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Any other Moers-heads on this board?

Really love the writing and illustrations in this series. I hope the books that haven't been translated into English yet get a good treatment sometime soon. Moers is really a hidden gem.

>> No.18298752

he was my favorite fantasy author as a kid, but I haven't read him since.

>> No.18298838

>>18298752
This.
I treasured Rumo. Actually gives me an impetus to reread the book and Stadt der Traeumenden Buecher.
What wonderful worldbuilding.

>> No.18298861

>>18298838
Have you read his work in German? There's so much linguistic wordplay that I often wonder what I'm missing out on by reading in translation

>> No.18298870

>>18298861
Yes. And yes, the books are largely about German wordplay and references to German literature and folk tales. Part of what makes them so endearing.

>> No.18298909
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>>18298870
Also blue bear was basically born as a one-off elaborate fan fiction based on a popular children series. Basically the German sesame street.
Imagine someone writing an novel on the adventures and exploits of Oscar the Grouch.

>> No.18298913

is moers still writing? i know he has a couple books that never got translated.

>> No.18298928

>>18298913
Likely not. It is unclear because he does not give interviews but he is over 60 already. Like Pratchett, it is unlikely that he still has the spark.

>> No.18298943

In addition, blue bear himself is a reference to a variety of Hanseatic tropes, around Hamburg and the North coast of Germany. Right down to the way he talks.

>> No.18298989

>>18298913
>>18298928

I believe he actually published a book in 2019, another in the Zamonia series, Der Bücherdrache

>> No.18299029

>>18298989
Yeah but it is very light compared to his other work.
Personally, I consider most of the stuff after the Labyrinth of the Dreaming Books to be just one-off shorts. They do not have same meat as the first couple of books. Labyrinth also ends on a cliff-hanger but a sequel has never been released, too bad...

>> No.18299309

>>18299029
im seeing a "princess insomnia" on his webpage. is that another short one?

>> No.18300300

>>18299309
Moers was the Hero of my childhood, and the City of dreaming books still is my favorite book. that being said, I did not like insomnia at all, and I dont if this is because he lost the spark or because i grew up...

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WALTER GIVE ME DAS SCHLOSS DER TRÄUMENDEN BÜCHER AAAAAHHHHH ITS BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE DAS LABYRINTH DER TRÄUMENDEN BÜCHER

>>18298913
He is still writing and he is planning on releasing two books "Die Insel der tausend Leuchttürme" and "Das Schloss der träumenden Bücher", but both dont have a release date yet.
>>18299309
Its rather short and definitely his most forgettable work

>> No.18300591

>>18298719
top children's lit kino, city of dreaming books is GOAT

>> No.18300627

>>18298909
I'd read Adventures of Oscar the Grouch or listen to the audiobook read by Zizek.

>> No.18300945

>>18298719
It's a shame ensel und krete apparently hasn't been translated to english, i think people here would enjoy the meta narrative of the pretentious author who constantly interrupts the story

>> No.18302487

>>18298719
amazing books. they have that distinctly european kind of comedic adventure, same as the donald duck cartoons that were only popular in europe

>> No.18302523

>>18299029
The sequel is a comic book.

>> No.18302537

>>18298909
>fan fiction based on a popular children series.
You do realize Moers wrote the series, too?

>> No.18302668

>>18298913
He still writes. Unfortunately everything after "Der Schrecksenmeister" (that means: everything after he changed his publisher) is a steaming pile of shit. You honestly wouldn't think it's the same author anymore. There's some speculation about why that's the case, but noone actually knows. I personally think that maybe his former editor (mind: he changed his publisher before everything went south) was an influence he really needed to get things done and not lose himself in minor details and trivia but as I said, that's just a speculation.
It's such a shame.

>> No.18302706

bump dont let the thread die

>> No.18302728

>>18302668
>There's some speculation about why that's the case
What kind of speculation?

>> No.18302999

>>18298719
yeah i've read captain bluebear. loved it
i've got rumo on my stack. not sure when i'll get around to it though
um
that's all i've got. sorry.

>> No.18303246

>>18302728
It's only facebook tier speculation. Nothing from anyone I'd call a reliable source. Professional reviews of his recent books are generally a lot more generous than they should be. Stuff like: hurr another great book by Moers, durr his limitless imagination and so on... and then they end with: well, but I was mildly disappointed since he didn't reach the level of his older books. Meanwhile, pretty much every Amazon review says: Moers completely lost his orm.

The by far crudest speculation I've read btw. was something like: Moers actually wasn't a single author but a group of authors and the by far best of them left or died.

>> No.18303431

>>18302537
Yes, but Bluebear was primarily a children series, then he made this epic out of it.

>> No.18303492

>>18298909
>Basically the German sesame street.

You do remember we have our own version of Sesame Street? Sesamstraße? With their own puppet characters even?

I don't think Sendung mit der Maus has an exact equivalent, at least in the US. UK might have.

>> No.18304643

>>18303492
I am pretty sure that is just Sesame Street? What other characters do they have?