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Neil Gaiman Book "American Gods" Free Online

Posted by kdawson on from the everybody-rtfb dept.

Denial93 writes "Geek favorite author Neil Gaiman has just made his multi-award-winning bestselling novel 'American Gods' available online for free. It's a trial by the publisher, and runs for one month. Gaiman writes in his blog: 'If it works, and people read it, then a) we may be able to put up another book and b) sooner or later they'll simply let us give away the book in electronic form....' It's an excellent book and much deserving of the many prestigious awards it has been getting."

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  1. Re:slashdot users. by Pojut · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like you forgot to check the anonymous box there, bud...oops.

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  2. Re:slashdot users. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, we like you. [hugs]

  3. Re:Read this book. by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like most /. comments, the above adds nothing to the conversation, fails to inform, enlighten or educate. It also improperly uses a semi-colon. However, I still urge you to read American Gods.

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  4. Re:Excitement followed by disappointment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If only there was some way to rent books locally.

    I think you're onto something, but why have rental fees. It would be even better if you could just go somewhere close to home and simply "check out" books and only pay "fines" if you keep them too long or damage them.

    I hope someone's paying attention. This is a real need!

  5. Re:Excitement followed by disappointment by hrieke · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only there was some way to rent books locally.

    I believe it's called a Library.
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  6. Re:Read this book. by Guppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like most /. comments, the above adds nothing to the conversation, fails to inform, enlighten or educate. It also improperly uses a semi-colon. I would consider this an improvement over the improper use of a colon, which is also quite common on Slashdot (and involves JPGs).