American Gods (10th Anniversary Edition) - my first one!

( thealternativefact, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:04, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

ooh! My favourite! Maybe. Or maybe it's Neverwhere that's my favourite. I can't decide.
Either way I am jealous you are reading it for the first time.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:06, Reply)

:)

( thealternativefact, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:07, Reply)

I think this is arguably the best of his non-graphic stuff.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:07, Reply)

I'm enjoying it.

( thealternativefact, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:07, Reply)

Good-O
Nothing more I can say really without risking giving bits away, so instead I shall ask if you've read any of his graphic novels.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:11, Reply)

No...maybe one day.

( thealternativefact, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:28, Reply)

On the strength of this thread I am currently stealing his novels RIGHT NOW.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:13, Reply)

Hope you like them
A bit of a mixed bunch, but some really good stuff in there.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:16, Reply)

What are the names of the best, say, 5 of his books.
I'll read them and decide if I want to pursue him after that.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:18, Reply)

I don't think he's writen more than4 or 5 novels anyway.
I'd say either American Gods or Neverwhere are the best, depending if your more interested in London or theology. Them there,s Stardust and Anansi boys and his kids stuff, which is not bad, but kids stuff... WIki pedia Interworld which I haven't read to this list. Oh and there's Good omens which I liked, but it may depend on you pratchet tolerance.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:28, Reply)

I'll give you American Gods when I'm done with it - start with that.

( thealternativefact, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:28, Reply)

I think it's better.
I do like Sandman a lot, but I don't get along with some of the art at various points. (I know he's not the artist, but it's impossible to separate the writing from the art in a comic). With his prose it's all down to me to picture it and that works better for me.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:10, Reply)

I am so-so about his prose stuff
I'm very fond of Neverwhere and also american gods, but I felt Stardust was weak and Anansi Boys enjoyable but not earth shattering.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:13, Reply)

I never read Stardust actually, although I enjoyed the movie.
Not as much as I enjoyed Coraline which I adored.

And Anansi Boys is definitely the weakest though. Of the novels at least. I find his short story collections hit and miss.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:26, Reply)

The book is better than the film IMHO
but still not that great, plot wise.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:28, Reply)

It's a very straightforward plot, agreed
but I thought that was kind of the point, it's just an old fashioned 'quest' type plot with a slightly different twist.

The film would have been better without DeNiro going over the top with the cliche queen act though.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 14 Oct 2011, 15:34, Reply)