Tuesday, August 17, 2010

NEEEEEEIL! (and also some links)

Just over a week ago I attended 'Graphic', a convention run by the Sydney Opera House. Neil Gaiman was present.

For those of you who weren't lucky enough to attend, here's a video of the reading Neil did on the Saturday night. His reading voice is just divine, but don't take my word for it. Check out the video.

I attended a panel discussion with Neil, Shaun Tan and Eddie Campbell the following day, and got to ask Neil a question I've been pondering a while. It was a wonderful weekend. =D

Now I'm back to study, and have found myself quite motivated to write by this rather old TIME interview of Neil and Joss Whedon (by none other than Lev Grossman).




In some unrelated thoughts, I've been thinking about how having an ereader changes my reading experience. Just this morning, a friend mentioned that he'd found an underlined sentence in a book I've loaned him. I've always been very aware of books as physical objects. I don't just read them, I use them. I love the portability of ebooks, but I do occasionally miss the ability to mark a page with a ticket stub or write my thoughts in the margins. And voila, I logged onto one of my favourite blogs today and found this link, in which Sam Jordison discusses books-as-archives.

Happy birthday!

I still have no internet at home. Grr. I promise I have not forgotten you. As I logged on to share a few particularly wonderful links, I realised that this is my 100th post on this blog.

In honour of this birthday, I decided to make a list of my favourite posts so far:

Fantasy and philosophy - An exploration of why I adore fantasy fiction and studying philosophy. I honestly think this is my best post to date. It says an awful lot about my passions.

Lost in Austen - A review of the BBC show of the same name, with some theorizing regarding Darcy-mania thrown in.

Princesses and pornstars - The world needs more awareness of contemporary feminists like Emily Maguire, and here I tell you why.

This is my favourite book in all the world - What are your favourite books? Here I discuss mine, though this list has had an addition since.

The one about cover art - Because beautiful things are lovely to look at. Indulge yourself in some book porn.

Would the real Sherlock Holmes please stand up? - Some thoughts on the famous detective and the weird things we do with classic characters.

Have a browse through, these posts are oldies but goodies! I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. =)