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IronMaiden IronMaiden
IronMaiden IronMaiden
25 nov 09
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@Giola: dear, because this is a Literary DeCaso! To view the "secret" home page of the literary cases, you need to click on one of the two links present on the "official" home page, at the bottom right, just above the barcode: "La DeCasistica or La DeCasistica". Highly recommended those by Nero, my Master and guide: real gems!! :))
IronMaiden IronMaiden
IronMaiden IronMaiden
24 nov 09
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"My thought doesn't think so" + Ambient across genres has delivered the verdict: genius!! Send it booming!!
Roberto Bolaño & A. G. Porta Consigli Di Un Discepolo Di Jim Morrison A Un Fanatico Di Joyce
Roberto Bolaño & A. G. Porta Consigli Di Un Discepolo Di Jim Morrison A Un Fanatico Di Joyce
24 nov 09
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To me, the title seems a bit like a joke. However, the review piqued my curiosity... What do you recommend about Bolano?!
Neil Gaiman American Gods
Neil Gaiman American Gods
24 nov 09
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@Kemosabe: what you say about the second part is absolutely true. I’ll tell you, in my opinion, the "rushed ending" flaw is directly linked to Gaiman's tendency to get a bit carried away by his own inventiveness. I’ve noticed this in "Mirror Mask," the film by Dave McKean, which was actually written by Gaiman: it almost seems like Gaiman is more interested in "bringing to life" certain characters than in creating a valid plot for them to move in. In a work of great, tremendous scope, like Sandman could have been, Gaiman had the opportunity to make the most of his characters and weave the threads of their existences without too much worry about the timing and methods of the narrative. With a novel and, even more so, with a film (which have intrinsic structural limitations), the problem becomes glaring, and certain limitations of his "narrative space organization" emerge. But, of course, it’s just my opinion... it doesn’t have to be that way!! :)) @Ghemison: thank you so much!! I really knew nothing about Carey’s Lucifer! Unfortunately, I’ve almost completely abandoned the comic universe for years now... thanks a lot! I want to try to pick up some issues!!
Neil Gaiman American Gods
Neil Gaiman American Gods
23 nov 09
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In a way, I agree. Sandman was truly a treasure chest where Gaiman managed to gather the most diverse treasures... from ancient Rome to Shakespeare, from Ibsen to Dante. The decay of the Gods (as far as I remember...) was only briefly hinted at. In my opinion, the aspect of Sandman that is most recycled here is that of the "cohabitation" between different pantheons, as happened, for example, in the cycle The Season of Mists, when Lucifer renounces Hell and Dream finds himself with the difficult task of deciding to which deity to hand over the keys. Here - for "structural" reasons - the plot is much more limited, focusing entirely on the recruitment campaign of Gods in view of Armageddon and, of course, it cannot boast the great heterogeneity of sources that instead characterized Sandman. I have always believed that Gaiman is not a great "inventor." He is rather an excellent "re-reader" and "decontextualizer" (see, for example, Anubis as the gravedigger), and in this book, I think that all in all, he pulls it off...
Neil Gaiman American Gods
Neil Gaiman American Gods
23 nov 09
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The Anansi Boys, frankly, has always seemed to me like a rough draft of American Gods: different in spirit, certainly, but far too similar in its starting point. Coraline remains, in its own little way, a gem. Which perhaps can be further proof of a certain "limitation" of Gaiman as a novelist: he is better when he aims lower, with fewer characters and a simpler plot, than when he lets himself get carried away by his merry-go-round of colorful characters. His debut novel - Neverwhere - was a metropolitan fantasy with some truly excellent ideas. Not the most original, somewhat limping in terms of writing, but some characters were marvelous. There was really a sense that, with experience, he could "break through" as a writer too. Then, however, he came out with "Stardust," which, charming as it is, remains the lowest point of his career as a novelist... At least he is quite prolific!! :))
Neil Gaiman American Gods
Neil Gaiman American Gods
23 nov 09
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And after the rambling, here is the real review!! So, as far as I'm concerned, American Gods remains the pinnacle of Gaiman as a novelist. Nevertheless, I believe that even American Gods is not entirely free of flaws (hence the 4 stars). In particular: 1) the pacing. I belong to the category of those who experience attacks of priapism whenever they approach a new Gaiman work. However, I tried to get this book read by some less obsessed people, and almost all of them found it a bit slow, a bit too diluted. Especially in the first part; 2) This is perhaps Gaiman's most ambitious book. Essentially, the idea is to create a "synthesis" of all the forgotten deities present in America... needless to say, on more than one occasion the author risks falling victim to his own game, getting carried away, throwing in too many ingredients into the stew. This is a flaw that can also be found in some of his other works. Perhaps the final outcome is not drastically affected, but in some passages I would say it is. That said, I believe that American Gods remains a fascinating book. One of the few fantasy works (because that's how I believe it should be considered), that can be read without shame (:)) ) For certain narrative solutions, for the melancholy that emerges in some pages, for the "kindness," typically Gaimanesque, with which the old Gods are treated. I actually believe that the whole book can be considered a sort of "definitive act of love" from the author to that mix of mythology, epic, and religion that shapes the cult of ancient deities. Imperfect, perhaps overly ambitious, but still an act of love.
La Dionea La Sindrome di Cassandra (EP)
La Dionea La Sindrome di Cassandra (EP)
23 nov 09
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True: from the description, it really seems interesting... Later I'll take a look at their miospazio. Well done and welcome.
Annexus Quam Osmose
Annexus Quam Osmose
23 nov 09
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Well done, very well done... juicy report. Well done, very well done.
Mario Biondi If
Mario Biondi If
22 nov 09
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Ugh, stop hitting on my grandma!!
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