The WELL: inkwell.vue.104: Neil Gaiman: Countdown to American Gods

#2008: Dan Guy (danfowlkes) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:39

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:39:00 PDT

JaNell -- You are too funny. ^_^

Neil -- I love the site; it's really quite lovely. And I'm glad to hear that your libretto is such fun. Godspeed on your tour.

Alexander Dominic Fowlkes showed up right after lunch on Friday. He seems to have been born with a full head of hair, decent manners, and a basic comprehension of English and French. He's marvelously interesting. More later. Thanks to all of you for your kind thoughts! [Read entire topic]

#2007: Kristin Philbrick (kristin-liz) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:36

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:36:00 PDT

<click> I've got the lights. See you at 115. [Read entire topic]

#2006: JaNell (janell) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:35

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:35:00 PDT

Um, I have a long drive, is there time for me to use the... thanks. I'll lock up. [Read entire topic]

#2005: JaNell (janell) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:31

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:31:00 PDT

Forgot my keys, sorry... [Read entire topic]

#2004: JaNell (janell) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:30

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:30:00 PDT

Did I close the joint? Cool... [Read entire topic]

#2003: Linda Castellani (castle) Sat 16 Jun 01 22:21

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 22:21:00 PDT

Travel safely, Neil. Have a grand time. See you at Cody's! [Read entire topic]

#2002: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 21:34

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 21:34:00 PDT

No it`s not my last post. A thought just struck me. Randi Lucy-Anne, if you`re at one of the New York signings, I want to pick your brains for the web-site (and if you won`t be, drop me an e-mail). [Read entire topic]

#2001: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 21:31

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 21:31:00 PDT

How often will we get the opportunity to post above 2000 on the Well?

First of all, if I owe you an e-mail, just drop me another line and remind me, but do not assume that the next 6 weeks are going to be easy for me to stay in touch... I figure, The Well, e-mail interviews, and trying to get neilgaiman.com into some sort of shape will take up most of my online time.

Second, I thought I`d say that as I`m typing this the new Flash Girls CD is playing. And I think it`s probably their best so far...

And that I may see a lot of you on tour. Remember to check in with the store -- all of them will have their own rules and so on, and if we can find them out ahead of time we`ll post them on the American Gods tour page, but for now, just call them and ask...

And this is my last post in 104. Which has been an awful lot of fun -- and I`d like to thank Linda and Jon for being the most perfect and gracious of hosts. [Read entire topic]

#2000: Mary Roane (the-roane) Sat 16 Jun 01 21:16

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 21:16:00 PDT

O.K., I'll snag this year, when AG came out!

Neil--be safe, try to rest and *have a good time!* I know it's not all fun, but hopefully you'll get to see some friends & get taken to good places to eat.

Excited about 115. See y'all there!

Mary (who got a new perm & new contacts today--I feel like *me* again!) [Read entire topic]

#1999: Jenny B. (ophelia-b) Sat 16 Jun 01 18:45

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:45:00 PDT

Hey all, just posting a pointless post before this topic closes, and also snagging my graduation year. (well, I was before bill jumped in) :-)

Jen [Read entire topic]

#1998: Bill^2 (billbill) Sat 16 Jun 01 18:38

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:38:00 PDT

It can also be located at: http://engaged.well.com/engaged/engaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=115 for those who are "just visiting". [Read entire topic]

#1997: Linda Castellani (castle) Sat 16 Jun 01 17:25

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:25:00 PDT

No, silly, *this* is 104!

The new topic is:

Topic 115 [inkwell.vue]: The Mob from 104: well.fans.neilgaiman!

So, meet us in 115!

My SO and I are off to the movies. Nothing I'm excited about seeing - he wants Pearl Harbor and I don't, so we compromised at Moulin Rouge, even though I really want to see Atlantis. What that means is, you may get to 2007 responses while I am out.

So, I'm going to let you in on a secret, but you have to promise not to do this until this topic is absolutely full: you can go to topic 115 before we unretire it by typing s 115 in your shortcut box or at the OK prompt if you are not using the Web interface. If you don't have an OK prompt, you have a shortcut box.

No cheating! And I will know because all of the posts are time-stamped!

See you when I get home. %^) [Read entire topic]

#1996: JaNell (janell) Sat 16 Jun 01 15:47

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:47:00 PDT

I'm off to the 11th St. Espresso House, so 'bye, topic. See y'all at 104... [Read entire topic]

#1995: Erynn Miles (erynn-miles) Sat 16 Jun 01 15:15

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:15:00 PDT

I love the new American Gods sight. Was just having fun with the quicktime movies.

Neil- good luck on the tour. See you soon:) (and by the way, I think you look gorgeous with long hair)

I heard that the manager of the Borders here was fired (finally) after recieving many complaints (including about a hundred that I made) Yeah!

So the new topic is going to be called "gang of 104"? Cool. I hope to see everyone there:) Cheerio! [Read entire topic]

#1994: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 13:11

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:11:00 PDT

By the way, Amazon has just put up a rather nice SANDMAN page at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/19392/104-3236808-1255949 [Read entire topic]

#1993: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 13:09

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:09:00 PDT

Linda -- bringing the family on a tour like this would a) turn something difficult and exhausting at the best of times into something approaching the logitstical complexity of the D-day landings , b) probably violate various laws about cruelty to children, not to mention wives and cats.

