books 2007: The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection

[supercheesegirl]

Fritz burned me a copy of this. Yet another factor proving his awesomeness. In this collection, Neil Gaiman himself reads from his children's books: the cd includes The Wolves in the Walls, Cinnamon, The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish, and a poem called Crazy Hair. My favorite story was probably Cinnamon, just for the random creepy touches like Cinnamon's eyes and the poor aunt's fate, but I also loved how the Queen of (Rhodesia, was it? Micronesia?) just randomly shows up in various stories, she's totally Gaiman's Cheese Man. The collection is rounded out by an interview with Neil--the interviewer is his daughter Maddy, and this track is absolutely adorable. I want to scoop Maddy up and snuggle her and then steal her daddy and make her some more siblings. Um. So, the stories probably do lose a little something without the illustrations, but they definitely gain something in that they are read by Neil himself, the way that they ought to be read. This was entirely awesome to listen to in the car on the way to my mom's house tonight. Yay.

::edit:: I forgot to say, the between-tracks instrumental music is the Magnetic Fields, "I Think I Need A New Heart" (a title which, when thought of in a Gaiman context, becomes more than slightly disturbing).

Comments

[handmadedark.livejournal.com]

So glad you liked this. I really wanted to tell you how ridiculously adorable Maddy sounded in the interview, but I thought it better to surprise you.

[birdmaddgirl.livejournal.com]

wanna send a copy me-ward? ;)

[handmadedark.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to. Shoot me an email with your address or have Rox send it me-way.

[birdmaddgirl.livejournal.com]

ooo thank you! how gracious. i don't have your email, but maybe rox can send you my address. since she lived in my house, she certainly knows it. ;)

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

F has offered to burn you a cd, so we could do that--or, I just ripped all the tracks to mp3, so we could meet up on SoulSeek and get them to you that way. What do you think?

[birdmaddgirl.livejournal.com]

we can try the soulseek thing, that's probably a little easier. i don't think i have your username though.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

supercheesegirl as always. I'll be home tonight by maybe 9:30, so I'll log on around then.

[birdmaddgirl.livejournal.com]

cool, i'm having dinner with jack tonight but i'll check as soon as i get home from that. woot! thanks, lady.

[handmadedark.livejournal.com]

If that doesn't work for any reason, just let know and I'll send a copy along. Otherwise, enjoy Neil and Maddy!