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kaigairg's review against another edition
4.0
It's not too hard to guess I like everything Neil does....
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ofearna's review against another edition
5.0
I quite adore the short fiction of Neil Gaiman. If you're interested in seeing/hearing him read his short story "Chivalry" it's one of the extras on the DVD *John Bolton: A Short Film By Neil Gaiman*
re-read 9/14/2013 - 9/21/2013
The Song of the Audience • poem
Chivalry • (1992) ** Love this story !!!
Nicholas Was . . . • (1990) super-short Christmas Anti-Klaus story
Babycakes • (1990) Neil's tongue-in-check "A Modest Proposal"
Troll Bridge • (1993) I read this first in the first RoF Mag
Vampire Sestina • (1989) Neil's only vampire "fiction"
Webs • (1990) Ick spiders
Six to Six • (1990) essay/short about a night experiencing London's nightlife
A Prologue (1989) intro to Mary Gentle's Scholars & Soldiers
Foreign Parts • (1990) getting VD from self-service, written during the AIDS scare
Cold Colours • (1990) • poem/short story about using computers and magic in tandem to re-write the world
Luther's Villanelle • (1989) • poem a deja vu birthday present
Mouse • (1993) • does he *really* want to catch that mouse?
Gumshoe (1989) • book review about a book he can't find
The Case of the 4 and 20 Blackbirds • (1984) • juvenilia a'la Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime Division
Virus • (1990) • poem/story about a video game (that kinda sounds like Tetris) taking over the WORLD
Looking for the Girl • (1985) • Having her picture (in various steps of nude) keeps a mystery girl 19 years old forever.
Post-Mortem on Our Love • (1993) • poem dissecting a past relationship and why it "died"
Being an Experiment Upon Strictly Scientific Lines • (1990) • essay/story about how alcohol affects a writer's prose (drunkenly)
We Can Get Them for You Wholesale • (1989) • hiring a hit-man Wholesale; kinda reminded me of "One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock"
The Mystery of Father Brown • (1991) • essay about why Neil loved the Father Brown mysteries
Murder Mysteries • (1992) • wow, my memory had totally deleted the twist that's more evident in the graphic novel version of this story...
re-read 9/14/2013 - 9/21/2013
castor_stay's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
rhiannoncs's review against another edition
2.0
The only reason to pick up this book would be for the illustrations (which are good, it's a nicely put together volume). The best pieces here are reprinted in Smoke and Mirrors, along with some better, later stories. The stories and poems that are unique to this collection read like juvenalia.
plants_and_bees's review against another edition
4.0
This short story kind of feels like a kid's book for adults. I know that probably doesn't make sense. But the story is about Peter Pinter who finds the woman he is engaged to, messing about with another guy. He wants to get rid of the other guy and hires an assasin who has some interesting bargains for him. The build up and where it ends is kind of like it would be way more innocent in a children's book wich I very much like. It's a very fun quick read.
molokov's review against another edition
4.0
A great and odd collection of some of Neil Gaiman's earlier work (70s and 80s, mostly), some of which I haven't read before as they don't appear in other collections. Some of the stuff he wrote was quite disturbing, other stuff is light hearted and twee, but all of it is good.
chwaters's review against another edition
3.0
a few familiar stories and then some other stuff. mostly good, obviously early work. fun stuff.
filipmagnus's review against another edition
5.0
A lovely slice of Neil Gaiman's earlier short fiction, with some lovely illustrations inside.