YES! Neil Gaiman for the win! He's really really great and one of my favorite writers. I just love his writing style. It's the kind I like, with extra humor added in :D

Coraline was pretty good. Kind of creepy, though, for a children's story.

The Graveyard Book was great. I loved the perspective and all that he put into it.

STARDUST is by far the best out of the ones I've read. I watched the movie too. I prefer the movie's ending (but not the "ending", as in the last 2 minutes) to the book's, as it has much more drama and romance, but it was awesome. In my top 10 for sure.

I started reading Good Omens a while back but I couldn't finish it since I hadn't brought my library card with me that time :( oh well.

I read Coraline the book. I think it's good. I love it and the movie too. :)

Neil Gaimain is, by far, my favorite author. His works are so twisted and dark! I have read Neverwhere, The Graveyard Book, and Coraline, all of which were amazing. x3

I love his Sandman series. <3

I've read some of the Sandman books, Coraline, M is for Magic, The Interworld and i'm currently reading The Graveyard Book. :D

His writing style is just amazing, I love how he details things. :)

I've read a few of his books, and I adore them! :)

My favorite was Neverwhere, it's just so eerie and bizarre, like two worlds colliding. :)
I also liked Wolves in The Walls.
I hear the Sandman books are good, too, I've never read them, though. :)

The only thing I've read by him is American Gods. It was good, but now I have to wait a while to work on this story idea I had before I read it that is similar enough I would blend American Gods in it too much right now. I want to also read his Sandman stuff.

Feral Fantom, you are my hero.

I adore American Gods far too much.

Shadow and his 'fuck it.' attitude.

I wanna BE that guy.

Oh, lovely Neil Gaiman... I have followed him for years. I used to read his blog quite often, but managed to quite the habit.

He really is a fantastic writer and he has variety in his work which many writers can't/don't do. American Gods is an incrediable book. It really made a huge impression on me the first time I read it. Quite a bit of the imagery in that book still lingers about in my head. And Stardust is such a sweet story. Very innocent and gentle. I love that book.

The thing about Sandman, though, is that I can't read that anymore. I gets under my skin in a way that's not good for me. I LOVE Death. She's my ideal me, which is sorta twisted probably. I even have a little figurine of her that used to ride with me in my car, but now sits beside my bed.

Ahhhh, I LOVE Neil Gaiman! :heart: :heart: :heart:
My favourites from him are American Gods and the Graveyard Book, and my favourite book ever is probably Good Omens :>

Love his movies. XD I've read most of Neverwhere but my copy was missing pages toward the end. My sister mailed me an intact copy the other day though, so I should be able to finish it as soon as I finish the current book I'm reading. Man's a genius.

I'm a big fan of his writing. I find it fascinating and I love his stories. Ever since the first one I found in the library I have continued to search for his others and until it became difficult for me to be able to get to the library to take new ones out I continuously searched for as many of his books as I could find so I could read them.

Let's Talk about Neil Gaiman!
 

I am a big fan of Gaiman though I admit I have not read too many of his books. Just thought I'd make a thread about his books and related books to see what people had to say.

This is also my fffirst thread outside of the Fresh Meat Forum. Go me.

I'm a fan as well - although I've never touched his Sandman books.

I've just recently started reading him - I've been able to read Anansi Boys, American Gods, Stardust, Good Omens, and Neverwhere.

I actually follow him on Twitter, it's pretty interesting to see what he's up to.

I don't do the whole Twitter thing. I hear though that he is an interesting father figure.

American Gods has been my favorite so far. It has effected the way I see the world. IE: Earlier today the phone wasn't working for my boss so I told him the god of the phones was displeased. It made me laugh and I guess if someone had read American Gods, they would have thought it funny, too.

Anansi Boys has been a trip, man.




As a side note having nothing to do with this topic: I have noticed the Mods floating about in Chat. This is the stuff that myths are made of.

Oh we participate on the site as well as moderate - it would be no fun if we couldn't chat and actually be part of the community. :yes:

Actually- I'm going to merge your double post for you while I'm in here - we don't allow double posting on Mene unless a couple of hours has passed between posts. :oops:


American Gods is probably my favorite - and I'm glad I read that before Anansi Boys because it helped me know more of what was going on in the book.

Stardust was really good too - but I actually think I like the movie better. >.>

I really like all of his books, I think one of my favorites would have to be Interworld. I also liked Coraline and Neverwhere, and that one book with a bunch of his short stories. The movie for Coraline was good but i felt like it was in a different world from the book... Neverwhere was also awesome, I loved the characters and the ending made me smile. :D

I dig Neil Gaiman too. The first book of his I read was actually one of his children's books, The Wolves in the Walls. I highly recommend that one for folks of all ages. I try to give it as a gift to anyone I know with kids, so I can be "that creepy lady that scared the baby" - haha. :lol:

Do you follow just Neil or Amanda too?

I found Neil Gaiman from Good Omens, his collaboration with Terry Pratchett. If you are a Neil fan, and you haven't read Terry yet, go remedy that. Now!

I've got friends, a guy and a girl, who are currently working on Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer costumes; the girl's going as Neil and the guy as Amanda; it's going to be gold.

Lol! I will have to pick that up! When my sister had her baby, I got them this book called "Baby's First Mythos." It's a baby book that has a bunch of poems and stories about Cthulhu and the old Gods originally created by HP Lovecraft. My brother in law doesn't talk to me anymore.

I have not heard of Amanda Palmer. I will see what I can find on her. That costume bit sounds fun!

I really like Neil Gaiman, too. :3 I have read a couple of his novels, my favorite one's Neverwhere, and some short stories. I think the only book of his I was disappointed with was Stardust. It was one of the few cases when I liked the movie better.