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 Neil Gaiman in general
Newest Review: ... his name - the TV series "Neverwhere" which was a forray into the world of London below, where there actually is an Angel Islington - he's since produced a book version of this. Then there's his collaboration with Terry Pratchett for "Good Omens." More recently, Gaiman has produced a colleciton of short stories "Smoke and Mirrors" and a novel ... more  ... "American Gods." There's other stuff as well - he crops up all over the place. These are probably the most important pieces though. In terms of writing style, Gaiman is hard to define. There is a great deal of humour in his work, some of it rather da...more |
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Neil Gaiman in general: The King of Neverwhere. (599 words)
by Bryn Pearson - written on 06/06/02 (Very useful, 34 readings)
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Neil Gaiman is a very strange man, no two ways about it. Either he will confuse you or you will end up consiering him to be at least a minor deity of strange fiction. He's not the sort of author who puts his private life much on display, he's a quiet soul, so I can't offer you much in the way of biography. The key things are that he is British, and at time of writing this, very much alive and with us (long may it continue so.) Gaiman is probably best known for his work on the Sandman series - a collection of graphic novels noted for their sophistication of art work and story line, they deal with mythological figures, gods, demons and dreams. ...
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