American Gods
I want to share this great book with you redbbublers and I hope you will find the time to read this amazing book.
It is written by Neil Gaiman.
American gods is the story of a man travelling through America and meeting the gods of the old world.
“Shadow gets out of prison early when his wife is killed in a car crash. At a loss, he takes up with a mysterious character called Wednesday, who is much more than he appears. In fact, Wednesday is an old god, once known as Odin the All-father, who is roaming America rounding up his forgotten fellows in preparation for an epic battle against the upstart deities of the Internet, credit cards, television, and all that is wired. Shadow agrees to help Wednesday, and they whirl through a psycho-spiritual storm that becomes all too real in its manifestations. For instance, Shadow’s dead wife Laura keeps showing up, and not just as a ghost—the difficulty of their continuing relationship is by turns grim and darkly funny, just like the rest of the book. ” Therese Littleton, from Amazon Editorial Reviews
Neil Gaiman also wrote Stardust which is now to be seen as a
“motion picture”: http://www.stardustmovie.com
Enjoy and hopefully you would like to read more books from Neil Gaiman.
Martin Derksema
Thanks for the advise, MaryO. Looks like a good book for my next vacation.
Elaine van Dyk
I’m always looking for tips on good books to read…..thank you MaryO. Now I just have to make the time to read and get back into my writing course!!!!!! That means less time for artwork on RB…...mmmmm…......tough call I think.
Evangeline Than
Neil Gaiman – always a winner. If you see the original novel for Stardust, pick it up – it’s a fantastic read!
MaryO
The hours reading this books are well spend.
Yes it is a tough decision but you won’t regret it.
Thanks for the tip Evanqeline.
Damian
Neil is great :)
I’d go so far as to say he’s one of my favourite writers. And I’d definately say Stardust is one of my favourite books.
MaryO
What shall I do, read the book and then go to the movie or first to the movie and then the book or…
So many choices.
Zeanana
grins Mary, Stardust are both absolutely stunning. The book as well as the movie. One of the VERY few movies, which does not bring disappointment in comparison to the book! They did an absolutely fantastic job.
Regarding American Gods it is to be noted, that there two version. One shorter one, and one longer one.
The longer one is definitely to be recommended.
I’ll try to find out the publisher and a cover picture of the longer version with a foreword of Neil Gaiman explaining why there are two versions :c)
:D Great read though!
hugo
I am glad the two of you arrived home safely, and it was so good to meet you. I will be looking for this book, I must get myself back to reading, thank you,
HUGO
MaryO
Hi Zeanana,I saw the movie on the plain to Sidney, I love it. Must see it on the big screen although.
Hi Hugo, It was such a pleasant gathering, and hopefully there will be more in the future, we are trying to come again but this time on a one way ticket.