Neil Gaiman works

Sandman's his masterpiece and strongest work, so that's an easy place to go to for continuation, even if it has dirty pictures. Tbh I'm not the biggest fan of his YA stuff even though he's one of my favorite authors. But then again, I ain't that young.

Really though, I've yet to hear anyone who has read his whole bibliography say that Sandman wasn't his best work (though I'm sure someone'll jump at the chance now that I've said that). Part of it may be that while he's a great author he's always somewhat uneven and Sandman is his longest work and thus has the best chance to even out. As a whole it's brilliant and far more than the sum of its parts.

edited 27th Sep '14 5:46:30 PM by GabrieltheThird

I've read the first Sandman but couldn't find the second in the bookstore.

@Carcio: The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a very powerful novel about childhood. Or if you'd like to try his short story collections, both Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things are good. I'll warn you that his short story work tends to be more surreal, darker and have more erotic content.

edited 29th Sep '14 4:55:58 PM by Yuanchosaan

I think I liked the extra surrealism of them, the darkness and erotic part is hit or miss for me. But yes Fragile Things is good, I liked them.

So, anyone else really don't care for Laura? Maybe it's because cheating is a particular pet peeve of mine, but I felt her behaviour towards Shadow bordered on the abusive.

I don't really think much of her at all to be honest. Seemed like she just popped up to be creepy and do a plot-related thing every once in a while. It was obvious she was going to die 'for real' eventually, so I never really got too attached in the first place.

I don't think it was abusive, but I don't think it was an equitable relationship. I think she probably looked down on him a lot, but she did care for him.

Abusive, no. Taking advantage, sure, and she wasn't exactly my favorite character, but there's much worse to be done.

Link.

New book by Gaiman apparently. The title is "The Sleeper and the Spindle".

Could've sworn I read a short story by Gaiman not too long ago that had a similar title.

It was first published as part of the multi-author short story collection "Rags and Bones" before being published on its own with illustrations. It's also in the Gaiman short story collection "Trigger Warning" coming February 3rd.

Just read something quite interesting and wanted to share. On Tor.com, there's this ongoing series of reading and commenting on H.P. Lovecraft stories as well as Lovecraftian works by other authors.

They covered Gaiman's A Study in Emerald.

One thing that I found striking is the discussion of the interplay between the ultra-ratinonal setting of the Holmes stories and the irrational (anti-rational?) setting of the Cthulhu ones.

The other thing that I hadn't really thought about before is the aspect that Moriarty and Moran aren't just a fake Holmes and Watson for the Tomato Surprise- they're also subtly different characters. Like the reason why Holmes and Watson are hero antagonists in Gaiman's story is because they would never serve evil creatures- whereas Moriarty (and Moran) would.

And similarly, I'll have to reread, but I think Moriarty!Holmes is decidedly cooler and more rationalist than Doyle!Holmes. Likewise, Moran!Watson refers to himself as a bluff man of action who is not particularly erudite. The first parts somewhat fit the "real Watson" but of course he's a doctor and professional novelist.

Might be of interest, Gaiman is adapting his Norse Mythology to a comicbook with art by such luminaries as Mike Mignola, P Craig Russell, and Jerry Ordway.

it'll be an interesting return for Russell after his adaptation of the The Ring Cycle

Edited by jormis29 on Jul 26th 2020 at 12:12:18 AM

That was a great book, looking forward to it.