Re: I have the... normal version? Is there a version where he added more stuff?
DrJacJacMcScrumptious Send a noteboard - 16/06/2011 02:14:53 AM
ALl of those little vignettes, that little northern town where Shadow stays for a while, they all help to set the mood of the book.
And I'd have to say I preferred the original, leaner version. Which isn't to say don't like the little details, i do, its just i see that the mood would be conserved without every single one.
I like the original, but I will admit that the addition of more vignettes does seem unnecessary.
Mine's the version with Jesus in it in one scene. Which is apparently the extended author's cut. Which I didn't think was overly long at all, but then I enjoy Stephenson and his detours make Gaiman's seem non-existent. And then there's the likes of some classic authors who trump that. It's a stylistic form, some like it, some don't.
And the answer came to her instantly: pride. Oh, you hear them say it's a sin; you hear them say it goes before a fall. the shepherd prides himself on keeping the wolf out from the flock. We pride ourselves on making a good history of our lives, a good story to be told.
American Gods on HBO.
- 14/06/2011 09:04:43 AM
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And they have 6 seasons
- 14/06/2011 12:21:24 PM
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Yeah, it's going to be both books, once he writes the second one. *NM*
- 15/06/2011 01:13:26 AM
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Why doesnt England have HBO!? *NM*
- 14/06/2011 05:53:16 PM
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It does. Sky Atlantic. *NM*
- 14/06/2011 07:28:26 PM
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So I'll get American Gods too? I spent my house's money on it for GoT. This makes it a bargain! *NM*
- 14/06/2011 07:42:23 PM
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They own all HBOS productions and teh entire archive for 5 years.
- 14/06/2011 11:34:13 PM
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It should play better as a film/mini-series than book.
- 14/06/2011 11:06:49 PM
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Personally I love the "trimmable fat" and wouldn't change a detail *NM*
- 14/06/2011 11:46:29 PM
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Yeah, it seems superflous when you first read it, but I think it adds a lot when you reread it
- 15/06/2011 01:14:49 AM
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I'm rereading Gaiman's preferred text version at the moment
- 15/06/2011 12:18:14 PM
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I have the... normal version? Is there a version where he added more stuff?
- 15/06/2011 03:36:34 PM
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Re: I have the... normal version? Is there a version where he added more stuff?
- 16/06/2011 02:14:53 AM
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