Tag: Neil Gaiman

Roundup: February 2017

March 1, 2017 by Drew

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Rating: 3 out of 5 The Short Version: Locke Lamora is a young thief at the head of a band of merry misfits known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Alternating between tales of his rise to the head of the Bastards and an ongoing story in Camorr that starts as a simple job but quickly expands to be far more deadly, it’s time to meet Locke Lamora… The Review: I had the highest of hopes for this […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Spy • Tags: All Hail God Mammon, All the Old Knives, CIA, Comic Books, Douglas Preston, Elizabeth Strout, Fantasy, Fiction, Gentlemen Bastards, Horror, Jonathan Hickman, Lincoln Child, Literature, My Name is Lucy Barton, myths, Neil Gaiman, norse mythology, Olen Steinhauer, Pendergast, Preston & Child, Review Roundup, Roundup, Scott Lynch, Spy, Storytelling, The Black Monday Murders, The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Obsidian Chamber, The Tournament of Books 2017, Thriller, Tomm Coker

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015

January 27, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: From a trip to Neil Gaiman’s London Below to a compendium of the ogres of East Africa, from a scientist racing to his daughter before a black hole consumes the Earth to a man attempting to clone his wife, this first installment of the latest Best American series compiles 20 of the best science fiction & fantasy tales of the last year. The Review: It’s astounding to me that this past year was the first with a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: A. Merc Rustad, Adam-Troy Castro, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Best American, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Best American Series, Best American SFF, Best American Short Stories, Carmen Maria Machado, Cat Rambo, Daniel H. Wilson, Fantasy, Jess Row, Jo walton, Joe Hill, John Joseph Adams, Karen Russell, Kelly Link, Kelly Sandoval, Nathan Ballingrud, Neil Gaiman, Sam J. Miller, Science Fiction, Seanan McGuire, Short Stories, Sofia Samatar, Susan Palwick, T.C. Boyle, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015, Theodora Goss

Good Omens

March 23, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: The world was created. This is generally regarded as an only so-so idea – but the end is coming! The Antichrist is born unto… an utterly ordinary human family (thanks to a clerical mixup with the babies). And one angel & one demon, friends over the millennia, decide that maybe we don’t need the end of days to happen – but they’ve gotta find the kid first. Hijinks ensue. The world, such as it is, goes on. The […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Angels, Apocalypse, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Death, Demons, etc, Fantasy, Fiction, Good Omens, Humor, Literature, Magic, Neil Gaiman, Re-Reads, Religion, Reviews, Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, The Devil, The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Witches

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

February 25, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Ghosts, witches, human statues, Black Shuck, Sleeping Beauty, David Bowie, and even Shadow grace the pages of Gaiman’s latest short story collection – 25 tales and poems written in his singular voice, about things that might just shake you to your core. The Review: Short story collections often have it rough – crammed full, nearly always read too quickly, never quite as satisfying (to me) as a novel – but I think few have it harder than collections by […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: Amanda Palmer, American Gods, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy, Horror, Literature, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Trigger Warning, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Shadow Show

October 21, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: A collection of stories inspired by and written for perhaps the greatest of fantastical forefathers, Ray Bradbury. Some set in the future, some in the past – some completely magical, others holding only the smallest seedling of magic… but all deeply indebted to Ray’s exceptional legacy. As he calls it in his foreword, it’s a Second Homecoming – his children, come home to the October Country to pay homage to their passing king. The Review: I don’t tend […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short Stories • Tags: A Tribute to Ray Bradbury, A Visit to Octo, Alice Hoffman, Audrey Niffenegger, Charles Yu, Dan Chaon, Dave Eggers, Fantasy, Fiction, Harlan Ellison, Horror, Joe Hill, Literature, Margaret Atwood, Mort Castle, Mystery, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller, Sci-Fi, Shadow Show, Short Stories

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

July 9, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: A young man who isn’t so young anymore returns to his childhood home for a funeral. Somewhere between funeral and reception, he finds himself traversing old roads towards places he’d nearly forgotten – and, as he sits by the pond behind Hempstock Farm, he remembers a story that’d changed his life, also nearly forgotten. The Review: If there was any doubt that Neil Gaiman was due canonization as one of our greatest living writers, let this slim […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Art of The Cover – Neil Gaiman

June 18, 2013 by Drew

Hello again, faithful readers, and welcome back to our semi-recurring column: The Art of The Cover. This time, to celebrate publication day for his new novel-for-grown-ups The Ocean at the End of the Lane (review coming sometime soon, natch), we’re looking at the covers – both US and UK – of that master of magical fiction: Neil Gaiman. I started reading Neil’s work right before I moved to London for a brief spell – Neverwhere seemed the perfect read to start the […]

Categories: Features, The Art of The Cover • Tags: American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, cover art, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Fragile Things, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Literature, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Smoke and Mirrors, Stardust, The Art of The Cover, The Graveyard Book

The Wake (The Sandman, Vol. 10)

January 6, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Morpheus is dead. Long live Dream. Friends, foes, and other dreamers and myths and figures attend his funeral – and we are given an epilogue to an epilogue that, whether subtly or unintentionally, places our Mr. Gaiman up there with the greatest writer of our age. The Review: I wept. Hardcore tears, not even afraid to admit it. I do not like the thought of death – although Death seems like a lovely and charming girl. There have […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literature, Neil Gaiman, Short Stories, The Endless, The Sandman, The Sandman Vol. 10, The Wake

The Kindly Ones (The Sandman, Vol. 9)

January 6, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Morpheus, also known as Dream, must face the endgame of things set in motion many, many moons ago. As dark powers conspire against him and his realm, he must make his final decision – one that will change the face of the Dreaming forever. The Review: Hold this specific volume in your hands. Feel the weight of it. Even if you’ve never held another comic or read any of The Sandman stories, you would feel the weight of this […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Death Dream, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literature, Morpheus, Neil Gaiman, The Endless, The Kindly Ones, The Sandman, The Sandman Vol. 9

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