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    Neil Gaiman

    Can we give this guy his own thread? Of course we can. We just did. Why do I keep saying we?

    Kid-friendly sort of creepy fiction. Adult-friendly sort of creepy fiction. Unbelievably poignant non-fiction responses to world events. Pianist. Bee keeper.

    What can't this guy do?

    I'm cautiously optimistic about the multiple TV adaptations he's got coming up. Coraline was a fantastic movie, so I'm inclined to think that he knows what he's doing when it comes to translating his books to other mediums.

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    Huge fan, I've been buying up physical copies of his books for awhile now.

    My mother got me his artwork related book for Christmas and it is awesome.


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    I read Neverwhere not long ago and really liked it. Will need to check out more of his stuff here soon.

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    my friend and i have been working on a sandman-inspired EP/album (probably going to end up being a series of EPs, each one based on one or two of the volumes) so he gave me the first volume for my birthday. a week and a half ago, i read it in one sitting in one day, and immediately went to my local comic shop to get volume two. i am loving it, and i have gotten so inspired that i've been working on music and lyrical ideas to bring to him instead of just waiting for him to come up with stuff haha

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    Number Six • The Endless

    EP is done! up on streaming services soon, limited edition pressing of 50 cassettes coming later this year!

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    Is "pressing" actually the term used for manufacturing cassettes?

    (That's pretty cool too, BTW)

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    the tv adaptation (well, streaming adaptation i guess) of Good Omens is pretty decent, i've only watched the first episode so far, but i dug it. Much closer to the source material than the adaptation of American Gods, which, some episodes i like, some i don't. The book is my favorite book of all time, ever, in life.

    I am not at all a fan of his wife anymore, but, that's a whole other thread, and i won't mention that again here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SM Rollinger View Post
    Is "pressing" actually the term used for manufacturing cassettes?

    (That's pretty cool too, BTW)
    i guess "duplicated" is the correct term but it sounds so silly haha

    they're printing the artwork too

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    Love Neil (and Terry) My favs are Anansi Boys, American Gods and Ocean at the End of the Lane, although I've never read anything of his I haven't liked.

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    So I've been re-reading American Gods and it's one of the books that keeps inspiring me write, interestingly 'nuff.

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    Thinking back on "The Sandman" Netflix series... while I did like it, I didn't really enjoy it... but that's more of a me and Gaiman-style thing. I'm not a fan... not for any particular reason other than it's just not the type of fantasy I prefer. No big deal. Still, I'll probably watch whatever he has a hand on putting on-screen, because it is quality.

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