I had forgotten I wanted to read something by Gaiman. I'm going to order The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere. Thanks for the suggestions
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I had forgotten I wanted to read something by Gaiman. I'm going to order The Graveyard Book and Neverwhere. Thanks for the suggestions
and thanks for bumping this board Dana Jean 
Gaiman is fantastical, along the lines of Bradbury or Pratchett, but there will be these occasional moments of hyper reality (usually involving graphic sex) that are jarring (and are my main criticism of his books--only one that I've seen seems to 'fit' in the story). My personal favorite is The Ocean at the End of the Lane (but that might be because it makes my writer/editor heart throb with envy--there's nothing that needed changed in that book, even if you don't care for the story), but Good Omens might be a good place to start. If you like short stories and poetry, Smoke and Mirrors and his latest book, Trigger Warning, are fantastic. The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Odd and the Frost Giants are kids' books that I love (Odd uses Norse mythology
Thanks for the Suggestions. I will make one last try with Gaiman but your tips really help. Thanks.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
as a Neil Gaiman reader here are my thoughts of some of his books that i've read (not included view from the cheap seats, Sleeper and Spindle and trigger warning because those thing are new and i have no money)
i read his acknowledgement at the international edition of Ocean at the end of the lane and i saw this
"Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing everyday. words save our lives, sometimes."
it made me giggle
American Gods = my fave Neil Giaman, Man i mean, Shadow was so awesome, and this book has a mini Novella, The Monarch of The Glen, suggest that you should read it under his short story collection, Fragile Things. i have to admit that this is the reason why i'm so interested at Norse Myths.
Anansi Boys = also my fave Neil Gaiman, i just found myself to be like Spider, he's so cocky and cool, and i love him than Charlie. Fave scene here is when Charlie and Spider fight each other in Charlie's house. and YES THE FLAMINGO ATTACK WOOOO
Fragile Things = i started reading the last story here, the Monarch of the Glen, before i move to the first story. my fave here was the How to talk to girls at parties (which was going to have a movie, i think)
Sandman = First Gaiman read (sandman is a hell of a great comics), i even brought the newly released Overture (In Deluxe edition) because the combination of Williams' art, Stewart color and the text of Klein made the Sandman a magical realm book
Neverwhere = don't get me started about the ending, i love the book okay, but the ending just made me go "WHY". by the way, i need to buy the novella of this which was "How the Marquis got his coat back" because it was good, according to some of the reviews that i read.
Stardust = i hate the lady here, seriously. But anyway, i learned something here that "if the lady you love is wishing impossibilities, you know already her answer: no" i only read this twice and never touched it, i just get bored at the second read.
Coraline = Man, this book. . . creeps me out, i hate to see buttons after reading this. but i also love the movie TBQH. also the movie reminds me of a song Ververg from Cytus.
Smoke and Mirrors = my up next read, so i still have no comments here.
Ocean at the end of the lane = because i love this book so much, I actually ask my friend to brought me the UK holiday limited edition that was released in december 2015, the cover was so perfect. okay, back to the story, i would like to say that OATEOL give me a flashbacks of my mischievous acts when i was a kid
The Graveyard Book = i read this while visiting our mausoleum at cemetery, and it gives me chills, hands down.
Good Omens = i gotta agree that i was missing Gaiman vibes here, to be honest.
