mike oeming....

[varo]

just won't shut up about omega and othe projects:

http://media-c02m02.libsyn.com/podcasts/38e52cb4e4a3d24a81a3b7ba0fc88e7c/45257fb5/wordballoon/WBmikeoeming2.mp3


:D

[-K-M-]

I think what stuck out with me in this interview was....masterbating with your powers.

[DelBubs]

I enjoyed that, good interview and almost a confirmattion of US Agent, kinda ish.

[-K-M-]

Yeah it seems like a confirmattion to me.

[kozzi24]

I like his owrk that I've read, but something I have to touch on from the interview...
it's always grating when writers talk about their influences and they r efer to movies such as Watership Down without any sign that they ever read the original book. And when the reference is to that PARTICULAR book, it's more grating, because that's still my favorite novel of all time.

[Oeming]

I like his owrk that I've read, but something I have to touch on from the interview...
it's always grating when writers talk about their influences and they r efer to movies such as Watership Down without any sign that they ever read the original book. And when the reference is to that PARTICULAR book, it's more grating, because that's still my favorite novel of all time.

I can understand that, but I havent skipped the book for the film. I grew up in a dysfunctional household, and at times, I was pretty much raising myself, so reading was never pushed on me. Honestly, I read my first book, HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy at age 16 and that was because a friend of mine (Adam Hughes) had talked me into it telling me how funny it was... Thats about when I really started reading, before that, songs and TV (we couldnt get to theaters, so I only saw films when they got to TV) were my studies. I would go to sleep listening to music and making up stories from the lyrics. I really wish someone had pointed me to books like the Hobbit and Watership as a child, but that wasnt the case. But in a way, that might have actually killed my need to make up stories if I was already reading good ones, so who knows?

Most books I have read have been because of the films I saw and now that I have a real need to read, I dont have time to read nearly as much as I want. I've read tons since I was 16 and now I have a shelf of books waiting for me still, that includes Watership and a bunch of Poul Anderson fantasy books (I LOVE Broken Sword!). Most of what I can read these days has to be short, such as the Robert E Howard, wierd stuff and passages from poetry and mythology.

In short, you have a point, but its not out of ignorance, I just have about 16 years of reading Im behind on:)

[Mokole]

No problem, sir. I read mostly news and 'net, very little time to read for pleasure in my life.

I still think Guardian and Talisman are who we think they are/should be.

Hopefully, some new art comes our way in 3 weeks or so... :wink:

[Le Messor]

Honestly, I read my first book, HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy

Bad choice.
You can only go downhill from there. 8)

(Never start with the best!)


I still think Guardian and Talisman are who we think they are/should be.

Who's this 'we', pale face? :wink:

- Le Messor
"Don't Panic."

[kozzi24]

No insult was intended. I first read Watership Down when I was about 21, and it's still the favorite. Definitely worth moving up to the top of your reading list!

Every family's dysfuntional. My mother wouldn't allow me to see films like Watership or Bambi because the innocent li'l animals get hurt and I might feel bad. Oddly enough, she had no problem with films where PEOPLE get hurt...and at the extreme, if there was argument between me and my older brothers about afternoon TV programs, syndicated Three Stooges ALWAYS won over Sesame Street, because my mother obviously preferred Three Stooges.
It really explains a lot about me....

[Oeming]

Honestly, I read my first book, HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy

Bad choice.
You can only go downhill from there. 8)

(Never start with the best!)
"

You know, this is true:) Ive loved other books Ive read but NONE have been as pleseant, fun, exciting as Guide was. Ive loved other books, others are written better, but as a pure reading experience, nothing has topped Guide for me.

[Le Messor]

Ive loved other books Ive read but NONE have been as pleseant, fun, exciting as Guide was. Ive loved other books, others are written better, but as a pure reading experience, nothing has topped Guide for me.

Have you read Good Omens? Despite my comments about HHGTTG, that's my favourite book. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett combine well!

