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  Neil Gaiman - FORA.tv
Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of the novels "American Gods," "Neverwhere," "Stardust," "Coraline," and "Anansi Boys;" "The Sandman" series of graphic novels; and "Smoke and Mirrors," a collection of short fiction - Cody's Books
Gaiman is also the coauthor of the novel Good Omens with Terry Pratchett.
Gaiman reads his stories well, and I guess I'm surprised he's so quirky and congenial.
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  The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaiman has since admitted that this was a joke on his part, and that he made up the "legend" out of whole cloth.
Neil Gaiman's blog already talks about an Absolute Sandman which would be a new edition of all the 10 volumes [1].
Gaiman became one of the most popular comic book creators of the era (launching his career as a novelist), and DC did not dare to continue The Sandman after he felt the series had come to a suitable conclusion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Sandman_(DC_Comics_Modern_Age)   (2955 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaiman is a Board Member as well as an active supporter of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and he regularly participates in fundraisers for the group including creating materials such as the original Snow, Glass, Apples along with a book called "Gods and Tulips" to which the CBLDF owns the copyright.
Gaiman forged an intense friendship with singer Tori Amos in the early nineties.
Gaiman is also the only writer other than Straczynski to have contributed to the series' final three seasons; he wrote the season 5 episode "Day of the Dead".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neil_Gaiman   (2944 words)

  
 All About Romance: Interview with Neil Gaiman
Gaiman had been shown a copy of the review in a hurry, had seen the grade and our sensuality rating, and assumed one referred to the other.
Neil: Well I think one of the places that it comes from...I mean just look at the word faery, you know, it comes from the fair folk, which is the kind of a way of talking about something that you're scared of.
Neil Gaiman's writing shows that his mind can be a scary place; a couple of his short stories from Smoke & Mirrors, like his take on Snow White reveal a darkness in connection with obsession and sexuality.
www.likesbooks.com /neilgaiman.html   (4431 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman: Tutte le informazioni su Neil Gaiman su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Neil Gaiman: Tutte le informazioni su Neil Gaiman su Encyclopedia.it
Neil Gaiman - Nato nel 1960, a Portchester in Inghilterra, padre di tre figli e padrone di sette gatti, comincia la sua carriera come giornalista.
Gaiman ha scritto anche romanzi, sceneggiature televisive, favole e storie per l'infanzia (da segnalare I Lupi nei Muri, recentemente pubblicato anche in Italia), drammi radiofonici e testi per canzoni.
www.encyclopedia.it /n/ne/neil_gaiman.html   (281 words)

  
 CNN.com - Neil Gaiman: 'I enjoy not being famous' - July 29, 2001
Neil Gaiman all but sags against the phone as he talks, exhausted from a weeks-long book-signing tour of some 45 to 50 stops in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
Gaiman clearly is enjoying riding the crest of a rising tide of attention for the often-derided literary genre called fantasy.
Gaiman is the son of a vitamin-company owner and a pharmacist.
www.cnn.com /2001/CAREER/jobenvy/07/29/neil.gaiman.focus/index.html   (1715 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman's Sandman
Gaiman has gotten more attention from the mainstream press than anybody but Art Spiegelman, and while articles about MAUS tend to treat it as a unique object, articles about Gaiman usually mention other "new voices" in comics, and point out that his major work, SANDMAN, is by no means his only contribution to the field.
Gaiman would return to the kind of unflinching awfulness he presents here a few times later in the series, but this collection is almost unrelenting.
Gaiman uses this "tale of graceful ends," as he has Dream describe it, to comment on his own release from the bands of duty to the story, so that Prospero, Shakespeare, Dream and Neil Gaiman all come together, in the end, all bound together in the dream of storytelling, and the story of Dream.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Zone/9923/sandman.html   (4688 words)

  
 NEIL GAIMAN
And at a time when creativity is one of the most valuable assets to any business, Gaiman's mastery of myth and legend and their role in the contemporary world make his work as a writer and speaker unique.
Gaiman was born in Portchester, England and now lives in the U.S. An avid reader at an early age, he worked his way through the entire children's section at the local library; when he was done with that, he moved on to the adult section.
Neil Gaiman's residency is presented in collaboration with the Committee on Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.
arts.uchicago.edu /gaiman.html   (666 words)

