[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Stardust, the movie

[Alex Hogan]

HUGE Neil Gaiman fan here! I collected his graphic novels "Sandman" forever! Wonderful books about the Endless Family...Dream, Desire, Death (DiDi, my fave), Delerium,Destruction, etc, as a family with family dynamics. I was thrilled to find out "Stardust" was his! And HP has nothing to do with anything that Gaiman has ever done as far as I can tell.
   
  Alex Hogan 

stacygalore <stacygalore at yahoo.com> wrote:
          anita_hillin wrote:
>
> I will begin by saying I have not read any Neil Gaiman novels (due to
> inertia rather than lack of interest), so I went to see "Stardust"
> without any preconceived notions. 
> 
> We all loved the movie, and I'm now ready to read the source material.
> I hear that the movie contains several major departures, which is
> even more intriguing to me. 
> 
> If anyone who has read the book has also seen the movie, I'd be
> interested to hear your views.
> 
> akh, who found Mark Williams howlingly funny as Billy (does that
> appear in the book?), and who was informed by her comic-book obsessed
> SO that Neil Gaiman started as a comic book writer
>

Oh I LOVE Neil Gaiman!!! I'm dying to go see Stardust. I have an autographed hardcopy of 
the book. I highly recommend reading some of his graphic novels, especialy Sandman and 
Death. He also wrote a graphic novel called "Books of Magic" about a boy that has magical 
powers who remarkably resembles HP. I read the first issue a long time ago, before I 
caught on to the HP books. One of my best friends refused to read any of the HP books 
because he is convinced JKR ripped-off Neil Gaiman. I must say, the resemblance is 
striking. Check out this picture:
http://www.chromewaves.net/images/interface/booksOfMagic.jpg

Stacy



         

       
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