We (being some of the staff: Tim Yockey, Kris Fossett, and Shane R. Toogood) met
Christopher Moore!!! Christopher Moore (the one in the hat) is the writer of 12 novels, including
Lamb,
A Dirty Job, and his latest,
Bite Me.
Not only is he hilarious, charismatic, and kind enough to write "Fucksox" on my (Kris) copy of
Bite Me, but he is a writer who loves what he does. As spoke about his characters, like Pocket from
Fool or Minty Fresh from
A Dirty Job and
Coyote Blue, I could tell that they weren't just characters to him, but living, dynamic beings that take a life of their own as he tells the story.
That's awesome.
Plus, his explanation for throwing the supernatural in his wacky tales is one of the best I've ever heard: because he gets bored otherwise. To paraphrase, a story about a pilot delivering organs just isn't interesting until you throw a giant talking fruit bat in there.
Which is even more awesome.
And, if you want the most awesomest, I reccomend you read his latest
Bite Me (and he's on our side against sparkling vampires). Though it's the third in his vampire trilogy, there's a huge recap of the previous two told by a perky, teenage goth chick, if you missed them. And then you should
Lamb, about Jesus doing kung-fu; excuse me, Jew-do, and other things before he hits 33. And then
A Dirty Job,
Fool, in fact just read everything.
'Kayso, onward!
"Barbie Rot"
"Ghilan"
