Neil Gaiman

The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection ( Audio CD ) By Neil Gaiman Buy new : $12.55 29 used and new from $6.25 Customer Rating: First tagged by Elizabeth Randall Customer tags: neil gaiman (15), childrens books (8), wolf (4), audio book (3), fantasy (3), short stories (2), childrens audio books , childrens , ancient paintings , crazy hair , audiobooks , cinnamon Review & Description Four of beloved author Neil Gaiman's delightfully scary, strange, and hilarious children's tales read by the author, now available unabridged. This collection includes: The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish: An unforgettable story that will take readers ... Read Full Story

It may be a bit surprising, but Neil Gaiman's A Game of You is my favorite Sandman story arc thus far. The author's hybrid of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant , and C. S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia was quite a treat! I have become accustomed to the fact that the plotlines had almost nothing to do with The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes ( Canada , USA , Europe ), The Sandman: The Doll's House ( Canada , USA , Europe ), The Sandman: Dream Country ( Canada , USA , Europe ), and ... Read Full Story

Well, this fourth installment came with the highest possible recommendation from Gaiman fans, and it didn't disappoint. The Sandman: Season of Mists is the very best omnibus thus far. While The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes ( Canada , USA , Europe ), The Sandman: The Doll's House ( Canada , USA , Europe ), and The Sandman: Dream Country ( Canada , USA , Europe ) were a bit all over the place and did not seem to follow any overall story arc, many of those disparate plotlines come together in The Sandman: Season of Mists . Indeed, though it borrows various past storylines ... Read Full Story

Independent bookstores across the nation are throwing Halloween parties tomorrow in hopes that best-selling author Neil Gaiman will later visit their bookstores. New Orleans's own Octavia Books is among them, and the party begins Halloween at 5:00 p.m. ... Read more at the New Orleans Literature Examiner. Read Full Story

You know how, sometimes, you read something and you disagree with the writer utterly, without knowing exactly why it is that you do. It’s almost like a phobia. Although ‘fear’ is not really the right word. With me, for instance, it’s spiders. I’m not afraid of them, of course, because my conscious mind knows that they have much more reason to fear me than I have reasons to be afraid of them. Still, when I see a spider, it’s not the conscious part of my brain that reacts: It’s that much older part, that never left those trees. So, my modern, suave, city dwelling, ... Read Full Story