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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1816220" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>Personally, I love Gaiman's material. No, I would not name him as one of the Literary Giants Of Our Day, but his work goes far beyond the limitations of most genre fiction. </p><p></p><p><em>Sandman </em> was, for me, revelatory -- a comic book I could read that I actually enjoyed and never got bored with! Then again, I love mythology and every time I read an issue I felt the tug of many strands of differing mythologies. OTOH, I did not enjoy his other ventures as much in that direction, such as <em>Mr. Punch</em>. Different strokes, I suppose. With his books, I enjoyed several (but not all) of the stories in <em>Smoke & Mirrors </em> (some of which I already had in other collections). <em>Stardust </em> was only so-so for me. I felt it tried too hard. <em>Good Omens </em> is whopping great fun, as is <em>Neverwhere</em>, but neither of them is a "great" read for me -- nothing bad at all, but nothing utterly amazing either. I will, however, always have a soft spot in my heart for The Four Other Riders of the Apocalypse and The Fop Without A Name. <em>American Gods </em> was, for me, a classic; I hear rumours that he is working on a follow-up and, if so, I will grab it up immediately. <em>Coraline </em> is nearly perfection -- it is the closest thing to a modern <em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em> that I have ever read, and, given how close that book is to my heart, that is high praise, indeed. </p><p></p><p>So, overall, Gaiman has ranged from so-so to truly amazing in my eyes, depending on what in particular he is writing, but the works that are truly amazing so eclipse the others in my eyes that I tend to sing his praises. Besides, he is a member of the Mutant Rabbit of the Month Club! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1816220, member: 8447"] Personally, I love Gaiman's material. No, I would not name him as one of the Literary Giants Of Our Day, but his work goes far beyond the limitations of most genre fiction. [I]Sandman [/I] was, for me, revelatory -- a comic book I could read that I actually enjoyed and never got bored with! Then again, I love mythology and every time I read an issue I felt the tug of many strands of differing mythologies. OTOH, I did not enjoy his other ventures as much in that direction, such as [I]Mr. Punch[/I]. Different strokes, I suppose. With his books, I enjoyed several (but not all) of the stories in [I]Smoke & Mirrors [/I] (some of which I already had in other collections). [I]Stardust [/I] was only so-so for me. I felt it tried too hard. [I]Good Omens [/I] is whopping great fun, as is [I]Neverwhere[/I], but neither of them is a "great" read for me -- nothing bad at all, but nothing utterly amazing either. I will, however, always have a soft spot in my heart for The Four Other Riders of the Apocalypse and The Fop Without A Name. [I]American Gods [/I] was, for me, a classic; I hear rumours that he is working on a follow-up and, if so, I will grab it up immediately. [I]Coraline [/I] is nearly perfection -- it is the closest thing to a modern [I]Alice's Adventures in Wonderland[/I] that I have ever read, and, given how close that book is to my heart, that is high praise, indeed. So, overall, Gaiman has ranged from so-so to truly amazing in my eyes, depending on what in particular he is writing, but the works that are truly amazing so eclipse the others in my eyes that I tend to sing his praises. Besides, he is a member of the Mutant Rabbit of the Month Club! :lol: :cool: [/QUOTE]
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