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Subject: 
Neil Gaiman was (Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 07:06:46 GMT
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:03:09 GMT, "James Brown"
<galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:




It's a neat debate.  Nowhere that the war in heaven is described (which is not
that many places), does it say that the fallen are stripped of power or status
or title, just that they are cast from heaven.  Neil Gaimen has some neat
twists on this in his _Sandman_ series.

(I *like* Gaimen's work.  A lot.  He is one of, if not the, best modern
storytellers.)

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/


Okay, not really a debatable subject (maybe it is) but what would some
good "starter" Gaiman stuff be?  I really liked 'Day of the Dead" that
he did for Babylon 5 and I've read a few short stories in Sandman that
I liked.  (One was about a cat telling other cats how they used to
rule the world and chased humans (as humans used to be smaller IIRC)
and at the end one of the cats listening to the lecture was dreaming
about chasing people and its owners said "aw how cute, he's dreaming
about catching mice.")   Anyway, kinda got misdirected from the
question, but thanks for any advice and the like.



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  Re: Neil Gaiman was (Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) Not Gaiman by himself, but try _Good Omens_ by Gaiman with co-author Terry Pratchett. Pratchett should have written for Monty Python, but Python broke up before Pratchett's career began. I'm not familiar with Gaiman's solo works, so I don't (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Neil Gaiman was (Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) kya ~ that was "dream of a thosand cats", one of my favorite sandman stories. if only a thousand cats could have that primal dream simultneously, it would become reality once again. this is impossible though. just try to get a mere three cats (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Neil Gaiman was (Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
 
(...) "Dream of a 1000 Cats" IIRC. I would recommend the Sandman graphic novels, first off, partly because they're my first exposure to Gaiman, partly because they're *really* good. I constantly reccommend "Good Omens" whenever I can, to whoever (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) go (...) It's a neat debate. Nowhere that the war in heaven is described (which is not that many places), does it say that the fallen are stripped of power or status or title, just that they are cast from heaven. Neil Gaimen has some neat (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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