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Between Ragnarok and a Hard Place

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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When I was a kid, I was fascinated with ancient mythology. My favorite myths were those from ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, but I tried to read everything I could get my grubby little hands on. I thought that myths provide a deeper understanding of a particular culture, specifically their understanding of self, their environment, and their place in the universe. For example, isn’t it interesting that the “great flood” is a recurrent theme in myths cross-culturally? And what about the common theme of resurrection, wherein a male figure undergoes a great sacrifice, is dead for a specific number of […]

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6/16/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

It’s Apocalyptic!

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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I wanted to read this book for a while.  I love Neil Gaiman but I’ve never read Terry Pratchett and this seemed like the best of both worlds.  In high school, I steered very clear of Pratchett.  He was far too uncool for me.  Now that I read fantasy and science fiction so much it seems odd that I ever held such an opinion.  Needless to say, this book has been on my list for a while. This is also one of the first audiobooks I purchased.  I bought it years ago because my wife and I listened to The […]

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5/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:26 |

Ineffable

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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Ive been trying to read down the pile of unread books in my library, and this necessitated eating my literary vegetables, so to speak – the stuff that’s not fun or that I’ve put off for one reason or another until I forgot why I bought the damn thing to begin with – some of which weren’t even nutritious, to torture the metaphor. It was cake time, muffukkas. This was my eleventy billionth reading of this book and it never fails to make me smile.  Hell, the first time I read it I laughed out loud, and it’s HARD to […]

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2/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

A surprisingly light bath time read

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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I know that this book has been around for a while, but I haven’t found time to pick it up until now. I have to say, it’s not exactly what I was expecting, but not in a bad way. I’m not terribly familiar with the ins and outs of Norse Mythology, but I’m aware enough at least to not use the Marvel films as a guide! I know J. R. R. Tolkien was greatly influenced by Norse mythology, and I think this may be the reason I was expecting this book to read a bit like his Unfinished Tales. I should have paid […]

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1/27/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

These Gods Are Definitely Crazy

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

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My husband and I decided to check out the TV show “American Gods,” starring one of my favorite actors Ian McShane. While watching I recalled I purchased the novel from which the show is sourced in a Kindle deal of the day binge last year. Throwing my normal rules out the window, I decided to read the book AS we were also making our way through the short season. I know Neil Gaiman is revered around these parts; this is my first foray into his work. I loved the movie Coraline, and I had high hopes for this novel. I […]

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1/9/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:1 |

Welcome back to the awesomeness of Mr. Gaiman

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

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At some point in the past year or so, I somehow got the idea that I didn’t especially like Neil Gaiman books; I blame a probably-too-fast re-reading of American Gods. Then I picked up Neverwhere off my TBR shelf (and it is a full shelf and a half right now), and I was reminded, oh, yeah, that’s why… Neverwhere is basically Gaiman’s breakout hit, the novelization of a tv show that Gaiman says he’d always kind of intended to make into a novel, even as the show was being written and produced (my version is the author’s preferred text, and […]

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12/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:56 |

Plutonium may give you grief for thousands of years, but arsenic is forever.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

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It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people. I cannot emphasize enough how much of a treat Good Omens is. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett will also tell you how much of a treat it is. They will tell you in their introduction and their afterward how much they wrote it for the love of it and also how much people are obsessed with it. And whether the bragging is a […]

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12/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:39 |

I had expected it to be bigger, and cleaner, and more colorful. But still, it is a jewel.

How to talk to girls at parties by Neil Gaiman, Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon

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The trope of the opposite sex being alien is so old that’s it’s already so far gone that it’s on another planet all of its own. Nevertheless that’s the premise of this book. Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Or rather, Enn is from Earth and all the girls at the party are from…somewhere? Spacy-thing. Doesn’t matter. His friend Vic drags him to a party with the advice “You just gotta talk to them.” It’s an old joke and it really is all this story is. The story is small and available for free online but the […]

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12/2/2017 's CBR9 Review No:39 |


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