Neil Gaiman brings the links to the yard
Apr. 8th, 2008 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I should not be laughing so hard at this series of Amazon reviews for the book Penetrating Wagner's "Ring". Just. Imagine you're a fourth-grader, right? And then read the title again.
A sample:
I have read the excellent scholarly contributions by Messrs Redhart, Schwartz and Reaney, amongst others, and just had to get involved. What a subject, and what a book! The expansiveness of Wagner's Ring often leaves one panting for breath, and anyone lucky enough to have even half-probed its depths deserves full recognition. Even without the messy bits, this sixteen-hour musical epic leaves one with no alternative but to reacharound for academic help. And this book provides it, and more. Stimulating, it cannot fail to tickle the imagination as it enters the Ring from every conceivable angle--musical/practical, theoretical, historical and cultural. For fans of all things Ring-like, this is a must.
AND THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. :D
*snickers uncontrollably* I love people on the internet.
A sample:
I have read the excellent scholarly contributions by Messrs Redhart, Schwartz and Reaney, amongst others, and just had to get involved. What a subject, and what a book! The expansiveness of Wagner's Ring often leaves one panting for breath, and anyone lucky enough to have even half-probed its depths deserves full recognition. Even without the messy bits, this sixteen-hour musical epic leaves one with no alternative but to reacharound for academic help. And this book provides it, and more. Stimulating, it cannot fail to tickle the imagination as it enters the Ring from every conceivable angle--musical/practical, theoretical, historical and cultural. For fans of all things Ring-like, this is a must.
AND THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. :D
*snickers uncontrollably* I love people on the internet.
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Date: 2008-04-09 12:38 am (UTC)*SHUDDER*
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Date: 2008-04-13 09:34 am (UTC)...I mean, I'm sorry! It's so hard to keep track of who has the random giraffe phobias these days. ;)
(there, are puppies better?)
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Date: 2008-04-09 01:39 am (UTC)*is 12*
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Date: 2008-04-13 09:35 am (UTC)