Coraline...am I obsessed?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_PC4ujP9yg&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/&feature=player_embedded

I think I have said (at least 42 million times) that Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. Coraline is coming out soon and I can't hardly stand it. (Even though the previews contain a multitude of things that were not in the book and that does not bode well for the film.)
I have been watching the Neverwhere mini-series that the BBC did in the 90s. The kids think it is exceptionally strange but I love it. The ability to get obscure things like this makes me love Netflix all the more.

A Few Words on Neil Gaiman

I have mentioned before, and I will probably mention again, that Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. In fact, I When I list my top 10 books, his work is the vast majority of the list. Don't get me wrong, I read other authors, but most of the books on this list have been read, re-read, and read some more. In fact, #2, 3, and 4 are on at least the third copy of each. IT makes #10 for being the first book that terrified me as a kid, even if the movie was brutally bad. I tried to limit the Neil Gaiman books to a handful but a)they are too damn good, and b)I can't think of many books that are top 10 worthy.
Here is the top 10.

1. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
2. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
3. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
4. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
5. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (Incidentally, that is what I am reading now. Blast me for not buying it. The library wants it back.)
6. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
7. Coraline - Neil Gaiman (Have I mentioned today that the movie comes out in February?)
8. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
9. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
10. IT - Stephen King

Coraline...again?

Do you think it strange that I am excited about Coraline? (Coming Feb. 2009)

It is, I suppose, a children's novel afterall. But I was a child once. (And, some may say, still a child in many ways)

I was also excited about Stardust when it came out. I think I am more excited for Coraline. Check out the website, and if you are lucky or smart, I will tell you the "Otherworld"ly password to get in to it.

It is going to be awesome.

Coming Soon...but not soon enough

Tee hee! I am a geek. I think everyone knows this.

Now I just have to way for May.

Enjoy.

Coraline coming soon...

As some of you know, and some of you don't, Neil Gaiman is my favorite author. One of his books, Coraline, will be released in movie form in February.
Here is the wicked awesome trailer:

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuXZ8l4j8Ag

Incidentally, he also wrote Stardust, which was a pretty good movie, but the book was better. (Isn't that always the way?)
He is the author or co-author on most of my favorite books.

I strongly recommend you check him out.

A meeting of the minds.

On of my earliest, and fondest, memories is of watching Star Trek with my dad as we ate dinner. (This is before he got married, so TV trays and dinner ala Star Trek were still ok)
In my "more adult" days, I have grown fond of Monty Python.
Imagine my glee when Wil Wheaton posted this wonderful YouTube video.

Mmmm, tasty.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc