murielm99
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Tue Nov-03-09 04:39 AM
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The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman |
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I hope it is all right to post this here.
Of course I picked this up for something to read over Halloween. I had heard nothing but praise for it.
Has anyone read this book? Have you read any of Gaiman's other works, for children or adults? He writes comics and poetry, too.
I read American Gods by the same author. While that was a very good book, this children's book, The Graveyard Book, appealed to me much more strongly. (It was a Newberry winner).
The book is a metaphor for childhood and its various passages to adulthood. It is also inspired by The Jungle Book. The main character is a toddler who grows to adulthood in a graveyard, raised by the dead. He has ghostly parents, teachers, friends, and a mysterious guardian.
Even if you don't usually care for children's books, try this one.
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Tue Nov-03-09 04:59 AM
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1. I read the short story in M Is For Magic |
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"The Witch's headstone" is a basis for, or a prequel to the novel, right? I'm eventually going to have to get The Graveyard Book, as I seem to be a fan of all things Gaiman--even things that aren't Sandman.
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Tue Nov-03-09 05:19 AM
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2. The Witch's Headstone, is I believe, |
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the the basis for one of the chapters in the book. It is the same plot, but changed to fit the ongoing narrative of the novel.
I am going to have to find more Gaiman books. I have brought home some real stinkers lately, fiction so bad I could not get through more than a chapter or two.
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Tue Nov-03-09 07:40 AM
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3. Coraline is a great short read. |
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Much creepier than the movie. I think highly of American Gods, too.
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Tue Nov-03-09 08:40 AM
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4. I've read Coraline, Neverwhere, several of his short stories |
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and most of the Sandman comics and the early Books of Magic comics. I could use a short easy read, maybe I'll try The Graveyard book.
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Tue Nov-03-09 08:45 AM
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5. Good Omens is one of my favorite books ever |
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He wrote it with Terry Pratchett, and it's basically a story of what happens when Satanists accidentally give the newborn Antichrist to the wrong parents at the hospital.
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