Reddit reviews American Gods
We found 13 Reddit comments about American Gods. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews American GodsWe found 13 Reddit comments about American Gods. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Why? There are a lot of books out there that are telling the same story in a different way. That's not always bad, we humans love our classic tales. This story (for me) was so completely different and new. I've never seen anyone write like this. I read it two years ago and since then I've re-read it another 2 times with nearly the same amount of rapture.
EDIT: By the way with the titles you just mentioned (Enders, Dune, etc.) this will probably be right up your alley.
I recommend Shantaram. It's about an Australian that escapes prison and goes to live in India. Apparently a true story but I take that with a pinch of salt. http://www.amazon.com/Shantaram/dp/192076920X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253712007&sr=8-2
and also American Gods http://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Novel-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060558121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253712023&sr=8-1
Read about Johnny Appleseed here.
Ahhh, well.. if you're a Pratchett fan than the obvious starting point is Good Omens which is co-authored by the both of them. If you like that I would either go to American Gods if you like the reworking old myths angle or Neverwhere if that 'london' writing feel does more for you. Any way around it you can't go wrong really. I've read everything he's written outside of a few short stories and not a word has been bad.
Well, my favorites are
The Moviegoer
The Road
A Confederacy of Dunces
Rendezvous with Rama
Watchmen
Snow Crash
Slaughterhouse-Five
Cat's Cradle
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
American Gods
A Clockwork Orange
Preacher
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Akira
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lolita
Love in the Time of Cholera
Naked Lunch
Animal Farm
The Sandman
At the Mountains of Madness
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Brave New World
We
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
If you don't mind things set in our geography but with fantasy worlds added on there's:
The City and The City by China Mieville. I really didn't like it but lots of people do.
Not to give much away but towards your fantasy point [spoiler](/s"The story is set in a city that overlaps with another. There aren't other races etc though.")
Alternatively his Perdido Street Station has those of other species in something like our modern times.
Also I'm surprised to have not seen American Gods in here.
Have you read American Gods?
Is so, how do you feel about the idea that humans collectively create gods by believing in them. In the book, they also die out when people stop believing in them. I am in the middle of it now and it seems like something pagans would enjoy reading.
What about A Short History of Nearly Everything? Or Seal Team Six? Or The Magicians? What about American Gods, Hyperspace and The Grand Design
What I'm saying is 18 is too few. Get cracking.
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
Some of my favorites:
Toss up between Stephen King's The Gunslinger and Neil Gaiman's American Gods
You should give us a little insight as to what genre you like, since every reader is different. Here are a few of my favorites from some random genres.
Fantasy: A Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter, Neverwhere, American Gods.
Sci-Fi: The Illustrated Man, Gold.
Dystopian Fiction: The Stand, The Road.
Classic Fiction: Flowers For Algernon,
Philosophy: Thus Spake Zarathustra, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Whatever Else: Fight Club, Fast Food Nation
edit: formatting