Also if I did, they'd never see me... I'm either being interviewed or signing.

No, they stay home and have a good time and get enough sleep.

The two way satellite installers cancelled. Meanwhile I need to install compuserve 4.02 on the libretto (for Windows 2000, which means lots of sighing and scripts and configuring again).

And it seemes perfectly appropriate that the Countdown to American Gods topic finishes the day before I start on the tour.

Angelina -- yes. I can't wait to see them. [Read entire topic]

#1992: Angelina Venti (velvetraisin) Sat 16 Jun 01 13:06

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 13:06:00 PDT

Sooo....I went to make sure a copy of American Gods would get held for me at my local Borders (which was made a great deal easier by whoever it was on here that said it was in the computer under "Amer Gods"...Thank you!). The guy at the counter's face lit up when I told him what book I wanted and he said "I just finished reading the preview copy. It was fantastic...I would have just given my copy to you, but I gave it to my girlfriend about half an hour ago." AHHHHHH! Why oh why do I not work at Borders?

Neil--Something for EACH of the girls? My goodness, I can't wait. [Read entire topic]

#1991: Bill^2 (billbill) Sat 16 Jun 01 11:44

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:44:00 PDT

Neil-- Best of luck on the beginning of the tour, and see you, with books and friends in tow, in Lexington. Now to figure out which older books to bring along. Perhaps the BBC Neverwhere... Bill^2, missed his birthyear post, but bagged the HS graduation [Read entire topic]

#1990: Linda Castellani (castle) Sat 16 Jun 01 11:14

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 11:14:00 PDT

Neil, do you not bring your family with you when you travel?

So, as Jon said, the countdown has begun. We've started a new topic and retired it (which means that it's lying around somewhere inaccessible to most people, and those of you who are old WELL geeks, please restrain yourselves!) so that we can immediately put it into action when this topic fills up.

If you are the lucky soul who tries to post only to be told the topic is full, please send e-mail to inkwell-hosts@well.com and we will immediately dust off the new one for you.

So, how many more to go?? [Read entire topic]

#1989: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:57

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:57:00 PDT

Jade -- I think it got up to 51 at its highest -- I'm hoping that when it actually comes out it'll take another lurch upward. Of course, I'll be on tour, and Holly will be at Student Council Camp so we may never know.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380973650 has Therese Littleton's review. She is a smart cookie and a Gene Wolfe fan, and as a good a reviewer as you'll find, so I was thrilled she liked it. (No, amazon.com reviews are not puff pieces.)

The neilgaiman.com message board is having a few problems -- it should be working by Monday morning though.

I've got less than 24 hours left at home, and time is tighter than you'd believe. Got to phone Tori and let her know the photos didn't come yet, print out stuff for the Magnetic Fields gig, HOPE that the guy turns up to fit the two-way satellite link for the house (they're now a week late -- frustrating as the main reason for having it installed was to be able to squirt big neilgaiman.com files to harpercollins). Get everything done...

I'll miss the garden, the family, and reading to Maddy every night. Recently she decided that she just wanted me to read her Warlock at the Wheel, Diana Wynne Jones's short story. Each night. She now does the voice of the little girl and the car... [Read entire topic]

#1988: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:38

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:38:00 PDT

Given the spirit of the countdown and all, <castle> suggested we should wait 'til you guys have reached the end of the topic! So keep posting here... when this topic's full, we'll launch the new one! [Read entire topic]

#1987: Gail Williams (gail) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:34

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:34:00 PDT

Wow, how exciting. [Read entire topic]

#1986: Jade Walker (maidenfate) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:32

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:32:00 PDT

Neil and Holly - Congrats. American Gods has now reached 97 on Amazon. You should be incredibly proud.

:-)

Jade Walker [Read entire topic]

#1985: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:23

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:23:00 PDT

Heh... didn't have my eye on the ball. We're something like 24 responses away from the maximum allowed in a topic. I'm going to set one up for the 'gang of 104,' after which I'll freeze this one.

There's another Neil topic coming up June 29 focusing on _American Gods_, so we'll actually have two topics running: the one I set up today for this mini-community that as formed, and another for the more focused AG discussion.

Rock on! [Read entire topic]

#1984: JaNell (janell) Sat 16 Jun 01 10:17

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:17:00 PDT

Of course cool things happen to Neil! He has us, doesn't he? ;) [Read entire topic]

#1983: Erynn Miles (erynn-miles) Sat 16 Jun 01 08:24

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:24:00 PDT

Wow! This is so exciting:) Neil, I swear, cool things are always happening to you, or around you:) I can't wait until the 19th and 24th! yeeeeeehaaah!

Michelle- Yeah, my cousin worked for Disney for one summer and hated it. Most of the stories she had were not good ones at all. I had no idea that they weren't entitled to clean underwear though. Ewww. Horrible. [Read entire topic]

#1982: Neil Gaiman (neilgaiman) Sat 16 Jun 01 00:54

Sat, 16 Jun 2001 00:54:00 PDT

Bill -- there are also links to webmasters etc from the MESSAGES section. [Read entire topic]