Comments on: Neil Gaiman on Little Brother http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97035 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97035 Many thanks, Pip! Of course the text will be free online. Many thanks, Pip!

Of course the text will be free online.

]]> By: Fortyseven http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96800 Fortyseven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96800 Steven Levy's "Hackers" had that effect on my own childhood, as he describes. Can't wait to check that out. :) Steven Levy’s “Hackers” had that effect on my own childhood, as he describes.

Can’t wait to check that out. :)

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96802 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96802 As much as I like the Doc's stuff, I fear reading anything that might have the power to make me want to be 13 again. What a horror that would be! Of course, being 13 with access to a world of porn might not be so bad. Jeff As much as I like the Doc’s stuff, I fear reading anything that might have the power to make me want to be 13 again. What a horror that would be! Of course, being 13 with access to a world of porn might not be so bad.

Jeff

]]> By: Iskander http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97327 Iskander Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97327 I was lucky enough to read a proof of <em>Little Brother</em> and I could only describe it as incendiary — in the best possible way. It rocks <strong>hard</strong>! I was lucky enough to read a proof of Little Brother and I could only describe it as incendiary — in the best possible way. It rocks hard!

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96818 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96818 I wouldn't mind being thirteen again--I'd invest my allowance in Apple stock, so that I could be a lazy bastard now. I think I'd want to be the opposite gender, though, so I could see what puberty is like from that side. I wouldn’t mind being thirteen again–I’d invest my allowance in Apple stock, so that I could be a lazy bastard now. I think I’d want to be the opposite gender, though, so I could see what puberty is like from that side.

]]> By: cyenobite http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97347 cyenobite Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97347 April!? I thought this was out now. ugh. Great cover too. April!? I thought this was out now. ugh.
Great cover too.

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96877 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96877 @3 I'm sure puberty sucks just as hard, but in a somewhat different way. @3

I’m sure puberty sucks just as hard, but in a somewhat different way.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97134 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97134 C.D. Can I ask what your favorite Y.A. novel is/was? I think mine might have been Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars. Maybe it's not my favorite, but the first book that made me cry, so I just remember it well. Jeff C.D. Can I ask what your favorite Y.A. novel is/was? I think mine might have been Heinlein’s Podkayne of Mars. Maybe it’s not my favorite, but the first book that made me cry, so I just remember it well.

Jeff

]]> By: David http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97155 David Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97155 <a href="http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/graphics/products/002032.gif">Deep Fritz</a> Hmmm, thought I saw that graphic somewhere else before. Deep Fritz

Hmmm, thought I saw that graphic somewhere else before.

]]> By: Spherical Time http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96921 Spherical Time Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96921 Thanks, Cory. Kudos on the book. Thanks, Cory. Kudos on the book.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97213 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97213 Jeff, I have a zillion favorites, naturally. But Daniel Pinkwater's Alan Mendolsohn, the Boy from Mars, is very near the top of the stack. Jeff, I have a zillion favorites, naturally. But Daniel Pinkwater’s Alan Mendolsohn, the Boy from Mars, is very near the top of the stack.

]]> By: Pip_R_Lagenta http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-96974 Pip_R_Lagenta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-96974 I am looking forward to this book. I have already ordered <strong>two</strong> copies from Amazon. I work at a group home (half-way house) in San Francisco for teenage boys coming out of Juvenile Hall. One of the copies will go on the shelf at the group home for the boys to find. Many of them do like to read... <em>from time to time</em>. I am looking forward to this book. I have already ordered two copies from Amazon. I work at a group home (half-way house) in San Francisco for teenage boys coming out of Juvenile Hall. One of the copies will go on the shelf at the group home for the boys to find. Many of them do like to read… from time to time.

]]> By: Lee http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-440281 Lee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-440281 Not very well written. Not very well written.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97250 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97250 Interesting. I think that book was one of my early introductions to occultism. Gosh, I'd forgotten about that one until now. Thanks. Interesting. I think that book was one of my early introductions to occultism. Gosh, I’d forgotten about that one until now. Thanks.

]]> By: Carl Rigney http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-100070 Carl Rigney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-100070 I h I h

]]> By: Carl Rigney http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-100073 Carl Rigney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-100073 I had high hopes for <EM>Little Brother</EM> after hearing Cory read the first chapter at a convention, but it exceeded my expectations. I just finished the advanced reading copy I won in the icommons auction, and it was worth every penny. I feel pretty safe in saying it's the best book I'll read this year. It's a gripping story about likable characters being pushed hard and pushing back smartly. But I'm over 25 so don't trust me, read it for yourself when it comes out in May. I'll be buying extra copies then to give to friends so they can pass them along to others. I had high hopes for Little Brother after hearing Cory read the first chapter at a convention, but it exceeded my expectations. I just finished the advanced reading copy I won in the icommons auction, and it was worth every penny. I feel pretty safe in saying it’s the best book I’ll read this year. It’s a gripping story about likable characters being pushed hard and pushing back smartly.

But I’m over 25 so don’t trust me, read it for yourself when it comes out in May. I’ll be buying extra copies then to give to friends so they can pass them along to others.

]]> By: Eben http://boingboing.net/2007/12/25/neil-gaiman-on-littl.html#comment-97017 Eben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97017 Will the text for this be available online? After paying actual money for Eastern Standard Tribe, I'd definitely want to try before I buy. Will the text for this be available online? After paying actual money for Eastern Standard Tribe, I’d definitely want to try before I buy.

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