WAAHHHH! LAMB! CHRIS MOORE! WAAH!

[ivyblossom]

So last night I finished reading Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.

Late last night.

And what do I do when it gets late, I ask you? Well. I natter. The more tired I get the more I natter until I just collapse in a dead faint. But I wasn't at the faint part yet, so I opened up the bio page on Christopher Moore and saw his email. So I typed that in and wrote him some fanmail.

And I'm not kidding, when I say fanmail I mean FANMAIL.

I went into detail about exactly why I love and adore this book, without mentioning the fact that I want to slash Biff and Josh so badly I'm salivating. Without mentioning the fact that he skillfully managed to make Biff the only person on the planet who LOVES JOSHUA MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, and that that makes for much fun, effortless slashing. It wasn't the longest email in the world, but it wasn't short. It had paragraphs and sections. Points. Comparisons. Compliments up the wazzoo. I talked about his respect for his characters and how that made the entire endeavour worthwhile. In other words, I fangirled until the cows came home. And then I fangirled them too.

And this afternoon he emailed me back.

*brain explodes*

HE'S SO NICE. He actually responded to what I said and everything, and wants to know what I think about other stuff. WAAAH. Very nice man. NICE MAN. GOOD BOOK. I'm going to slash it and I suggest everyone get on this love train with me.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. Go on, you know you want to.

Comments

Question

[pro-caelio.livejournal.com]

So this book sounds good, and I want to read it. I'm a little concerned, however, that I might find it a bit offensive. Although I'm a Christian, I'm not super uptight about it. (I absolutely loved Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman.)

I'm also really cheap.

Is this book seriously worth taking the risk of spending the money to buy it and then possibly ending up hating it?

Re: Question

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

I'd be really surprised if you're offended by it. It's not an anti-Christian book in any way. It's just a re-telling of the story, and you'll totally fall in love with Joshua. He wrote it assuming Jesus was the guy the gospels say he is. And he's true to that character.

But if you're worried you could take it out of the library. That might be the wisest thing. And if you want to, I'd love to hear what you think about it.

<3

Re: Question

[pro-caelio.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to my post. Actually, I didn't even consider the idea of taking it out of the library. I think I might actually do that, considering the fact that I live on a college campus and practically have it within my power to procure any single book every published on the face of the earth.

Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know what I think.

Slash Biff and Josh. Make my day.

[illiterate.livejournal.com]

OMG. I love that book. I read it over the summer and actually highlighted bits because I found it so incredibly amusing and well, slashy.

A friend has borrowed it so I cannot point out exact bits that I found hilarious, but I distinctly remember when John was baptizing people and basically just holding them underwater and randomly shouting "sinners!" at people. I loved when Josh was like: Yeah, craziness runs in the family. AND HIS MIDDLE NAMED IS HALLOWED. -obsesses- What else, what else (I realize how incoherent I am, I'm excited)... I loved that Josh kept asking Biff to explain sex to him and the part with "you have to be the crap" when all the monks start laughing. I'm also really fond of all the stuff with Yak butter and how Josh was not a myrrh fan. Love love love. Also, when they first met Balthazar and he scared the shit out of them? Loved that, laughed my ass off. Oh, and the names of the concubines. Holy shit. They turned Biff blue. Eee! And that one Roman soldier that was sort of their friend? "You Jews go home and perpetuate no more weird shit..." -dead- Which apostle did they have the running joke about? Was it Peter? The one who always tried to be manly? Well he cracked me up, too. So did the demon that chased Biff and Joy with Biff translating.

Alright, I'm done raving. I really am. Ack. I am just filled with so much squee. I think you can sympathize.

Such. A. Good. Book.

Re: Slash Biff and Josh. Make my day.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Just thinking about the end makes me cry. You know, the first end. O_O WAAHHH!

[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez. I have had this book in my possession for months. And now you have very badly made me want to read it. But I'm, like, in the middle of three other books. Not to mention those for school. ::whimpers::

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

You will put them all down when you open this one. That's all I can say.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, you are so tempting me. I might just buy this. Yes, I think I will.

[manzai.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hi - I'm a friend of Isako, and thought I'd poke in here. I haven't read this book yet, but my significant other did, laughing his way through it. In fact, he thought it was SO funny that he read passages out loud to me - frequently. When I told him about your Email to Moore, and that he responded to you, he literally turned green with envy.

Now HE says HE'S going to write him a long Email, too. *snickers*

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it works in your favour to have absolutely no shame whatsoever. :)

lurker... sort of

[smerdle.livejournal.com]

I bought this book on your recommendation this afternoon and was reading it on the bus with a giant grin on my face. I'm only on page 32 but it's definitely grin-worthy already. You should ask Chris Moore for a commission. :)

I guess this would be a good time to say that I love your work as well, but I am horribly deficient when it comes to feedback.

[anneliese.livejournal.com]

I have never before bought a book because of the recommendation of a person I didn't know, but I just want to tell you I've ordered Lamb from amazon.com and it's all because of you.

(So, if I'm disappointed, I think you should know you'll have destroyed my faith in strangers' recs for all time. Just a warning.)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Well, you'll have to let me know how it goes. I want updates.

[misscora.livejournal.com]

May I suggest Practical Demonkeeping (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380816555/qid=1066359899/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-1533812-1045517?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) by self same Moore? My parents have been pushing this one at me, but I haven't had time. Sounds like I need to make time now. :)

[madlori.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favorite books, Ivy. I'm glad to know Christopher is a nice guy.

[dinahrae.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Christopher Moore, who wrote Bloodsucking Fiend, the most whacked-out, taking-the-piss, best Vampire book in existence????? Wheeeeeeee!!!!!!!1

[ex-mahoney365.livejournal.com]

Wow. Very cool!

[rinkori.livejournal.com]

I went and read the preview pages at Amazon... And all I can say is "<3."

I plan to buy it the next time I have free money and time to go to the bookstore. :3

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

*cries* People keep DISTRACTING ME. The bastards! I am trying to READ here!

I'm about halfway though, and my love of Josh and Biff, (You know those two Jews that go into a bar? *weeps*), and Josh/Biff just keeps growing.

Also: When they say "overnight" mail, they mean "in twenty-four hours" not literally overnight. I am not impressed, postal service, not impressed.

[ordencodex.livejournal.com]

Is this findable in libraries?

Hullo!

[dreality.livejournal.com]

You don't know me from a hole in the ground, but...okay, funny story. I was doing a search for fanfiction on this book, and lovely Google pointed me toward your journal. Go figure. Anyway, I read this entry and I'm SO GLAD I found another fan! Oh my Lord. I can't even BEGIN to describe how awesome this book is (even though I'm still only about 3/4ths through) and how very very much I want to slash Josh/Biff. It makes me feel kinda guilty, but knowing that I'm not the only one definitely helps. ^_^

Crap. I don't wanna read the ending 'cause I know it's gonna make me cry. *sniff*

/random person post> :)