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 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:22 pm
This guy is one of the best authors of the century. I'm surprised no one else on the thread has mentioned him yet. His works include (but are by no means limited to) the DC Vertigo Sandman series (which is totally age-inappropriate but incredibly thought-provoking), American Gods and its related work Anansi Boys (which are only slightly more age-appropriate), Coraline (now a Major Motion Picture and age-appropriate in my opinion for anyone over 10-ish), Stardust (another Major Motion Picture), Good Omens co-authored with Terry Pratchett (age-appropriate for anyone who has achieved sarcasm), and several books of short stories, my favorite of which is a tie between Snow and Apples (a retelling of Snow White) and Shoggoth's Old Peculiar (a nod to Lovecraft).
His work is a throwback to the times when stories had real depth to them and were about things in the blood and guts and bones - in other words, before Bowdlerization came into the picture. His work pretty much characterized my coming of age, and continues to follow me as I grow. For some strange reason, most of his devoted followers are goth types - must be the dark flavor he does so well.
Has anyone else here read his stuff? For that matter, is anyone else here old enough to read his stuff? I'm noticing the discussion tends to skew toward things that are more appropriate to tweens and young teens. Nothing wrong with that, of course. I just figured it might be nice to inject some older-audience discussion into the mix.
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:42 am
I've never read anything by Gaiman. If it's any consolation, my aunt likes the Good Omens book series, and I like the cinema versions of Coraline and Stardust.
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:35 am
I haven't read any of his novels yet, but I am learning to love him through his graphic novels. I have read Death's mini series, the first two graphic novels for Sandman and Neverwhere. I really like his writing style and he always has unique characters ^_^.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:58 pm
Hooray, someone else *has* read some of his stuff, then! I forgot to include Neverwhere, thanks for putting it in. I always think of the younger super-buff Tina Turner anytime I'm reading scenes with Hunter in them.
But...the Good Omens I'm talking about is a single book, Minerva. If there's a series by that name, it's something else entirely. People have been bugging the two of them to write a sequel ever since it came out in the 80s. At last check, the answer was still no.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:06 pm
I heard Neverwhere was actually made into a british TV series... has anyone seen it? Is it any good? Supposedly our library had a copy, but last time I was there it was checked out. ><
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