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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[strangenoises]

I *LOVED* Smokey: The Cowhorse when I was a little girl! I still have a copy, lol.

[duriyah]

I must admit I don't remember much about Smokey, but I do remember I was potty about horses! I read every horse book I could get my hands on. I even belonged to the Marguerite Henry fan club.

[lillassea]

Horses were my obsession as a child. I had like 60 someting toy horses (mostly broken ones from garage sales but I loved them anyway). I loved M. Henry's books, especially Misty of Chincoteague. I need a horse icon!

[duriyah]

I collected Breyer's horses as a kid. I still have most of them, in a box somewhere. :) I believe I still have Misty of Chincoteague on one of my bookshelves.

[oddest1]

I recently read American Gods by him and I'm currently reading Anansi Boys and I like them both very much.

[duriyah]

I am uncertain whether or not I will like American Gods. I should give it a try though.

[oddest1]

If I had Jedi mind powers I would be waving my hand in front of you saying "Yes you will, and you should go read it right now" ;)

[duriyah]

LOL

I want to read American Gods. American Gods is the book I have been looking for.

[metamorpheus]

I read Smokey the cowhorse. :) I remember that Smokey was a gleaming buckskin on the cover of my book. Funny how our brains keep stuff like that.

As for Gaiman, I'm not familiar with his work but am now intrigued...

How creative to wake yourself up in the middle of the night in order to read more. I would just go to bed very late and read under my covers past my bedtime.

[duriyah]

I remember the picture. I also think that the cover was green. I remember staring at the book cover trying to stay awake enough to read it and having to give up. I just couldn't keep my eyes open.

All the geeks and goths love Gaiman. rfunk really likes him, and has tried to get me interested as well, though it's been difficult for me to find a way in.

My mother caught on pretty quick to the trick of reading under the covers, so I had to resort to more creative measures.

[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]

Oh, and if you have the money (and like graphic novels), then The Sandman series is a definite must. It's more visual literature than it is comics or graphic novels. Seriously.

See, that's the thing. I don't like graphic novels. The typeface and all that visual information from the pictures give me a headache. I'm trying to find a way to appreciate Gaiman without having to read Sandman.

Yup, American Gods certainly isn't Christian-based, that's true. I will probably give it a try.