>practical</I> myth, blood and guts theology, where gods and people still go at it tooth and nail. It doesn't always work, but it does hearken to a time when spirituality was not considered ethereal, which seems to be one of his obsessions; but it is true that he appropriates very old stories and then renders them colloquial.<BR/><BR/>I often find myself empathizing with his characters despite myself.M. Spiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498108883549196300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1134605092835068992005-12-14T19:04:00.000-05:002005-12-14T19:04:00.000-05:00Interesting. I may pick it up, I may not. I have...Interesting. I may pick it up, I may not. I have kind of a love/hate relationship with Gaiman, dating back to his Sandman days. Sandman was, mostly, super, but every now and then I wanted to smack him with a copy of Bullfinch and say, "Yeah, I've read a lot too. It doesn't make me DEEP."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com