De gustibus...

[fleetfootmike]

From officialgaiman:

"I think Anne Rice going on Amazon and lambasting her critics was undoubtedly a very brave and satisfying thing for her to do, was every bit as sensible as kicking a tar baby, and, if ever I do something like that, please shoot me."

What he said.

Comments

[megamole.livejournal.com]

And the link to the Anne Rice thing?

[somni.livejournal.com]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/037541200X/qid=1095907712/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/104-5649121-8024746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I looked it up when I got curious over this mention, hadn't heard of it before. :)

[somni.livejournal.com]

Oh and her comment was on Sept 6th, so it involves skimming back a bit through some comments since then.

[demoneyes.livejournal.com]

I haven't got down as far as Anne's comments yet, but I did enjoy this one this...

"I've tried reading the novel from a different perspective as Miss Rice stated, but I got a bit lost as to which perspective was the 'right' perspective.

I read the book upside down, but it was still a lousy read, albeit a bit more difficult to read, but still dull. I tried reading right to left but that didn't make much sense. I tried angling the book diagonally, and then attempted to shift it out of focus and then back into focus as I'm one of those unfortunates who must wear glasses.

Nothing seemed to work and I was most disappointed! I thought I'd never get the right perspective and thus, could never fully enjoy the book as it was meant to be enjoyed.

Finally, after hours of attempting to find the right perspective, I found the truly correct way to read this book and I shall share it with all the readers here who are also trying to find the perspective!

It would appear that after hours of attempting to read the purple-prose, nature took its course and I went off to the facilities, taking the book with me in order to relieve some time and hopefully continue my work.

This was where I found the right perspective as we had apparently run out of toilet paper and I was forced to rely upon the pages of the novel itself. Granted, this does take quite a bit of crumbling up, but I've never felt so satisfied with an Anne Rice book as I did then.

And that, my friends, is the correct perspective.

In short: A lousy read but makes for great TP."

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Satisfying, yes. Brave? I doubt it. She's a well-respected highly popular author. I don't think lambasting an unknown critic on Amazon was a particularly hard or "brave" thing for her to do somehow.

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

Oh I dunno - all I've heard about it is what people have posted on LJ and I am admittedly not a fan of her work (well - haven't really read any of it)...
however, for a popular author, who is at least in some ways a public figure, to just say what she really wants to say no matter how bad it may make her look is either brave or stupid or both. I think Gaiman got it dead on. Which doesn't surprise me since I've been pretty damned impressed with both his writing and his personality from what little I've seen of both. ;-)