The Neil Gaiman reader : selected fiction

Neil Gaiman : (other title)

Gaiman, Neil (author.). James, Marlon 1970- (writer of foreword.).

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 006303185X
ISBN: 9780063031852
Physical Description: xv, 736 pages ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers , 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

We can't 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 -- Daughter of owls -- Goldfish pool and other stories -- Price -- Shoggoth's old peculiar -- Wedding present -- When we went to see the end of the world by Dawnie Morningside, age 11 1/4 -- 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 -- Problem of Susan -- Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire -- Monarch of the glen -- Return of the thin white duke -- Exerpt from Anasi boys -- Sunbird -- How to talk to girls at parties -- Feminine endings -- Orange -- Mythical creatures -- "The truth is a cave in the black mountains..." -- Thing about Cassandra -- Case of death and honey -- Man who forgot Ray Bradbury -- Excerpt from The ocean at the end of the lane -- Clicl-clack the rattlebag -- 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.