Tried to sign this and still not getting an email and I put my correct email in , wonder how many people this will happen to <| sep |> FYI , although it didn ' t show it in the picture , the lights put off a yellowish hue . Which makes the blue look a brownish blue to the naked eye . <| sep |> We get kicked from parties . <| sep |> same here . playing God of War Ghost of Sparta for now . !<| sep |> I still couldn ' t picture them conceding 8 goals though . <| sep |> I still don ' t get it <| sep |> I ' m probably the only one here who ' s mentioned Hoban in the past 3 years , purposely namedropping Gaiman and Bowie eulogies . Pilgermann here . is as awesome an opening line as Call me Ishmael . Many reviewers refer to Pilgermann ' s deep religiosity , but I believe it ' s one of the few works that describes what art is , it takes a lot of thought to understand Hoban ' s notness and goneness . I could read 100 times every conversation between Pilgermann and Bembel Rudzuk . I discovered Russel Hoban in Granta # 13 short story A Conversation With The Head Of Orpheus which later became Medusa Frequency . For me , Hoban ' s short story was the literary lightning bolt , the only books I ' ve read with similar effect are T . E . Lawrence ' s Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Tim O ' Brien ' s Going After Cacciatto . Turtle Diary remains my recommendation for the ever popular question of book vs . movie , and again purposely namedrop that Marsha Mason and Ben Kingsley both say it ' s their best work . Russel Hoban ' s later works are varied . I read a reviewer ' s claim that Angelica ' s Grotto is first novel to literarily deal with internet pornography . Amaryllis Night and Day is just a beautiful dream , and gets my vote for prettiest title ever .