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coffeepusher
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doing some reserch I found that the website for the book "Battlefield Earth" has a Quote that is attributed to Neil.
"Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable.
Neil Gaiman"
http://www.battlefieldearth.com/00v4/acclaim.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_%28novel%29

Now I have my personal opinions about the book, but that just dosn't sound like somthing he would have said, the tone seems different from his usual statements.

does anyone have a source for what he actually said?
 
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He's done two reviews for "Battlefield Earth" -- One in Imagine magazine #29 and one in Space Voyager #16.

I don't own these magazines, but I know who does and will ask if he can look them up.

edit: "Un-put-downable", though, sounds like pure Neil.


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That quote is from the Imagine magazine that Aitapata linked to. "Neil Gaiman, author of Imagine short stories Featherquest and How To Sell The Ponti Bridge, and co-author of Ghastly Beyond Belief, reviews the latest additions to the fantasy/SF media."
Full text of that review:
"For value for money I have to recommend L. Ron Hubbard's massive Battlefield Earth - over 1000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens, noble humans. Is mankind an endangered species? Will handsome and heroic Jonny Goodboy Tyler win Earth back from the nine-foot-high Psychlos? A tribute to the days of Pulp, I found it un-put-downable. And all for 2.95"(Brit currency)

That's from a column published August 1985. Also reviewed in that issue, to give a sense of age, Night Of The Comet and Cat's Eye.
 
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Ooooh boy, his main description was as co-author of "Ghastly Beyond Belief"? That's pretty old (and funny).


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quote:
Originally posted by coffeepusher:
"...I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable.
Neil Gaiman"


Everyone gets one mulligan.
 
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And, honestly, he's saying Battlefield: Earth is pulp science fiction, which is exactly what it is. And, judged only against other pulp fiction, it's pretty darned good


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quote:
Originally posted by GMZoe:
That quote is from the Imagine magazine that Aitapata linked to. "Neil Gaiman, author of Imagine short stories Featherquest and How To Sell The Ponti Bridge, and co-author of Ghastly Beyond Belief, reviews the latest additions to the fantasy/SF media."
Full text of that review:
"For value for money I have to recommend L. Ron Hubbard's massive Battlefield Earth - over 1000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens, noble humans. Is mankind an endangered species? Will handsome and heroic Jonny Goodboy Tyler win Earth back from the nine-foot-high Psychlos? A tribute to the days of Pulp, I found it un-put-downable. And all for 2.95"(Brit currency)

That's from a column published August 1985. Also reviewed in that issue, to give a sense of age, Night Of The Comet and Cat's Eye.

Oh my. (gigglesnort) The description also sounds very tongue-in-cheek, if not downright sarcastic. *Very* funny. Thanks, GMZoe!!! (always happy to see your toes in the pool)


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