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Neil Gaimen

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  • 17-08-2009 9:05pm
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    Sephiroth_dude
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    Hi
    Can anyone recommend a book similiar to neil gaimens neverwhere and american gods?

    thanks.


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    rejkin
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    a quick google search came up with this being asked on yahoo answers,some replies to it but tbh iv never read those books suggested so guess just try em out http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090811040533AAXO6mF

    Cant personally think of anything like american gods or neverwhere but have you read the sandman comics by neil gaiman? They're very good and a lot like american gods in the sense that they deal with gods and how they interact with humans and their lifes.


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    I'll check them out.


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    garylarson
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens

    This is a book he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett.

    I liked it.


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    lo2009
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    you should read "Stardust", so so good, and much better and different from the movie;)


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    emeraldstar
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    lo2009 wrote: »
    you should read "Stardust", so so good, and much better and different from the movie;)
    I was just going to ask if anyone had read it and whether it is any good. I love love loved the movie so am really not sure whether the book can compare! My brother read it and as far as I can remember he didn't think it as good as the movie. I have it waiting to be read however as soon as I'm finished my current book and am looking forward to it :)


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    lo2009
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    cool:)i think the book is better than the movie, the only part that disapointed me in the book was how the captain of the sky ship isn't the same as the character robert de niro plays when he pretends to be tough but he's really camp, otherwise the book is WAY better than the movie:)


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    emeraldstar
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    lo2009 wrote: »
    cool:)i think the book is better than the movie, the only part that disapointed me in the book was how the captain of the sky ship isn't the same as the character robert de niro plays when he pretends to be tough but he's really camp, otherwise the book is WAY better than the movie:)
    I was disappointed with Stardust the book - found the movie to be far better in fact. It was okay, but I confess to having found it a little boring at times and just kept reading to be done with it. Doesn't compare to Neverwhere which is a far better and much more interesting novel IMO.

    Stardust the movie, on the other hand, is one of my favourites :)


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    Shryke
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    I thought Stardust was vastly superior to the movie. Anansi Boys is also a really good read.
    American Gods is pretty unique though, you won't find too many similar books.


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    deman
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    As much as I love the movie, Stardust (I even own the DVD), it's nowhere near as good as the book. The movie only scratches the surface of the book as there are other subplots and stories that the movie leaves out.


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    Mark Hamill
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    Shryke wrote: »
    I thought Stardust was vastly superior to the movie. Anansi Boys is also a really good read.
    American Gods is pretty unique though, you won't find too many similar books.

    Anansi boys is a sequel (of sorts) to American Gods, but about Mr. Anansi. Also, "Monarch of the Glen", found in Gaimens short story collection "Fragile Things", is a novella length sequel to American Gods, with Shadow as the protagonist.
    I'd recommend them both.


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    Mark Hamill wrote: »
    Anansi boys is a sequel (of sorts) to American Gods, but about Mr. Anansi. Also, "Monarch of the Glen", found in Gaimens short story collection "Fragile Things", is a novella length sequel to American Gods, with Shadow as the protagonist.
    I'd recommend them both.

    I'll check that out,I have smoke and mirrors so I might start reading that after I've finished "the name of the wind" by patrick rothfuss.


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    Sarxos
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    Anansi Boys is excellent.

    Have you tried John Connolly or Martin Miller? Connolly's Book of Lost things is exceptionally good. There's also Susanna Clarke who is heavily influenced by Neil's work.

    If you'd like to go older I'd recommend Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy. This series has gothic and surrealist influences and thus differs slightly from Neil Gaiman's work.


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