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Nesfa Pr (2002), Edition: Kindle Edition
Description
"The majority of this book is a journal--a web log--covering February to September 2001. This daily material was posted to the web so that his fans could see just what happens after a book is accepted. ... Here are some of Neil's poems and song lyrics. ... There are some stories ... essays and introductions"--Jacket.
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LibraryThing member trinityofone
This is a collection of Gaiman's introductions to others' works, as well as his blog from the "American Gods" tour. The latter is by far the most interesting part: really witty and charming and just delightful. When Gaiman talks about having to sign 5,000 inserts for a special run of "American
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Gods," all I could think was, "Gee, I want to be a professional writer!" Which is why I'm crazy. But seriously, this was an extremely...invigorating read that made me excited about writing. Show Less
LibraryThing member Clare.Davitt
I would never have considered myself the type of person who would read a book of introductions about other works I've never read, a blog from 10 years ago and a few random, not very good poems. But I just did. Cover to cover (with a bit of skimming on the intros, I'll be honest). I really enjoyed
This is a great read for anyone whose never read a single Gaiman book or comic but was interested in the reality of a book becoming a BOOK to the public. He really hashes out the details of editing and copy-editing and interviews and what happens to get those blurbs on the back of book jackets. And for anyone who is a Gaiman addict or just simply a fan, well it's a ridiculous pleasure to read his entries, even the shortest of them. His voice is so simply his voice no matter what he's writing and his humor and observations about everything from author's photos to sushi in New York are entertaining and insightful.
It is also an interesting read as it shows Gaiman's transition into the internet world of blogs (he still calls it a "web blog" throughout) and e-books (he thinks their only future will be in being able to read while your bedmate sleeps). Blogger, the site he uses, crashes often or loses his long entries. Occasionally he catches his foot in cord and unplugs the phone line and there goes the internet. As the U.S. book tour gets going he's switching over to his new neilgaiman.com site and again it is interesting (in cultural way at least) to hear about the transition simply in light of the shifts of the past 10 years.
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some of the essays early on and his thoughts on C.S. Lewis and the Screwtape Letters were something I might never have come across otherwise. It was the second half of the collection that really got me though, all of the blog entries from when American Gods was going through the editing and publishing stages up through his book tours. This is a great read for anyone whose never read a single Gaiman book or comic but was interested in the reality of a book becoming a BOOK to the public. He really hashes out the details of editing and copy-editing and interviews and what happens to get those blurbs on the back of book jackets. And for anyone who is a Gaiman addict or just simply a fan, well it's a ridiculous pleasure to read his entries, even the shortest of them. His voice is so simply his voice no matter what he's writing and his humor and observations about everything from author's photos to sushi in New York are entertaining and insightful.
It is also an interesting read as it shows Gaiman's transition into the internet world of blogs (he still calls it a "web blog" throughout) and e-books (he thinks their only future will be in being able to read while your bedmate sleeps). Blogger, the site he uses, crashes often or loses his long entries. Occasionally he catches his foot in cord and unplugs the phone line and there goes the internet. As the U.S. book tour gets going he's switching over to his new neilgaiman.com site and again it is interesting (in cultural way at least) to hear about the transition simply in light of the shifts of the past 10 years.
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LibraryThing member johnwbeha
I am a fan of Neil Gaiman and I enjoyed this collection of ephemera, as it is described by another reviewer. The longest part of the book is the blog about the launch of "American Gods", so it is rather fitting that I should read it now as the book is relaunched to link to the TV series. Although
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much of the writing in this book is essentially "knocked-out", it still illustrates Gaiman's amazing ability to communicate with us. I think it is really for true fans only. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
188677837X / 9781886778375
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