RE: American Gods

Thanks for the recommendations.
-Levi

>===== Original Message From Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> =====
>If you all like Gaiman et al, make sure you check out Jonathan Carroll
>too. His latest is _White Apples_ -- just came out this year.
>
>Jim
>
>Lucy Pearson wrote:
>
>> I haven't read 'American Gods' yet, but have been meaning to get a
>> copy for ages, as apparently he got the opriginal idea from 'Eight
>> Days of Luke', a book by children's writer Diana Wynne Jones. I get
>> the impression from your comments -and the relative sizes of the
>> books - that he takes the idea and runs with it. It really appelas and
>> I'm glad to have a recommendation - I'll treat myself to the book. I
>> also urge anyone who likes fantasy literature - I think someone
>> recently mentioned Susan Cooper, who is really a great writer - to
>> check out Diana Wynne Jones. She's been writing for a long time but
>> hasn't received the recognition she deserves. Fun, satisfying magical
>> stories which are perfect for devouring in one sitting. ANother
>> fantasy/teenage writer who desrves great respect is Alan Garner, more
>> 'serious' than D W-J, and well worth a read. I'm still working on his
>> book 'Red Shift' which is his most dense and hard (emotionally
>> speaking) b ook.
>>
>> Recently, a lot of list time and energy seems to have been squandered
>> on discussions which have degenrationed into the personal and often
>> spiteful. I don't really want to enter into any of these as I think it
>> would be nice if it was all dropped, but I would like to say that I
>> look forward to the New Year and (hopefully) the return of some of the
>> good discussion and insights which make this list a pleasure to be on.
>>
>> Sorry if this message is riddled with mistakes, I',m streaming with
>> cold and can't really see or type straight.
>>
>> Best wishes to all, love, Lucy-Ruth x x x
>>
>>
>>
>> Levi wrote:
>>
>>
>> So last week I started "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and finished it
>> a few
>> days ago and absolutely loved it. I highly recommend it to anyone
>> interested
>> in mythology, gods in general, and an interesting little critique of
>> American
>> pop culture, and one hell of a good read.
>>
>> Best,
>> Levi
>>
>>
>>
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