Neil Gaiman Talks To John Dvorak

writes "John Dvorak managed to get Neil Gaiman to come onto his video podcast and discuss writing technique and such. I'm not a huge Dvorak fan, but Gaiman will get my attention pretty much any time." Well, it is worth noting that there are other folks before Gaiman, but Gaiman's piece is excellent. As regular readers know, I've been a huge fan/proponent of Neil's work and having meet him a couple years back and exchanged some e-mail over the years it's good to see him getting the recognition he deserves. Watching this video also made me think of some other unusual pairings; I'm thinking Katie Couric doing an interview with Stephen Hawking should happen.

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Gaiman solo since Sandman

[Doctor Memory]

Is it just me, or is Gaiman just OK since he started writing novels? His stuff is interesting, but (IMHO) nowhere near as good as his work on the Sandman series. I've read Stardust and more recently American Gods (which I was really looking forward to), but neither of them were something I'd rush to recommend to anyone. He has interesting characters and good plot devices, but the writing itself just kind of lays there.

Maybe it's just me, American Gods did take home the Hugo...

Re:Gaiman solo since Sandman

[edis]

By coincidence, I came over Gaiman books just a month ago, and picked both of those available at shop: "American Gods" and "Anansi Boys". This does not happen often at all, but poking into text led to it. IMHO those are of finest quality popular contemporary texts. Heck, he even plays with russian characters' naming as he would well know what he is doing - amazingly correct there and imaginative at full.

By now, intrigued, I saw and was impressed by "Mirror Mask" film - it is very successful visual representation of his fantasms. Static visual works are also excellent (and pretty dynamic!), so we have well talented artist to love.

And as he worked several directions (audio books, them too) - various people will, naturaly, be most impressed by the form, that suits them most.

Damn, Damn and Ultra Damn!

[ackthpt]

I missed Neil's Fragile Things tour and he only gets out here every couple of years. I last caught him at Keppler's when American Gods came out. I could only manage about half the book and put it down somewhere, but Anansi Boys was sterling and I've since become a bit of a fan of his works, reading Stardust and Neverwhere and enjoying them both considerably.

When last I met Mr. Gaiman, I was into the 10th year or so of borrowing a ragged copy of Good Omens from a friend. I'd finally read it and took it with me for him to sign, which he did "To Chris- Burn this! Neil Gaiman" classic.

Scientologist?

[AxelBoldt]

Is there any evidence for or against the claim that Neil Gaiman is a scientologist? The Wikipedia Discussion page talks about it, but no one seems to have any definite answers.