I'm officially in love with Neil Gaiman

[salienne]

Just... could Neverwhere be anymore awesome? At all? On any level ever? 'Cos I think I'm more than a little in love with this book and almost-believability of its magic and its cleverness and wry humor and badassness and, damn, I want to be Richard but with less broken fingers (and shoulders and ribs...) and to get to know that world.

I think I like this one more than American Gods, probably because I've always favored the intimate getting-to-know process of a character and a world rather than a vague sort of Shadow and the heart of America and all that.

You think if I cross my fingers and turn widdershins three times, we'll get a sequel?

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[ariastar.livejournal.com]

I hope for a sequel all the time. The closest I've ever found in terms of length and sheer grasp of the feel for London Below is The Invisible City; or, Dick Mayhew and His Marvellous Cat, but I have to confess that despite loving it I have never been able to quite figure that story out. Anyway, yes, there needs to be an actual sequel, and as soon as possible.

[salienne.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, good Neverwhere fanfic! Thank you muchly. :)

According to wiki a sequel is very very probable, but I'm not sure how recent that was. But... I mean, really, we still don't know about 95% of London Below, and who exactly Serpentine is beside the Bogeyman, and where Door's sister is (because we know she's alive, not because Islington said she was but because it's implied much earlier) and why she wasn't enough, or what Hunter's curse was, or what's going to happen with the Earl being senile, andandand *goes on for hours*

Perhaps if I bombard his blog with e-mails he might answer eventually, since he seems to answer fanmail things?

[penguinkye.livejournal.com]

I need to reread that, I haven't read it in years... /o\

Have you read Anansi Boys? I went off Neil Gaiman for a while and picked it up in an airport and just adored it. Liked it loads better than American Gods.

*flails* Why are all of my Neil Gaiman books at home? Why haven't I read The Graveyard Book yet? WHYYYYYYY?

[salienne.livejournal.com]

I started Neverwhere two years ago, got about a quarter of the way through, and then had to stop. That book has lingered in the back of my mind since then. Totally worth a reread. :D

And as I just read American Gods, I have not yet read Anansi Boys, although I plan to. And I'm guessing, then, that Anansi Boys moves faster than American Gods? With a slightly more interesting lead? And that I should get off my butt and make my library order it, if it does not already own it?

*flails* Why are all of my Neil Gaiman books at home? Why haven't I read The Graveyard Book yet? WHYYYYYYY?

QUICK! TO THE HELICOPTER! You need a dastardly plot with bombs, bungee cords, the Marquis de Carabas, and cheesecake to get them back, though. And only then will you have earned The Graveyard Book, at the end of your quest.

[penguinkye.livejournal.com]

For one thing, Anansi Boys is shorter, so it moves faster for that reason. It's also just a less ponderous book. I liked the characters ever so much more than Shadow. Fat Charlie is one of my favorite Neil Gaiman characters to ever happen, in part because he's so hapless. (So if you are tremendously sensitive with social awkwardness, you might not enjoy it. Even I winced a little.) Long and short is, it revived my Gaiman love in full. <3

...THE MARQUIS DE CARABAS. YOU ARE MY FAVORITE NOW.

[beccabluebey.livejournal.com]

People at the place I know Guin (who posted above) from keep raving over these books, too. One of these days I need to get around to reading his stuff.

How is break going for you?

[salienne.livejournal.com]

You should. It's worth it.

And it's pretty good; home was relaxing and am now back for intersession. Yay reading scripts!

Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond to your fb wall post; I sort of fail at facebook.

How's your break going? Are you going to be here for Intersession at all?

[beccabluebey.livejournal.com]

I may read it after I finish Aurora Leigh-- a 300-page blank verse poem. It's awesome.

What are you taking for intersession?

My break is going well! I'm hanging out and reading and tanning. I will not be there for intersession unless something changes.