A Blue Box Full of BooksNov 21, 2022

🔥 Super difficult question : What is your favorite #NeilGaiman’s book ?

I think my personal favorite is #Neverwhere . Read it years and years and years ago. Still in awe . Incredible world building. Incredible story. Incredible characters.

@neilhimself @bookstodon #book #favoritebook #bookstodon #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #favorite

Show threadAmanda Gray
@ablueboxfullofbooks @neilhimself @bookstodon I really loved Neverwhere, but I’ve probably read Good Omens the most times. I read it at least yearly, and I’ve had multiple copies ❤️
Nov 22, 2022 at 1:41pmWeb
Show threadKim PossibleNov 22, 2022
@amandagray @ablueboxfullofbooks @neilhimself @bookstodon For me, it will always be The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It touched my heart.
Show threadAmanda GrayNov 22, 2022
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon @neilhimself @ablueboxfullofbooks he has too many good books. Loved that one as well!
Show threadA Blue Box Full of BooksNov 22, 2022
@amandagray @kimlockhartga @bookstodon @neilhimself I agree. Never a disappointment !
Show threadKCRouth 🍻Nov 22, 2022
@amandagray @bookstodon @neilhimself @kimlockhartga @ablueboxfullofbooks - one of my favorites is The Graveyard Book - I love that story!!!
Show threadAmanda GrayNov 22, 2022
@kcrouth @kimlockhartga @ablueboxfullofbooks @bookstodon @neilhimself that’s also a favorite - my son and I read that together when he was young!
Show threadJames Wynn 🧐Nov 22, 2022
@amandagray
I think Neverwhere is my favorite because it was my introduction to Gaiman. I love the fuzzy quality reality has in his writing.
@kcrouth @kimlockhartga @ablueboxfullofbooks @bookstodon @neilhimself
Show threadKCRouth 🍻Nov 22, 2022
@jameswynn @amandagray @kimlockhartga @ablueboxfullofbooks @bookstodon @neilhimself - i recently picked up a copy of the graphic novel version of Neverwhere at the local library book sale - should i read the novel first?
Show threadAmanda GrayNov 22, 2022
@jameswynn @kcrouth @kimlockhartga @bookstodon @neilhimself @ablueboxfullofbooks I haven’t read the graphic novel, but I don’t see why you can’t start with that!
Show threadKCRouth 🍻Nov 22, 2022

@amandagray @kimlockhartga @ablueboxfullofbooks @bookstodon @neilhimself

my first Gaiman was in:
The Matrix Comics Vol 1 by Geof Darrow
They are all quite good, but by far the best is an essay story entitled Goliath by Neil Gaiman, which is in my view was the best. Awesome storytelling, you can read it here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040616032506/http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/rl_neil_g.html
#bookreview
https://kcrouth.blogspot.com/2016/12/awesome-storytelling.html

COMIC - GOLIATH - Neil Gaiman

Click here to read the Matrix Comics prose short story Goliath by Neil Gaiman.

Show threadA Blue Box Full of BooksNov 22, 2022

@kcrouth @amandagray @kimlockhartga @bookstodon @neilhimself

I also really love the lecture he gave on “ Why our future depends on libraries”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming

#library #book #bookstodon #NeilGaiman

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming

A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens

The Guardian
Show threadAmanda GrayNov 22, 2022
@ablueboxfullofbooks @kcrouth @kimlockhartga @bookstodon @neilhimself YES! That was so good
Show threadduanetoopsNov 22, 2022
@kimlockhartga @amandagray @ablueboxfullofbooks @neilhimself @bookstodon Ocean at the End of the Lane, is magically enthralling. But, for me it's The Graveyard Book, that books takes me apart and puts me back together better than I was before everytime I read it.
Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022
@kimlockhartga I agree. Ocean is very touching a pretty straightforward story but with many layers. It was my first Gaiman. American Gods is very different but also thoroughly enjoyable, almost a take on Tolstoy's War and Peace 😎 @amandagray @ablueboxfullofbooks @neilhimself @bookstodon
Show threadKim PossibleNov 22, 2022
@larsibacken Oh, I loved American Gods, too.
Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022
@kimlockhartga Did you watch the Hulu adaption?
Show threadKim PossibleNov 22, 2022
@larsibacken I did not. Was it good?
Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022
@kimlockhartga No idea :) The book was enough; didn't want to spoil my experience.
Show threadKim PossibleNov 22, 2022
@larsibacken Yeah. Some things aren't translatable.
Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022

@kimlockhartga

Exactly.
The other way around is often more enjoyable, reading the book *after* you watched an adaption. You get all the parts they couldn't translate or chose not to.

Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022
@amandagray Haven't read (yet) but I do love books with long titles. 🤗 What do you like most about Good Omens? @ablueboxfullofbooks @neilhimself @bookstodon
Show threadA Blue Box Full of BooksNov 22, 2022
@larsibacken @amandagray @neilhimself @bookstodon So many good books to discover 😊
Show threadLars Holgersson 🎶Nov 22, 2022
@ablueboxfullofbooks @amandagray @neilhimself @bookstodon Indeed. This place will make me get new book-shelves i guess 😊