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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.
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...
Just junk food for thought...
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.