Most people know author Neil Gaiman from his
children’s book turned animated movie Coraline
and his Sandman
comics. He’s also an
accomplished writer of adult fiction like the fantasy novels American Gods
and Anansi Boys
. And Gaiman is one of the many artists who has embraced
the Internet.
and his Sandman comics. He’s also an
accomplished writer of adult fiction like the fantasy novels American Gods and Anansi Boys. And Gaiman is one of the many artists who has embraced
the Internet.
The greatest part of Gaiman’s site lies beneath
the Cool Stuff & Things tab. Not
only does the author dole out a few treasures every few months, but fans can
simply hit refresh to get updated content within minutes of visiting.
There a reader can check out a short story
about the princess Cinnamon who lived “a long time ago, in a small hot country, where everything
was very old.” By clicking again, the The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds will load in its place.
An interview with Gaiman for Bloomsbury.com is
replaced by one from the Internet Journal WritersWrite.com. Video clips rotate
between Neil reading The Day the Saucers
Came, Orange and an excerpt from The Graveyard Book
.
.
An Essay by Gaiman on his collaborator on Coraline, Wolves in the Walls and more — illustrator Dave McKean, gets replaced by one called All Books Have Genders. This swaps out
for one called How Dare You.
Among the podcast offerings are audio of Neil’s
daughter Maddy interviewing him, one of the first chapter of Stardust and snippets from his Last
Angel tour in New York City.
In addition to the ever-changing Cool Stuff & Things section, Neil
maintains an online journal. There you’ll learn facts like “I worked out to
Dickens” and “I
read once that at minus 70 F, there is a gentle tinkling noise that your breath
makes as it freezes and falls to the ground, but I am happy not to put this to
the test.” He also answers fan queries in his blog segment called “Ask Neil.”
Visit NeilGaiman.com to unlock the
author’s many treats.
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