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Re: Neil Gaiman was (Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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Sun, 5 Mar 2000 04:19:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kya Morden writes:
> 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.)
>
> 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.")
"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 will listen - It's that good. "Neverwhere" is also excellent, although
I haven't had a chance to see the original, tv version, and have only read the
book. He also likes to hide short stories in the depths of other people's
anthologies. "Snow White, Blood Red" comes to mind, a collection of original,
not-cute-and-happy-ending fairy tales.
HTH!
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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