They are certainly comparable.
I do like The Sandman a bit better, but I still like American Gods.
And allow me to recommend Good Omens, if you haven't already read that.
Oh God! Natural light!Good Omens is great — one of the best Terry Pratchett books, and one of the best Neil Gaiman books. They compliment each other perfectly. If you're familiar with both authors, you can pretty easily spot the seams — the stuff with the witches is more Pratchett, Crowley is more Gaiman — which adds an extra layer of fun to the thing IMO.
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Slow-paced? Not quite how I'd describe it.
While I've only read the first four books in the Discworld series, I think I know what you're talking about.
What they said.
Start with "Preludes and Nocturnes", then work your way up. The first couple of issues aren't anything spectacular, but I enjoyed them regardless.
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So, I recently finished The Sandman series and have been annoying everyone that I know IRL to read them because, holy shit guys, THEY'RE SO FREAKIN GOOD. Revolutionary observations, I'm sure.
However, this wasn't my first interaction with Neil Gaiman. Not by a long shot. Long ago, I read a book called American Gods, and I really didn't like it. I felt like the premise went nowhere, etc. etc., insert your own criticism here, I don't really want to get into that right now.
What I do want to get into is, the similarities between the Sandman universe and the American Gods one. Many of the same entities make an appearance, though their personalities are different (most notably Odin), and personally, I think that Sanman deals with them in a more interesting way than American Gods does. What do you guys think? Are they comparable? And which take do you prefer?
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