Reddit reviews Neverwhere: A Novel
We found 17 Reddit comments about Neverwhere: A Novel. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews Neverwhere: A NovelWe found 17 Reddit comments about Neverwhere: A Novel. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Neverwhere
Stardust
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Neil and Terry are actually friends. I read the story of how they met once but I can't quite remember all the details. I think they were on the same train to London or something. Neil is also friends with Tori Amos which is kind of interesting. He has sequestered himself away to her different homes in the past so he can quietly write his books. Terry and Neil even wrote a book together (Good Omens), to be honest it's not my favorite but I would definitely recommend you take a look at Neil Gaiman.
Oh... one more, you should read Neverwhere.
Agreed. I'm a fan of Gaiman but American Gods was just 'okay.' I highly recommend Neverwhere or Stardust if you want to try something else. Both are much more vibrant (not quite the right word for Neverwhere but it will do) and better paced I felt.
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.
Neil Gaiman said it best in the following excerpt from Neverwhere:
"To say that Richard Mayhew was not very good at heights would be perfectly accurate, but it would fail to give the full picture. Richard hated clifftops, and high buildings: somewhere not far inside him was the fear-the stark, utter, silently screaming terror-that if he got too close to the edge, then something would take over and he would find himself walking to the edge of a clifftop and stepping off into space. It was as if he could not entirely trust himself, and that scared Richard more than the simple fear of falling ever could. So he called it vertigo, and hated it and himself, and kept away from high places."
http://www.amazon.com/Neverwhere-Novel-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060557818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309720459&sr=8-1
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.
Would love to throw ny two cents in and suggest "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville, and generally books by Neil Gaiman. My favourites are "Neverwhere" and "American Gods". These are truly entertaining books! If you want a great series to follow (I often find myself reading more whilst following a series), I would go for Stephen Kings "Dark Tower" books, take a look at the wiki [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series).
Alan Rickman with a goofy smile.
Also:
Protege of Alan Moore, wrote one of the best comic series to come out of the industry, then did some books, including one co-authored with Terry Pratchett. Has a writing blog that's worth a look, too.
American Gods
Neverwhere
Oh, I would definitely NOT start with American Gods. It's good, but it's a bit of a bear to get through at times. Neverwhere or Stardust for Gaiman, for sure. I have a beat up old copy of Neverwhere that tends to live in one of my purses most of hte time. It is one of my very favorite books. You can read the first bit of it for free on Amazon using the "look inside" thingie.
http://www.amazon.com/Neverwhere-A-Novel-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060557818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397008517&sr=8-1&keywords=neverwhere
You're going to love it!
As a Gaiman related aside, Neverwhere is top notch and I personally think that Fragile Things is his finest story collection. Some real gems in that one.
My two favorites are Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff.
Not quite in the same vein—perhaps bordering more on magical realism—is Lewis Shiner's Glimpses.
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is a great urban fantasy story that takes place in the unseen world below London and includes some magic, adventure and a great mystery.
If you haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia try those. After you get past the Christian allegories in the first book the series is enjoyable. If you have read them check out His Dark Materials. Another great book that has been called the atheists' response to Narnia.
China Mieville's Perdido Street Station would be a good one too. Definitely darker than the fantasy in Harry Potter but well written and a great story.
The Hunger Games trilogy has been mentioned a few times and is enjoyable. It is more Science Fiction than fantasy but is a great dystopian story. Written for YAs, like Harry Potter, but enjoyable for just about anyone.They're making a Hunger Games movie now so you'll be able to say you read it back before it was cool.
Edit: Forgot to mention The Dark Tower Series. A great series by Steven King that combines fantasy, western, science fiction and some horror. That sounds like a hodgepodge but the series manages to walk the line so well you end up staying awake until 2am reading to find out what happens next.
Don't you know what happens when you get involved?
Some of my favorites:
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
I'd love to read Neverwhere! Used is fine :) cheaper ftw. Thanks for the awesome contest!