Neil Gaiman

[Eskarina]

So this for discussions of all things Gaiman but...

http://m.soundcloud.com/harperaudio_us/ ... -the-ocean

Do I need to tell you I screamed like a little girl when I listened to this?

[mojoboy31]

The only thing Gaiman that I've read is "What Ever Happened To The Batman?" comic book.

[Eskarina]

Seriously?

He wrote American Gods (my favorite book, ever), Anansi Boys, Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, and Neverwhere along with co-authoring Gpod Omens with Terry Pratchett. His books are generally fantasy with dark themes. He hasn't come out with a novel since '05 so this is huge news. I highly reccomend anything he's written.

[mojoboy31]

He's also written for tv shows like DR Who. I know who he is, and that he's very talented. His most successful work though, is Sandman.

[Eskarina]

Yeah, he was responsible for The Doctors Wife and he has another one coming up in part two of season 7 (or whatever we're on now...). I have read tiny, tiny bits of Sandman but it didn't really interest me in the way American Gods or his novels did. But then, I haven't really read much in the way of graphic novels since I was a teenager. Nothing against them, but they don't particularly interest me.

[gwenhyver42]

I've read Good Omens...
and I definitely watched The Doctor's Wife (how could I not?).
But I don't know enough about Neil's individual flavour as a writer to distinguish his work from the rest. However...
When I saw the Doctor Who episode, Dinosaurs in Space, I wondered if he'd had a hand in it, because... the robots were hysterically funny, in a way that made me almost wonder if Douglas Adams had come back from the dead to write them. lol. Since I know that's not possible...

[Eskarina]

He was not involved in Dinosaurs in Space, but he will be involved with an episode later this year.

I can not tell you how highly I reccomend anything he's written.

[Demonhunter]

I watch the doctors wife a week ago and I liked it.