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Mike Carey
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Crossing Midnight
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by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author), Jim Fern , Gabriel Hernandez , José Villarrubia , Matteo Guerrero , J.H. Williams III
by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author), Jim Fern , Gabriel Hernandez , José Villarrubia , Matteo Guerrero , J.H. Williams III
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| I met Graham Joyce at Fantasycon last year and asked him which of his books would be the best one to start with. He recommended The Tooth Fairy, so I went ahead and picked it up. I went in blind, as it were - I didn't even read the blurb on the back...more | |
"Oh boy, do I remember those days! :) Be strong, Anna. Sniper rifle or not, your kick-ass credentials are immaculate.
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| This was an amazingly entertaining book, and I wanted to give it five stars. It definitely deserves that rating for the sheer bravura of the writing, the clever ins and outs of the plot, the audacity and ambition of the ideas it throws out. It was ne...more | |
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"That's a good point. And I think it would let me explore some aspects of Castor's world that get pushed into the background in the novels. I've been h...more
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"I think the one thing you know up front is the story's centre of gravity, and you work outward from that. You know you're not going to get everything...more
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"That's what lead times are like in book publishing! Coming in from comics, where the finished art is sometimes sent to the printer on the day it comes...more
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"Usually you've got consulting rights. And usually you'll be part of the conversation as to what's being planned. Publishers like you to be happy with...more
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| I'm normally a little wary of totally silent comic books. There are very few people who can pull off that trick of creating a compelling and engaging story with no words at all. Jim Woodring is one of those people, and his protagonist Frank (an anthr...more | |
“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.”
― Mike Carey
― Mike Carey
“Yahweh: You've been unhappy because you've desired things that cannot be.
Lucifer: That's what desire IS. The need for what we can't have. The need for what's readily available is called greed.”
― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
Lucifer: That's what desire IS. The need for what we can't have. The need for what's readily available is called greed.”
― Mike Carey, Lucifer, Vol. 11: Evensong
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.”
― Mike Carey
― Mike Carey
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