Tag: Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard Gaiman (born 10 November 1960[3]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. His notable works include The Sandman comic series, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. Gaiman’s writing has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the 2009 Newbery Medal. The extreme enthusiasm of his fans has led some to call him a “rock star” of the literary world.

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Mythopoeic Awards: 2009 Finalists

Fantasy hard-hitters Neil Gaiman, Ursula K LeGuin,  Gene Wolfe, Diana Wynne Jones and Terry Pratchett are amongst the finalists for the 2009 Mythopoeic Awards, announced yesterday.
The awards are given by the Mythopeoic Society, a non-profit organisation promoting ’study, discussion and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature’.
Nominees for the Scholarship Awards, which reward study of fantasy literature, are especially interesting to note. Mostly because they’ve just listed lots more things to go on my reading list!
The finalists, in full, are:
Adult Literature

Carol Berg, Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone (Roc)
Daryl Gregory, Pandemonium (Del Rey)
Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia (Harcourt)
Patricia A. McKillip, The [...]

3 Comments May 28, 2009 arbitrary News
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Hugo Nominations: Best Novel 2009

The nominations for this year’s Hugo award for best novel are:

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; HarperVoyager UK)
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi (Tor)

For once, I’ve read all of these. The Scalzi, Stross and Doctorow stories fall more under science fiction. Well, more or less. Anathem is very hard to place, and I’m willing to call it “speculative”, and not try to pin it down any further. The Graveyard Book is definitely fantasy. So I’m better informed than in [...]

3 Comments May 21, 2009 Drew Shiel News
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