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Tag Archives: Neil Gaiman
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens; Martin Jarvis, narrator
Kelley Caspari wrote this review. Having read Good Omens several years ago, I looked forward to revisiting the story in audio format, determined this time to pay better attention to its sometimes subtle twists and set ups. Terry Pratchett collaborating … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Both Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys, Coraline) and Terry Pratchett (Wintersmith, The Fifth Elephant) are world class fantasists and giants of popular literature. But back in 1990, when they were, in their own description, “not yet Neil Gaiman and just barely … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s A Screenplay
Once upon a time, a young author by the name of Neil Gaiman — known only for his writing on the Sandman series — co-wrote a novel quite comic in nature with Terry Pratchett, legendary author of the nearly infinite … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: Author’s Preferred Text; and American Gods: Author’s Preferred Text, The Reader’s Copy
I am not here to review this novel, as Michael M Jones has already done that for us in his review of American Gods. I will only add to his comments that this is my second favorite Gaiman novel after … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
A storm is coming. One strong enough to sweep away all that has gone before, and open up the world to a new age. The age of media, the Internet, drugs, Hollywood scandals, sports stars, politics, and more. An age … Continue reading
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Mike Ashley’s The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy Vols. I and II
I’ll admit, a couple of years ago I knew little about the genre of “comic fantasy.” It hadn’t really even occurred to me that there might be such a thing, though I probably would have been able to come up … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants
This slim, whimsical YA novel is Neil Gaiman’s contribution to World Book Day 2008, one of nine £1.00 children’s books made available for this event. Though written for a younger audience, Odd and the Frost Giants is an entertaining read … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s “How The Marquis Got His Coat Back” audiobook
So did you know that there was a sort of missing Neverwhere chapter? Well there is, and “How The Marquis Got His Coat Back” is it. I experienced it as an audio work, it being produced by the same folk who produced the … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere: The Author’s Preferred Text (The Illustrated Edition)
There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while … Continue reading
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BBC’s Neverwhere audio series
I spent nearly four very entertaining hours listening to the latest interaction of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, a full cast production that I swear was completely rewritten yet again for this production. Gaiman would win the 2015 BBC Audio Drama for … Continue reading
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