Bibliograph

The Neil Gaiman reader, selected fiction, Neil Gaiman ; [foreword by Marlon James]

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The Neil Gaiman reader, selected fiction, Neil Gaiman ; [foreword by Marlon James]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Neil Gaiman reader

Oclc number

1200116700

Responsibility statement

Neil Gaiman ; [foreword by Marlon James]

Sub title

selected fiction

Summary

"Spanning Gaiman's career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a ... collection from one of the world's most beloved writers, chosen by those who know his work best: his devoted readers. A ... representation of Gaiman's ... imaginative fiction, this ... volume includes excerpts from each of his five novels for adults--Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--and nearly fifty of his short stories"--Publisher marketing

Table Of Contents

We can get them for you wholesale -- "I, Cthulhu" -- Nicholas was -- Babycakes -- Chivalry -- Murder mysteries -- Troll bridge -- Snow, glass, apples -- Only the end of the world again -- Don't ask Jack -- Excerpt from Neverwhere -- The daughter of owls -- The goldfish pool and other stories -- The price -- Shoggoth's old peculiar -- The wedding present -- When we went to see the end of the world by Dawnie Morningside, age 11 1/4 -- The facts in the case of the departure of Miss Finch -- Changes -- Excerpt from Stardust -- Harlequin valentine -- Excerpt from American Gods -- Other people -- Strange little girls -- October in the chair -- Closing time -- A study in emerald -- Bitter grounds -- The problem of Susan -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire -- The monarch of the glen -- The return of the thin white duke -- Excerpt from Anansi Boys -- Sunbird -- How to talk to girls at parties -- Feminine endings -- Orange -- Mythical creatures -- The truth is a cave in the Black Mountains -- The thing about Cassandra -- The case of death and honey -- The man who forgot Ray Bradbury -- Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane -- Click-clack the rattlebag -- The sleeper and the spindle -- A calendar of tales -- Nothing o'clock -- A lunar labyrinth -- Down to a sunless sea -- How the marquis got his coat back -- Black dog -- Monkey and the lady

Target audience

adult

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Neil Gaiman, selected fiction

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