I reckon that Gaiman, because he's also a fanboy and big on social media and conventions, is held in higher regards than his talents as an author would normally merit
bit like Kevin Smith and directing. I read a lot of trash fantasy and scifi as a youngster, and I thought Gaiman's books were pretty middle of the road in term of writing, those that I read.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 24 Jul 2022, 4:33,
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My favourite fantasy book is still the Holy Bible
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Sun 24 Jul 2022, 6:50,
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I tend to think that it makes more sense as some elaborate RPG with a choice of rulesets
Blessings of Jesus (+5 to luck rolls)
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 24 Jul 2022, 6:56,
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I've knocked down several UAVs with my King James Version
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Sun 24 Jul 2022, 12:00,
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Well, I wasn't going to say the Quran or the Fesshole book
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Sun 24 Jul 2022, 17:55,
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i think he deserves his status, though
it's his imagination and talent for story-telling that win him the praise, rather than the excellence of his prose.
e.g. www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf
certainly doesn't hurt a writer's rep in my mind to co-write one of my favourite novels with one of my favourite authors, and marry one of my favourite singers to boot!
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well, it's just my opinion. never thought he was bad, his books are solid, just perhaps not quite worth the status he seems to enjoy, giving Masterclasses about authorship and whatnot
and I haven't read all of his oeuvre. Though the Pratchett collaboration just reminds me how terry wrote a great book on these forgotten gods fighting for belief to keep their existence relevant, and just a few years later Gaiman wrote american gods with the same premise
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 25 Jul 2022, 3:55,
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