STORIES (a collection of short stories by different authors) = I pick this up because of Gaiman's "The Truth is a cave of the black mountains" and Joe Hill's "The Devil in the Staircase". so far, awesome. except to some stories that made me go "what" *cough* the cult of the nose *cough*
read some of his poems that was illustrated by Chris Riddel that Riddel posted in his Facebook and it was Good, especially the B-day poem of Gaiman (The scorpion boys at the city of Lux sing their strange song, i think that was the title, it was long)
Anansi Boys = also my fave Neil Gaiman, i just found myself to be like Spider, he's so cocky and cool, and i love him than Charlie. Fave scene here is when Charlie and Spider fight each other in Charlie's house. and YES THE FLAMINGO ATTACK WOOOO
Fragile Things = i started reading the last story here, the Monarch of the Glen, before i move to the first story. my fave here was the How to talk to girls at parties (which was going to have a movie, i think)
Sandman = First Gaiman read (sandman is a hell of a great comics), i even brought the newly released Overture (In Deluxe edition) because the combination of Williams' art, Stewart color and the text of Klein made the Sandman a magical realm book
Neverwhere = don't get me started about the ending, i love the book okay, but the ending just made me go "WHY". by the way, i need to buy the novella of this which was "How the Marquis got his coat back" because it was good, according to some of the reviews that i read.
Stardust = i hate the lady here, seriously. But anyway, i learned something here that "if the lady you love is wishing impossibilities, you know already her answer: no" i only read this twice and never touched it, i just get bored at the second read.
Coraline = Man, this book. . . creeps me out, i hate to see buttons after reading this. but i also love the movie TBQH. also the movie reminds me of a song Ververg from Cytus.
Smoke and Mirrors = my up next read, so i still have no comments here.
Ocean at the end of the lane = because i love this book so much, I actually ask my friend to brought me the UK holiday limited edition that was released in december 2015, the cover was so perfect. okay, back to the story, i would like to say that OATEOL give me a flashbacks of my mischievous acts when i was a kid
The Graveyard Book = i read this while visiting our mausoleum at cemetery, and it gives me chills, hands down.
Good Omens = i gotta agree that i was missing Gaiman vibes here, to be honest.
STORIES (a collection of short stories by different authors) = I pick this up because of Gaiman's "The Truth is a cave of the black mountains" and Joe Hill's "The Devil in the Staircase". so far, awesome. except to some stories that made me go "what" *cough* the cult of the nose *cough*
read some of his poems that was illustrated by Chris Riddel that Riddel posted in his Facebook and it was Good, especially the B-day poem of Gaiman (The scorpion boys at the city of Lux sing their strange song, i think that was the title, it was long)
i read his acknowledgement at the international edition of Ocean at the end of the lane and i saw this
"Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing everyday. words save our lives, sometimes."
it made me giggle
I feel pretty safe with Haunted's suggestions because she would not recommend a novel in which a dog dies so I'm going to start with The Graveyard Book. A dog dies in the last book I read... for no good reason! *grumble gritch* I started the sequel anyways but the author had best not kill anymore dogs if he does not wish to experience my wrath!
The new show, Lucifer, is based on Gaiman's character. I have read most on Sam's list. I enjoyed all of them but really loved Good Omens and the Sandman graphic novels. Getting ready to dig them up again to read the story about Lucifer.
Took me a few weeks to realize it was Gaiman's take on Lucifer. I'm loving Tom Ellis as the Big L. He can go from charming to terrifying in a split second.
Did anyone turn into his live stream from England promoting his new book, View From the Cheap Seats?
If so, how was it.
If so, how was it.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
Eh? it was a livestream? I thought it was an uploaded video at Mr. G's official facebook so i save it to watch it when internet's got faster D':
It's probably still viewable, but it was livestream first.
Lucifer pops up in a couple of the Sandman graphic novels. Along with a few other immortals/personifications. Death is my favorite; a Goth chick in leather.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
Lucifer pops up in a couple of the Sandman graphic novels. Along with a few other immortals/personifications. Death is my favorite; a Goth chick in leather.
Destiny was my fave, dunno why but i found myself liking him when reading Sandman graphic novels
"There was a story I was told as a child, about a little girl who peeked in through a writer's window one night and saw him writing. He had taken his false face off to write and had hung it behind the door, for he wrote with his real face on. And she saw him; and he saw her. And from that day to this, nobody has every seen the little girl again."
Neil Gaiman -- the view from the cheap seats
Neil Gaiman -- the view from the cheap seats
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Stardust, especially if you can get the version with Charles Vess' illustrations.