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Do the initials provide a clue as to what Gaiman thought of her? Scarlett Amber Perkins--SAP.
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Seems a bit of a stretch, Catlady. Though goodness knows authors have done stupider things.
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Perhaps there is more significance in the choice of names being colorful and warm. She represents the living outside world in contrast to the faded Bod and invisible ghost people. Or it even contrasts with the coldness of the name Jack Frost. Also it is ironic that in her first adventure with Bod as small children they encounter the Indigo Man, another use of colors in a name.
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I AM joking, but really--Gaiman never thought to change the last name? Smith, Jones, something that didn't create an insulting three-letter word? Guess he never visited a baby names site advising parents to be careful about things like this.
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I think of the definition of sap as being someone who is either overly expressive about their emotions or someone that is a gullible fool. I think she was the latter when she got into the car with the stranger Jack, befriended him and that was what enabled him to get close to Bod.
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Reverting back to the ancient tomb under the hill, and its guardian The Sleer: I have just finished reading The Second Jungle Book and was struck by Gaiman’s adaptation of the story called “The King’s Ankus”.
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When I read this, I couldn't help thinking of other works set in graveyards, especially where the dead are animate and interact with the living. One of my favorite books from last year was George Saunders' Lincoln in the Bardo. Another fairly recent read of mine is Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place, set very recognizably in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Then there's the drama Our Town.
I'm starting from this point to say that I felt there were a lot of shout-outs to other works, as has been mentioned above. The first thing I thought of with the Macabray was Mary Poppins. And surely Silas is borrowed from Buffy? Can you see a reference to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, as portrayed here, and not think of The Black Adder? (Well, I couldn't.) Last edited by issybird; 05-23-2019 at 06:15 AM. |
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This wasn't a funny book in general, but Nehemiah Trot provided some comic relief. I laughed at loud when he counseled Bod about Scarlett, "Oh! You must go to her and implore her. You must call her your Terpshichore, your Echo, your Clytemnestra."
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One of the things I loved was the way we were given an individual's tombstone words along with his or her name:
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