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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I find Gaiman a bit hit and miss, though American Gods is his best work imho.
(, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 23:58, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I wasn't enthralled by Neverwhere, but I do love his short stories.
But American Gods shits on absolutely everything ever. My copy's fallen apart :(
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:01, Reply)
I LOVE Neverwhere. American Gods and/or Sandman are definitely his best works though.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:02, Reply)
IT'S IN THE FUCKING TRUNK YOU FUCKING BASTARD OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:04, Reply)
It was one of his first though. I'm about halfway through a collection of his short stories, must finish it.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:02, Reply)
I think it's Fragile Things that has the kick-ass HP Lovecraft/Sherlock Holmes crossover, but Smoke and Mirrors that has an American tourist ending up in Innsmouth and getting hammered on Shoggoth's Old Peculiar.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:04, Reply)
Though I think I also have Smoke and Mirrors. I did like the Lovecraft/Holmes crossover, very clever!
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:07, Reply)
SPOILERS SPOILERS BE SPOILERS HEREwhatsit and moriaty instead of watson and holmesSPOILERS END
Blew my mind when I found that out.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:10, Reply)
which if you know your Norse pantheon, you should realise after reading that Shadow should stay the fuck away from mistletoe.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:14, Reply)
I'm a bit shaky on my Norse pantheon, but I'll do some wiki-ing before starting it so that i'm refreshed.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:15, Reply)
Put that into Wiki when you're done. I think the Norns say something about mistletoe while he's on the tree, though, so it's just explicitly saying something that if you're Genre Savvy you'll have worked out. A bit like the Mr Wednesday thing.
I kicked myself for about 10 minutes over the Low Key thing...
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:18, Reply)
Though forgot about the latter because he's not mentioned (that I recall) for a large chunk of the book.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:19, Reply)
nor did I. Which is lucky considering I spent it with family. I'm not Bert
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:25, Reply)
that said, I didn't go out at all, and I'd rather kiss my own ringpiece than kiss my stepbrother.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:28, Reply)
I'd probably give it a damn good go. Besides, I do yoga and stuff, I can get my ankles behind my head (mostly)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:31, Reply)
I could once, used to be able to do the splits, but now that'd result in permanent damage.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:35, Reply)
just thinking about it makes me ache.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:37, Reply)
that had similarities in common with 'Lucifer' by Neil Gaiman but more of a focus on old Norse gods, and with Lucifer having bright orange hair. Definitely something about Michael being freed from a prison of some kind
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:06, Reply)
that's in Sandman isn't it? He's bound in the centre of the earth with a snake dripping poison in his face.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:08, Reply)
I knew it was something of his sons, I thought tongues but knew it was wrong. Entrails are really the only thing long enough to tie someone down with *belms*
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:12, Reply)
Always liked Loki. He may have had 3 monstrous children, but he seemed decent enough. I don't like how he was bezzies with the Gods then they fell out :(
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:13, Reply)
But kind of really, really awesome.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:17, Reply)
so much Norse mythology as a child (along with Greek and Egyptian)
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:21, Reply)
Michael the archangel (or possibly Gabriel) being released. He acted as a sort of malfunctioning deus ex machina
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:11, Reply)
I do have one called The Chronicles of Wormwood, about the antichrist shirking his responsibilities to bring on Armageddon.
(, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 0:09, Reply)
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