I LOVE Neil Gaiman

I truly do.....

Everytime I open one of his books I feel my long dampered passions for theology and mythology rekindled, reignited in the most unexpected ways. He takes away the burdens of the -----------(secret guilt)-------- often encumbered on one because of the innate conflicts of spiritual credence and fascination with mythology.
I mean look at this extract from a book called the Anansie Boys. this is the very first paragraph in this novel:

It begins, as most things, with a song.

In the beginning after all were the words, and they came with a tune. That was how the world was made, how the void was divided, how the lands and the stars and the dreams and the little gods and the animals, how all of them came into the world.
They were sung into existence.

The great beasts were sung into existence, after the Singer had done with the planets and the hills and the trees and the oceans and the lessor beasts. The cliffs that bound existence were sung and the hunting grounds and the dark.
Songs remain. They last. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties. A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams are gone. That's the power of songs.

I think one of the most accurate descriptions of Gaiman comes from the National Post (Canada):

Neil Gaiman is a storyteller whose tales resonate with secrets and deep truths...

His mastery of language creates a momentum which keeps you at the edge of your seat from take off right up to the inevitable climax camouflaged as a conclusion. Having read the two books (American Gods and now Anansie boys), when I think of him my mind conjures up what must be a philosopher, a comedian, a spiritual soul with a horrifically dark imagination, a prolific composer of written works. He manages to comfortably juxtapose unfriendly philosophical facets to create a homogeneous and more than palatable tale, while still making room for moral discussion and persuasion.

I'm convinced that in the not so ancient Greek mythology he would have been someone illustrious such as King Midas (the Composer) and in medieval philosophy The Alchemist (bringer of life to the written word).

Just my opinion of course.....
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Neil Gaiman, his complete works. , www.telegraph.co.uk