I’ve only read American Gods, but I’d recommend it to anyone. It’s a good book.

In a special episode of Cranky Geeks, Gaiman tells Dvorak that he often visits Google just to talk to the blogspot guys about features he likes and bugs he want quashed. Iba talaga may leverage, hehe.

i voted for smoke and mirrors. displays gaiman’s talents in many different short stories.

hi eugene! i don’t know if you remember me but we were batchmates back in UP EEE.

anyway, i love neil gaiman! i have read all of his sandman graphic novels. i think he’s a genius.

i, however, don’t know what book to vote for, having not read any of his novels yet. i might opt to vote for ’stardust’ to see if the movie did justice to the book.

I stumbled upon your blog while exploring the blogosphere and I found your post very interesting. Although I have only read a few books by Neil Gaiman, reading his journal, made me wish to go further into his work. Especially if he is willing to give such a special gift back to his fan-community: their choice of a novel. One thing that I thought about your comment, was that like me, you had never read any of his novels. Yet, this voting was strictly democratic, as Gaiman points out, even though he was surprised by the fans choice of the novel. According to him, the novel chosen—American Gods- is the one that most divides his fan base, even though it has won more awards than any other one of his novels. The reason why I am posting this here is because I was curious to see that, as you pointed out, this poll was made in order to chose a novel to introduce people to his work. Yet, his fans chose the novel that seems to be most controversial in the sense that many do not even consider it Gaiman’s best work. I thought it was interesting that this choice of novel could be seen as a way for his fan base to chose their newest members, by challenging them to read something that is not so mainstream—like ’Stardust’. Another point that made me wish to learn more about Gaiman was the simple fact that in today’s world, where authors are struggling to sell books, he is willing to give his work back to his fans for free (albeit through a limited time). How many celebrated authors can we say have done the same? To me, this gesture of his can captivate more readers than any other marketing or book promotion medium. Through his journal, he is speaking directly to his public, his fan base, and along the way, people like me, who will know be most likely want to interact with him as well. I suppose that is the beauty of the internet.