There Is No Safe Word - How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
There Is No Safe Word - How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
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Never liked this guy or the cult of personality he seemed to have behind him TBH
I continue to find his world building to be fantastic.
I also can pirate everything he's made. So, basically, it's guilt-free entertainment
I can understand having already been into his work, but since I'm not I certainly would pick almost any other thing to read than Gaiman.
I struggle with separating the art from the artist, personally. Even though I was previously a Gaiman fan, I don't think I'll ever be able to read or watch his work again without thinking about this. I'm getting used to finding out that certain musos or actors are pieces of shit though. I think at this point, Keanu Reeves might be the last famous man left that would absolutely shock me if he turned out to be an abuser or bigot.
Do you have any good recs? I've read Coraline and started American Gods and neither really gripped me that much, even if I love the Laika Coraline film
I'd recommend Anansi Boys, Good Omens and if you're into comics, The Sandman.
My favourite of his works is Ocean at the End of the Lane, but I'm very conflicted about that one due the parallels pointed out in this article.
Edit: removed American Gods from the recommendations as you said you had already tried it.