The First 100 Years Are The Hardest

Only The Gods are Real... A few weeks ago I purchased the book The Sandman by Alisa Kwitney. Her introduction to the King of Dreams quickly drew me into a world I have been vaguely aware of but more or less disinterested in for the past 15 years. Sandman has turned out to be one of those rare joys when you discover something comletely new and fascinating by accident- the pleasure of discovering something that you have long overlooked. Exploring Neil Gaiman's other work, I just finished American Gods , which won the Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker awards for Best Novel in 2002. If you have any interest in religion or ancient mythology, this book is absolutely worth reading. The themes have been explored before (think of Thor and Odin from Douglas Adam' classic Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul) but Neil's prose kept me turning the pages till late at night then filling my dreams till early morning. Interesting Links: http://www.frowl.org/gods/gods.html http://www.rambles.net/