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Gaiman's American Gods Book Tour

Posted by Hemos on from the worth-every-penny dept.

Having just finished reading an advance copy of American Gods, the newest book from Neil Gaiman [?] , and enjoying it (I will write the review soon) - I wanted to point out tour dates that are in his blog journal. I'd also like to applaud the decision to use the blog format for keeping a Gods journal - it's definitely interesting to see the process on screen.

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  1. Books not where he really shines by Skyshadow · · Score: 4
    I always thought that books were Gaiman's weakest point -- his short stories are generally pretty good (and in certain cases exceptional), but the medium where I think he really shines is in graphic novels.

    I mean, how do you argue with Sandman? IMHO, it's easily the best graphic novel series out ther (although I rather enjoyed the first Books of Magic series, which he wrote).

    Anyhow, I'll still buy it and read it and all, but I'd be more excited if I'd heard he was coming out with a new collection of short stories.

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    1. Re:Books not where he really shines by geomcbay · · Score: 3
      I disagree. I found both Neverwhere and Stardust to be great novels. Also, a number of the short stories in Smoke & Mirrors were quite good. I didn't care much for Good Omens, but that was a shared-effort and done quite a long time ago.

      Along with Clive Barker, Gaiman is one of the only people out there writing really creative 'fantasy' fiction, IMO.

      Looking forward to this book quite a bit...

      (Of course, the graphic novels are great too.)

  2. Conversation with Neil Gaiman on the WELL by jonkl · · Score: 3

    There's an ongoing conversation with Neil Gaiman at the WELL. You can submit questions or comments to the hosts of the WELL's Inkwell forums and they'll be posted pdq.

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  3. Still a pre-release? by number+one+duck · · Score: 2

    Talk about vaporware... I remember hearing Gaiman and this title quite a long time ago (on the order of more than a few years, I'm sure...) How long has he been working on it?