Neil Gaiman

[stakey]

Any fans?

I technically cant really class myself as a Gaiman fan as I have yet to actually read his work, but I plan to stock up on a few of his books this month so was wondering if theres any fans out there with suggestions?

The first book I wanna read is American Gods, it sounds so unique and generally awesome.

His latest The Graveyard Book (I think thats the title?) has come out also which I wanna read. Apparently its like the Jungle book but with ghosts. lol. A young boy is raised by ghosts in a graveyard etc.

Iv seen adaptations of his stuff however, such as Coraline and Stardust, both of which are legendary!

[jellymoff]

He is heralded as one of the best comic book writers out there, but I can only get in to some of his stuff. I just couldn't get in to Sandman, but I really like the work he has done with existing comic book characters, like Eternals, and his latest 2 part Batman story.

[wenxina]

I've only actually read the Sandman stuff, and I find it quite amazing actually. The Endless are an intriguing family... Dream, Death, and Destiny are my favorites, I think. There's a separate anthology from the Sandman main story called "Endless Nights" which is actually a short story on each of the Endless. Some of the stories in there are quite amazing, and the artwork is sumptuous in some of the stories. "Endless Nights" is quite easy to get into, and it may just be the launching point for new fans, if you find it hard to get into the main story.

I do have Neverwhere on DVD. My boyfriend got it for me, and we're trying to watch it together, but since I don't see him too often, that's kinda hard.

[gumgnome]

I've read Neverwhere and thought it was a very nice fairytale land with plenty of dark touches and a nice feel for London.
Apart from that I've only seen Stardust, which was outstanding as far as children's fantasy goes!

[birdandbear]

I love Neil Gaiman! I've read everything of his I've been able to find except for Fragile Things.
(A lovely book, physically speaking - it has a pretty little butterfly on the cover, but I never seem to have any money when I run across it. I spend it all on After the Fall Hardcovers, which are even prettier, and BS8 )

My favorites are American Gods, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book.
And The Sandman of course. But it's kind of unfair to lump Sandman in with his other books. It's like..... The Sandman is to his other works as The Inferno is to whatever else Dante wrote. There's no comparison; The Sandman is a Magnum Opus if ever there was one. The art, the story, the mythology, it's the thing that made me look at comic books and go "Oooooh! You can do this with them???"


And boy howdy, the places that revelation has taken me since...

[meliafairy]

I am a very big fan of his work.

The first book I read was American Gods when it was released, and then the sequel Anansi Boys.

Fragile Things was a great collection of short stories, one of which was a continuation of the story of the main character from American Gods. There is also a very good short story inspired by Lovecraft in there.

Stardust and Good Omen (co-written with Terry Pratchett) are both very awesome.

[zorthrip]

OMG! This three people using one computer to sign onto SlayAlive thing keeps tricking me into posting under the wrong name.

That post by meliafairy was by me. She actually doesn't care for his work so much.