3/100: Things I Love-Neil Gaiman
May. 12th, 2012 02:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alee_grrlMy first introduction to Neil Gaiman was his book Neverwhere. My father had picked it up on a whim just before the two of us set off on a two day long train trip to attend a family reunion. Having never taken the train for a long trip this was a lovely adventure in and of itself, though sitting next to your father, who snores loud enough to wake up the folks in the back of the coach car, does not make for a good night's sleep. I don't remember what book I took with me on that trip, but I remember how much my dad enjoyed Neverwhere and consequently how much I enjoyed it on the trip back.
Once familiar with Mr. Gaiman's work, I eagerly sought his works out. I had the fabulous opportunity to read the Sandman series in it's entirety while housesitting for friends one summer. I devoured Coraline and Stardust. Sadly I have yet to read American Gods but have it on my kindle now and will be reading it over the summer (I have a very long to be read list and look forward to whittling it down over the summer). I love his short story collection and his young adult and children's books as much as I love his adult fare. The Graveyard Book was delightfully creepy (as most of his books are). Like my other favorite authors he weaves a well spun tale with all the fascinating elements of the universe (darkness, light, good, evil and everything in between). He has a wonderfully wry sense of humor as well, which is always something I enjoy.
He's also just a neat person, very happily a geek (and his episode of Dr. Who last season--The Doctor's Wife--was one of my all time favorites), and donates lots to charities, which makes me like him all the more. Not only is he someone whose works I adore, he is someone I would love to have over for coffee or dinner, someone who would be great fun to hang out with (as is his wife, the lovely and talented Amanda Palmer).
I shall end with a fun song, sung by Mr. Gaiman, written for the 8in8 project with his wife (the whole album is great btw):
Once familiar with Mr. Gaiman's work, I eagerly sought his works out. I had the fabulous opportunity to read the Sandman series in it's entirety while housesitting for friends one summer. I devoured Coraline and Stardust. Sadly I have yet to read American Gods but have it on my kindle now and will be reading it over the summer (I have a very long to be read list and look forward to whittling it down over the summer). I love his short story collection and his young adult and children's books as much as I love his adult fare. The Graveyard Book was delightfully creepy (as most of his books are). Like my other favorite authors he weaves a well spun tale with all the fascinating elements of the universe (darkness, light, good, evil and everything in between). He has a wonderfully wry sense of humor as well, which is always something I enjoy.
He's also just a neat person, very happily a geek (and his episode of Dr. Who last season--The Doctor's Wife--was one of my all time favorites), and donates lots to charities, which makes me like him all the more. Not only is he someone whose works I adore, he is someone I would love to have over for coffee or dinner, someone who would be great fun to hang out with (as is his wife, the lovely and talented Amanda Palmer).
I shall end with a fun song, sung by Mr. Gaiman, written for the 8in8 project with his wife (the whole album is great btw):