I don't think I've read Watership Down, (I honestly can't remember for sure), but I've read Richard Adams' Shardik (sp?) and it's a bit too nihilistic for me. I've heard a talking book / BBC radio production of WD. Deeply disturbing.

- Le Messor
"Oh, I need a hug."
- Mutant Enemy

[Oeming]

Omens was ALMOST as good as Guide, and thats saying a lot. Maybe its a combination of a great book mixed with the contect I read it making it untouchable.

[SephirothsKiller]

Have you read Good Omens? Despite my comments about HHGTTG, that's my favourite book. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett combine well!

I don't think I've read Watership Down, (I honestly can't remember for sure), but I've read Richard Adams' Shardik (sp?) and it's a bit too nihilistic for me. I've heard a talking book / BBC radio production of WD. Deeply disturbing.

- Le Messor
"Oh, I need a hug."
- Mutant Enemy

Holy sh-t!! Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett did a book together? I need to read that!! That's like amazing!! (F.Y.I. everyone should read Pratchett's The Truth, and while I'm book gushing, also read Red Dwarf by "Grant Naylor", which is an awesome spin off of the T.V. show.)

[Le Messor]

Mike, Glad you liked it! (He says, almost as if he had anything to do with creating it.)


Red Dwarf by "Grant Naylor", which is an awesome spin off of the T.V. show.)

And the follow-up, Better Than Life. I was about to lament that I've never read them, but what I meant was, I don't own them. I have read them, they're great.
Not so much a spin off as an alternate take on the series; but I'm being pedantic here.

Anything that isn't British comedy? :wink:

Stephen King's The Stand is brilliant, but don't let it be your first SK book. I suggest Different Seasons, if you're not a horror reader. Something like The Shining or Carrie if you are.

- Le Messor
"Joey, why's there a copy of The Shining in the freezer?"
- Rachel

[Banshee]

Much as I loved the tale of the pan galactic gargle blaster and the anecdotes of Eccentrica Gallumbits(TTBWOE6), I certainly think that The Restaurant at the End of the Universe was a true case of a superior sequel(ala The Empire Strikes Back).

And allow me a terribly sycophantic moment, but I am sooooo exicted about Omega Flight and the choice of Oeming as writer. I'm chanting as we speak!!

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345391810.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1106958059_.jpg

[Northcott]

Anything that isn't British comedy? :wink:

"To Kill A Mockingbird", by Harper Lee. Atticus Finch is, to me, the pinnacle of manliness in a very understated way. When it comes to dealing with core "good guy" super heroes like Superman, Guardian, etc, I automatically think of variations on old Atticus.

[Northcott]

Just listened to the interview -- great stuff. I like the views on politics, international relations, and using characters of opposing spectrums to create a clearer view.

[Le Messor]

Much as I loved the tale of the pan galactic gargle blaster and the anecdotes of Eccentrica Gallumbits(TTBWOE6), I certainly think that The Restaurant at the End of the Universe was a true case of a superior sequel.

When I say Hitchhiker's Guide, I mean all five books of the trilogy. So, I'm not excluding Restaurant. :wink:

- Le Messor
"You guys are so unhip, it's a wonder your bums don't fall off."
- Zaphod Beeblebrox

[SephirothsKiller]

Wait... All five books? I'm sorry but Mostly Harmless was awful. I was so disappointed when I read that... I don't even consder it a part of the /trilogy./

[Banshee]

I have to agree, the quality slipped after 'so long and thanks for all the fish'. And don't get me started on the happy ending 'new earth' movie!! Arghhhhh!! :evil:

[Le Messor]

Wait... All five books? I'm sorry but Mostly Harmless was awful. I was so disappointed when I read that... I don't even consder it a part of the /trilogy./

I have to agree, the quality slipped after 'so long and thanks for all the fish'. And don't get me started on the happy ending 'new earth' movie!! Arghhhhh!! :evil:

Okay, Okay, naturally not those four.
The movie? Mention it not! It is not worthy to calculate the book's parameters!