Stardust

[duriyah]

I will have to revise my opinion of Neil Gaiman. I have just read Stardust, and it is lovely. A perfect book. His knowledge of and respect for folklore is very evident.

However, since the Wikipedia article says that "Stardust has a very different tone and style to the rest of Gaiman's prose fiction", I suppose I can't draw any conclusions as to

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[aislinggheal]

You should read Coraline by Neil Gaiman. It's an adolescent book and creepy as hell, but I loved it. He also wrote a kid's book called The Wolves in the Walls, and it is really worth perusing the next time you're in a bookstore.

Neverwhere is probably my very favorite thing Gaiman has ever done.

I remember huddling under my covers with a flashlight so I could read, probably around age nine as well! Yay, bookworms!

[duriyah]

Yes, Coraline is very intriging. I think I will read that next.

I could Netflix Neverwhere and try it :)

I think the reason I started waking myself up in the middle of the night was that my mother caught on pretty quickly to the reading with a flashlight thing. Heh. It's a sickness, really :D

[rfunk]

I have the Neverwhere DVD(s?). And book. (I think that was the first solo Gaiman novel I read.)
And I have both Coraline and The Wolves In The Walls on CD, read by Gaiman.

[duriyah]

Why does none of this surprise me? ;-)

[duriyah]

Rob has a cd of Gaiman reading Wolves In the Walls that he let me borrow. Very cool book! I should get the real book so I can see the artwork.

He also lent me Neverwhere, which sucked me in bigtime. I finished it this morning, thus being late for work. I loved it!

I think Coraline will be next.