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Tag Archives: Neil Gaiman
Babylon 5’s ‘Day of the Dead’
Asher Black penned this review. I liked Babylon 5 the best in the first season. Sinclair was my favorite captain, the Russian commander Ivanova was still a strong character — and so at her hottest — and the Minbari, though the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon 5, Neil Gaiman, science fiction
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Stardust
Elizabeth Vail penned this review. In this film, based on Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name, Tristan (Charlie Cox), a young shop boy bedazzled by village belle Victoria (Sienna Miller), promises to find and recover a fallen star in return for … Continue reading
Neverwhere at the Lifeline Theatre
In considering the works of Neil Gaiman, it is difficult to think of a contemporary writer whose stories have so completely exploited the full range of multi-media possibilities of current media technologies. From comics to film and television , Gaiman’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, urban fantasy
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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline audiobook
Christine Doiron penned this review. Like most children of a certain age, Coraline is somewhat dissatisfied with her life. Her parents are dull and don’t pay enough attention to her, no one pronounces her name correctly, and — most of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Gothic horror story, Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman’s Hansel & Gretel
Does the readers of kindermurchen in English need one more translation of this tale? Jack Zipes alone has provided several excellent ones one just recently that’s true to horror of the original Brothers Grimm tale, and Maria Tatar has well … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s Day of the Dead: An Annotated Babylon 5 Script
Whenever two Babylon 5 fans meet, whether it’s at a used book store, a sci-fi speakeasy, or somewhere else that’s safe for our species, it doesn’t take long for conversation to turn to the required topics: “Who’s your favorite character?” “What’s your … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman’s The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch radio play
Jasmine Johnston wrote this delightful review. It is the business of mythology proper, and of the fairy tale, to reveal the specific dangers and techniques of the dark interior way from tragedy to comedy. — Joseph “everlasting” Campbell I tuned into … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Neil Gaiman, Punch and judy, raio programme
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Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere
Pity Neil Gaiman, doomed forever to be held up as proof that comic books can be respectable literature. The barricades of academia (not to mention hoity-toity review pages everywhere) are being overrun by aggressive first-year grad students waving copies of … Continue reading
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Tagged London, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, urban fantasy
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Hy Bender’s The Sandman Companion: A Dreamer’s Guide to the Award-Winning Comic Series
Lahri Bond wrote this review. In December 1988 a comic book debuted, which would change the face of the medium forever. The comic did not feature a superhero in brightly colored costume, a la Batman or Spiderman, nor was it … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, Neil Gaiman, urban fantasy
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