Comments on: On the eighth day of Christmas: fear the Jacks of all trades https://shepline.com/2012/01/02/on-the-eighth-day-of-christmas-fear-the-jacks-of-all-trades/ author | illustrator | digital designer Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Thomas https://shepline.com/2012/01/02/on-the-eighth-day-of-christmas-fear-the-jacks-of-all-trades/#comment-3060 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:11:55 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1951#comment-3060 In reply to marbledwhite.

After hearing you say ‘fantasy fiction’ I’m not sure if I would class this as fantasy fiction. I guess it is by the nature of the concept, but in all other respects…

You should also try his Smoke and Mirrors collection of short stories.

]]> By: marbledwhite https://shepline.com/2012/01/02/on-the-eighth-day-of-christmas-fear-the-jacks-of-all-trades/#comment-3059 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:23:44 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1951#comment-3059 I’m not, as you know, a fan of fantasy fiction, but I am very grabbed by the concept of ‘The Graveyard Book’ – I’ve felt your Highgate experience in the Paris cemeteries, which are like little cities of the dead in miniature, complete with road signs, benches, the ‘better’ houses and the ones where the ‘owners’ haven’t bothered with them 🙂 Also I’ve never read anything by Gaiman and I want to know if he’s as good as people say he is!

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