  
 The Sandman di Neil Gaiman
Gaiman ovviamente amplia questa prima idea di mito popolare, inserendo una intera famiglia di entità, preposte a sorvegliare e controllare alcune passioni, concetti, sentimenti, aspetti della nostra vita.
Gaiman stesso iniziò a lavorare con l'impressione che la serie avrebbe avuto un successo minimo, avrebbe venduto poco e che quindi sarebbe stata presto cancellata dopo il primo anno di pubblicazione.
Neil Gaiman ha una cultura veramente enorme, vastissima, e riesce a rielaborare in termini sufficientemente nuovi ed originali storie, tradizioni e altro, appartenenti alle culture più diverse e disparate, per creare storie veramente intense.
www.iafol.org /schede/sandman/sandman_a.html   (1732 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman, November 1, 1998
Neil: It was horrible, in some ways, having lived with this person in my head for seven or eight years, and knowing he was going to die.
Neil: period of the Kindly Ones felt, as a writer, like someone who had climbed into a truck and was driving it straight towards a wall.
Neil: (Mostly I think because of how well GOLDFISH has sold, and because it was picked by Newsweek as one of the Best Children's Books of the Year last year).
www.scifi.com /transcripts/1998/NeilGaiman.html   (2322 words)

  
 A Conversation With Neil Gaiman *Writers Write -- The IWJ*
Gaiman modestly attributes the fainting to the rigors of standing in line for hours, but the more likely explanation for the passion he seems to inspire lies in his dark good looks, mesmerizing voice, trademark wit, and brilliant writing.
Gaiman was born in 1960 in Portchester, England.
Neil spoke to us about how he got his start as an author, how he creates his novels, and what it was like going on tour with Tori Amos.
www.writerswrite.com /journal/mar99/gaiman.htm   (8130 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman's 1602   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Now, Neil Gaiman (creator of the DC title Sandman and author of the award-winning novel American Gods), in collaboration with artists Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove, and Scott McKowen, is putting a fresh spin, hopefully, on Marvel's beloved heroes and villains.
Gaiman got the idea for 1602 while participating in a comic convention in Venice, Italy, not long after the events of September 11th.
One of the most satisfying aspects for Gaiman in writing this miniseries was in making something from the Marvel universe that is comprehensively his own.
www.scifidimensions.com /Jul03/1602.htm   (1002 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed graphic novel writer of today.
Neil Gaiman¹s extraordinary Sandman saga, which culminated in the best-selling Sandman: The Wake, is the story of the world of Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, and his family, The Endless.
Born in 1960 in Portchester, England, Neil Gaiman has exactly three children, approximately seven cats, and a house that wants to be Gormenghast when it grows up.
www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/neilgaiman.html   (1327 words)

  
 CNN - Neil Gaiman's fairy tales for adults - February 25, 1999
Web posted on: Thursday, February 25, 1999 4:16:40 PM ATLANTA (CNN) -- Neil Gaiman thinks adults are getting the short end of the deal: Kids get to daydream and escape on fantastic trips of the imagination, guided by marvelous fairy tales, while being an adult means to leave imagination and fantasy behind.
Gaiman wrote the storyline for "The Sandman" and gained rock star-status among fans from both sides of the Atlantic.
As a fledgling writer, the first stories he wrote were about a day in the life of a penny; a professor, his assistant and their pet mountain lion; an alien and his spaceship, which Gaiman remembers looked like a frog and a football, respectively.
www.cnn.com /books/news/9902/25/gaiman.neil   (937 words)

  
 Comic creator: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman has been one of the top writers in modern comics, as well as a best-selling novelist.
Gaiman released a collection of short stories, 'Smoke and Mirrors', and wrote the English language screenplay for the record-breaking Japanese film 'Princess Mononoke'.
Gaiman and McKean then began the 'Black Orchid' trilogy, which was published by DC Britain between 1988 and 1989.
lambiek.net /artists/g/gaiman.htm   (448 words)

  
 The Dreaming: The Neil Gaiman Page
Neil Gaiman will be speaking at 6.30pm on Monday at the Sydney Town Hall as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival.
Gaiman explains to his young fans that the book was inspired by a nightmarish fantasy his daughter Maddy once had.
Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire in 1960.
www.holycow.com /dreaming   (17291 words)

