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Moore, Christopher (Christopher Moore)
Moore’s rocket took off in 1992 with ‘Practical Demonkeeping’. How practical was it? Well, Disney thought it was enchanting enough to grab the film rights before the ink on the book even dried. A genie's wish or author's prowess? We may never know.
Strap in your seatbelts folks, as we dive into Pine Cove, where the inhabitants make Gotham City look like a daycare center. Demons, lusty lizards, and not-so-brilliant angels concoct a brew that’s nuttier than a squirrel’s lunchbox.
But wait, why stop at terrestrial madness? Moore took us on a cruise to the heart of the fog-laden streets of San Francisco. The city's Golden Gate welcomes not only the mist but a trio of love-struck bloodsuckers. The Vampires of San Francisco series is the romance we never knew we needed, with fangs!
If you thought Death is a morose fellow, Moore’s ‘Death Merchant Chronicles’ introduces him as a regular Joe. In this outlandish day-in-the-life-of-death scenario, souls are traded like baseball cards, and the afterlife has never been so lively.
The starship of Moore’s imagination then took a detour to ye olden days with ‘Chronicles of Pocket the Fool’. We're treated to a merry jig through Shakespearean plots, but not as the Bard wrote them. Pocket is the Puck we deserve, and the Renaissance never looked so rowdy.
Now, you might think Moore’s everyman is a terrestrial trope, but no. Introducing Sammy "Two Toes" with ‘Noir’ and ‘Razzmatazz’, a series that’s like a detective noir film ate a rainbow and washed it down with jazz. I bet you didn’t see that coming.
And if the pot of Moore’s creativity wasn't stirred enough, he added ‘Coyote Blue’, ‘Island of the Sequined Love Nun’, and ‘Lamb’ – a lineup that can give the most eccentric rock band names a run for their money.
In the realm of Christopher Moore, the universe is stitched together with laugh-out-loud humor, seasoned with supernatural zaniness. His characters could be your next-door neighbors if you lived in an interdimensional cul-de-sac.
So, put on your reading goggles and hop into the time-traveling DeLorean of Moore’s bibliography. Expect the unexpected, giggle at the grim, and whatever you do, don’t feed the Lust Lizard. You can search the Nest for articles on Moore, Christopher (Christopher Moore) over at https://www.SFcrowsnest.info/tag/Christopher-Moore
