Oh, but it's creepier than just Kipling. In the same radio piece, he was said to have had the original inspiration in relation to the fact that his young son liked to ride his tricycle in a graveyard....
On 2009-01-27, Dana Paxson <[email protected]> wrote: > > So this is how authors get ideas. From here, one could easily get to: > "It's about a girl raised by zombies after they eat her parents, and then > she meets Bruce Campbell..." > > Eew. > > > Eric Scoles wrote: > > > On the radio this morning, he said it was partly inspired by The Jungle > Book. Instead of being raised by wolves, the child is raised by ghosts. > > I can't help but wonder if this has anything to do with being Neil Gaiman > being raised by Scientologists.... > > > On 2009-01-26, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Neil Gaiman won the 2009 Newbery Medal for his new kids' chapter book >> (which is also a bestseller right now), The Graveyard Book. Its about >> a boy raised by ghosts after his parents are killed. I may have to >> find a copy next time I'm at B and N, probably the next R-spec meeting. >> >> Alicia >> >> >> >> >> -- >> eric scoles ([email protected]) >> >> > > > -- eric scoles ([email protected]) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
