I haven't listened to Gaiman's version but some of the dark sexual parts remind me of Tanith's other Snow White story, White as Snow. That one is very sexualy dark with several non consensual scenes, incest and Psudo necrophilia. White as snow is a full novel and is very well written even though it is very dark.
I read through the first three Sandman comics a couple months after they came out in my friendly neighborhood LCS. I knew that I couldn't tolerate his writing and that there was something off about him. Just couldn't place why, but I never darkened his door after that.
While there was some worrying parts to Lee's, Gaiman won out in...
Revulsion.
You know, this teller buys that he took particular issue with it.
Logically though, something like a dryad or an alraune would be an obvious choice for an inhuman snow white, but of course you end up with different stories. Though admittedly neither such beings preclude dark stories. Few go to the version tale with princess Goldentree and Silvertree the Queen, where the mirror is a trout that speaks.
It's a hard pick between trout and mirrior, but one can always combine them.
It's an interesting contrast of darkness though that Gaiman's plagiarism creates, a rare chance of direct comparison.
Excellent work, Dark Herald, and thank you for being afflicted by Gaiman's dark work and sparing us the effort.
It is possible to write fiction set within a weird Gnostic cosmology without being a blasphemer. (Not claiming Lee was or wasn't, I don't know, but it is possible.)
It is not possible to write perverse pornography without being a pervert.
Every word about Gaiman makes me put off my "is it THAT bad?" reading of Coraline another few days. I dread what I might find there, much as I was horrified with the contents of the original Wicked novel.
I haven't listened to Gaiman's version but some of the dark sexual parts remind me of Tanith's other Snow White story, White as Snow. That one is very sexualy dark with several non consensual scenes, incest and Psudo necrophilia. White as snow is a full novel and is very well written even though it is very dark.
The more we discover about Gaiman, the worse it gets,
And that is not easy.
Strong work! Thanks, DH!
I read through the first three Sandman comics a couple months after they came out in my friendly neighborhood LCS. I knew that I couldn't tolerate his writing and that there was something off about him. Just couldn't place why, but I never darkened his door after that.
While there was some worrying parts to Lee's, Gaiman won out in...
Revulsion.
You know, this teller buys that he took particular issue with it.
Logically though, something like a dryad or an alraune would be an obvious choice for an inhuman snow white, but of course you end up with different stories. Though admittedly neither such beings preclude dark stories. Few go to the version tale with princess Goldentree and Silvertree the Queen, where the mirror is a trout that speaks.
It's a hard pick between trout and mirrior, but one can always combine them.
It's an interesting contrast of darkness though that Gaiman's plagiarism creates, a rare chance of direct comparison.
Excellent work, Dark Herald, and thank you for being afflicted by Gaiman's dark work and sparing us the effort.
To be blunt, I'll take the incest and necrophilia over the statement that not only Satan is secretly good, but he suffers more than Jesus at Calvary.
Gaiman is a piece of crap, no doubt about that - but it doesn't look like Tanith Lee was a choirgirl either.
Literally no one ever said Tanith Lee was. However, unlike Gaiman, she is an original and creative writer.
She was honest
It is possible to write fiction set within a weird Gnostic cosmology without being a blasphemer. (Not claiming Lee was or wasn't, I don't know, but it is possible.)
It is not possible to write perverse pornography without being a pervert.
I still refuse to throw out my Sandman collection. However I will purchase the flat earth series and give it a throw
Every word about Gaiman makes me put off my "is it THAT bad?" reading of Coraline another few days. I dread what I might find there, much as I was horrified with the contents of the original Wicked novel.
Can you do a book comparison of Vox's Arts and Martin's Game? Cause I'd like to throw in my two cents.