First, I just finished reading
American Gods by
Neil Gaiman. Sigh. It's absolutely genius, having many of the qualities that I appreciate most in fiction: a high amount of symbolism/mythology that borders on allegory (at parts); humor, I mean it's
fun to read; lots of clues/foreshadowing, if you're clever enough to catch on early (sadly, for the most part, I wasn't); truth and love triumphant. If this guy wasn't already married, I'd being driving around WI right now looking for him to throw myself at.
That said, who wants to go see
House on the Rock and
Rock City?
Second, I was on my department's homepage, where we have a "Quote of the Moment," when I saw this:
Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker. -- [J.R.R. Tolkien]
Not only is it cool, but I can't believe that it was coming from my rather secular department. Nifty, says I.
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