Book Thirty-Two
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ellyssianBook #32: Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
I'll actually be working through this book in a discussion group at Barnes & Noble University, but I couldn't wait that long after I received it.
Read the whole thing in one sitting. Good stuff, looking forward to the re-read when the class starts up.
Without talking about the book, per se, I'd like to take a quick second to address the "It's not really like American Gods
" and "It's more like {insert other book name here}" kind of comments. It is certainly not, word for word, the same as any other of his books, or of any other books of which I am aware of. It is certainly not of the exact tone and timbre, of the exact hue and saturation, as any other book. It is, however, remarkably evident that it is done in the style of Neil Gaiman, which, considering he is the author, is a Good Thing. Apparently, the quality of authors and of books is such these days that one comes to expect formulaic sequels and series. Those can be quite fun, but one must not forget that there are at least a handful of authors producing excellent, unrelated work - or, at the least, pieces that may have bumped into each other once or twice, perhaps in a dark alley, but just as nearly as likely as in a white marble amphitheater with a silvery reflecting pool and the soft sounds of a fountain or waterfall or three.
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by Neil GaimanI'll actually be working through this book in a discussion group at Barnes & Noble University, but I couldn't wait that long after I received it.
Read the whole thing in one sitting. Good stuff, looking forward to the re-read when the class starts up.
Without talking about the book, per se, I'd like to take a quick second to address the "It's not really like American Gods
" and "It's more like {insert other book name here}" kind of comments. It is certainly not, word for word, the same as any other of his books, or of any other books of which I am aware of. It is certainly not of the exact tone and timbre, of the exact hue and saturation, as any other book. It is, however, remarkably evident that it is done in the style of Neil Gaiman, which, considering he is the author, is a Good Thing. Apparently, the quality of authors and of books is such these days that one comes to expect formulaic sequels and series. Those can be quite fun, but one must not forget that there are at least a handful of authors producing excellent, unrelated work - or, at the least, pieces that may have bumped into each other once or twice, perhaps in a dark alley, but just as nearly as likely as in a white marble amphitheater with a silvery reflecting pool and the soft sounds of a fountain or waterfall or three.Cross-posted to
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