  
 Interview | Neil Gaiman
At present, Gaiman is looking forward to the publication of Coraline, a children's book expected in mid-2002 and the film version of Good Omens.
Neil Gaiman: Last year, initially The Scotsman newspaper -- being Scottish and J.K. Rowling being Scottish -- and because of the English tendency to try and tear down their idols, they kept trying to build stories which said J.K. Rowling ripped off Neil Gaiman.
And they finished off with a line saying [something like]: And Neil Gaiman has accused her of stealing.
www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/gaiman.html   (4121 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of such titles as american gods and coraline (both New York Times best-sellers), neverwhere, and stardust (winner of the ALA Alex Award).
In the sleepy English countryside at the dawn of the Victorian Era, life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall--a secluded hamlet so named for an imposing stone barrier that surrounds a fertile grassland.
Richard Mayhew is an unassuming young businessman living in London, with a dull job and a pretty but demanding fiancee.
www.fictionwise.com /eBooks/NeilGaimaneBooks.htm   (1310 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman - Where's Neil
Susanna Clarke, author of the Hugo Award-winning novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell will be talking with Neil Gaiman about her her new novel The Ladies of Grace Adieu, which is out in paperback.
In this book festival exclusive, Neil Gaiman travels from America to talk about his writing, his films and some of the many influences on his incredible imagination.
Neil Gaiman in conversation with Claire Armitstead, literary editor of the Guardian
www.neilgaiman.com /where   (353 words)

  
 The SF Site: An Interview With Neil Gaiman
Gaiman has also expended a considerable amount of time and energy raising money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), a non-profit organization which defends the First Amendment rights of artists, retailers, and other comic-book professionals.
Gaiman will appear for one night only in New York City, Chicago, Portland (Oregon), and Los Angeles in what is being billed as THE LAST ANGEL TOUR.
They kept putting it in their catalogue as "Neil Gaiman's CD Contains Bad Language." I thought it was a really cool, clever, funny title, but it confused at least a few people.
www.sfsite.com /10a/ng90.htm   (3984 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman - News & Information
And judging by the grunts, chuckles and nods emerging from the mouths of the self-evident Neil Gaiman fans at the opening night of William Massolia's solid...
Jago is a fan of Spiegelman and Neil Gaiman, creator of the cult DC Comics series Sandman and a popular graphic novelist.
Or try Neil Gaiman, whose Sandman series was the only graphic novel ever to win a World Fantasy Award, and whose actual novels are too good for words.
books.daylightonline.com /files/Neil_Gaiman.html   (1023 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman - Links
Hill House Publishers has teamed up with Neil Gaiman to create beautiful limited editions of American Gods, Neverwhere, and Anansi Boys.
"Neil Gaiman may be the Shakespeare of comics..." check out this site to learn more about The Sandman.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1986 and is dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comics community.
www.neilgaiman.com /links   (226 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Endless Nights
Neil Gaiman has only improved since the end of The Sandman, as far as I'm concerned.
Russell is the only one of the artists for the stories with whom Gaiman has previously worked, and it's hard to argue with the results of that last collaboration: the fantastic "Ramadan," popularly the favorite single issue in the entire run of The Sandman.
Neil Gaiman could not have written these stories fourteen years ago, when The Sandman premiered.
www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_gaiman_endlessnights.html   (1224 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Neverwhere: Books: Neil Gaiman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In his first full-length novel, Gaiman, the comic-book mastermind, brings his talents to the fl-and-white world of books, eschewing the darkly elegant illustrations that are a trademark of his comics.
I've been a big fan of Neil Gaiman's comic books for many years and thought it was high time I gave one of his novels a shot.
Gaiman thoroughly and imaginatively describes the world in which he is taking us through, giving us enough information and descriptions about the places and characters to keep us fascinated but leaving enough out to allow our own imaginations to wonder how things got to be that way.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380789019?v=glance   (2322 words)

  
 Science Fiction Weekly Interview
Gaiman recently announced a deal with New Line Cinema to adapt his comic-book miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living into a feature film, which he also plans to direct.
Gaiman: The cool thing about this, the thing that's kind of frustrating and weird is that Dave looks at this and sees what isn't there yet, and everybody else looks at it and their jaws drop.
Gaiman: It's both the creepiest thing you've ever seen and one of the prettiest things you've ever seen on screen.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue385/interview.html   (1138 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman, Murder Mysteries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Neil Gaiman, one of the most popular writers in comics, teams up with P. Craig Russell for this illustrated version of his short story, Murder Mysteries.
Gaiman's powerful and unorthodox use of the heavenly host to illustrate his dark story of love and betrayal is bound to upset the religiously strict, but the story is carefully built along many lines of literary allusions.
It's another fine one from Gaiman that's definitely worth having, all the more so because he and Russell seem to bring out the best in each other.
www.rambles.net /gaiman_murder02.html   (226 words)

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