Originally Posted by cody44
American Gods.
You guys can thank me tomorrow
American Gods.
You guys can thank me tomorrow
Yes, I still need to get to that one. Plus pick up the next Sandman!
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
We shall see, thanks in advance Feev.American Gods.
You guys can thank me tomorrow
Sloth Love Chunk
Cody and Browning's Childe, I recommend reading AMERICAN GODS and ANANSI BOYS, in that order simply because that is the order in which they were written.
Most people prefer one over the over, but they're both great reads.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I shall add them to the list....the list, however, is growing quite large.
Sloth Love Chunk
good omens was my first experience with him (like 13 or 14 years ago), and i loved it.
i strongly recommend that.
good omens was my first experience with him (like 13 or 14 years ago), and i loved it.
i strongly recommend that.
Good Omens was fantastic.
Yep, Good Omens was my first Gaiman, followed by the Sandman gn's. But I would very, very highly recommend American Gods as a great place to start.
As Patrick says, you can follow on with Anansi Boys, which is also excellent. And even look out for a familiar face in one of the short stories in Fragile Things.
My first was Neverwhere.
Neverwhere is another great Gaiman read.
The last Gaiman I read was The Graveyard Book (Thanks again Lisa), a quick read but still good nonetheless
I've read everything mentioned so far, except GOOD OMENS. I guess I better rectify that shortfall in my Gaiman experience.
Speaking of the Gaiman experience, I just expanded mine. I finally succumbed to the pressure (mostly from within) and bought the ABSOLUTE SANDMAN, Volume I. Holy moly, what a beautiful book!
Here it is next to one of the standard softcovers to show relative size.
I recall that people were discussing this edition somewhere upthread. They were right. The artwork looks so much better on the larger pages with better paper and ink quality. Plus there are a bunch of extras in back (bios, sketches, scripts, etc.)
This book is not rare so I encourage all Sandman fans to go get one!
What is Good Omens about?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I'll look for GOOD OMENS, Brice.
I'm hoping to get that ABSOLUTE SANDMAN inscribed and signed by Neil Gaiman when I meet him on Sunday.
From Wikipedia
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a fantasy novel written in collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
The book is a comedy and a quasi-parody of the 1976 film The Omen (as well as other books and films of the genre), concerning the birth of the son of Satan, the coming of the End Times and the attempts of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley to avert them, having become accustomed to their comfortable situations in the human world. A subplot features the gathering of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse—War, Famine, Pollution (Pestilence having retired in 1936 following the discovery of penicillin), and Death—the last of whom is characterised in a manner reminiscent of the personification of Death in Pratchett's Discworld novels and calls himself Azrael before his final exit.
I'll have to pick it up. Sounds good.
And Patrick, have fun
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Thanks, Feev, I'll find it too.
Thanks, Heather. I'm really looking forward to meeting him tomorrow. It's going to be at a comic book store in San Francisco and limited to 100 people. It was dumb luck that I found out about it in time to snag a spot.
He'll be promoting/signing the hardcover of "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
You'll obviously be posting bazillions of pictures, right?
Yes. I'll charge the battery tonight and bring the camera tomorrow. I hope to take lots of photos.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Woot!
My first was Good Omens, given to me for a birthday present. It was a few years until I read Neverwhere, and then another year or so before I met Matt and he really got me started with Sandman and American Gods. Now I'm hooked.
I loved NEVERWHERE, ka-mai.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
posting this for patrick:
Oh! That is soooooo cool. It's like having Neil Gaiman in your living room.
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he said the reading was great, and that it was time for the signing.
i told him to tell neil i said hi.
I'm so jealous! I had a ticket to see him do a reading/signing for the Graveyard Book in London and couldn't get there
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