Reviews

A Calendar of Tales by Neil Gaiman

debthebee's review

5.0

I read this short story collection on a website dedicated to it. Neil Gaiman picked a key word per each month of the year from the submissions on his Twitter account and wrote a short story around it. Each story is different and the one written for October is my favourite.

authoraugust's review

5.0

Neil! You have delighted me and made me think once more. This was an excellent little collection of short stories, and reminded me quite a lot of one of my own projects - which was very encouraging. I love to see the works of writers when they are not painstakingly combing through every detail to ensure it's perfect. It's raw and much more interesting.

lorettalucia's review

4.0

Really enjoyed January, October, November and December.

yuusasih's review

5.0

Five stars! Because it's Neil. Fucking. Gaiman, because it's so good, and because it's FREE!!

Yes, folks, it's Neil Gaiman and it's free. I'm bouncing happily on my seat when I got this, so I'll let you bounce happily on your seat, too. Go to this link to download. http://keepmoving.blackberry.com/desktop/en/us/ambassador/neil-gaiman.html

As expected from Neil Gaiman, my top fantasy writer, this anthology starts with simple ideas but turned it into beautiful stories. He tweets questions about months in a year and then the favorite answers would be turned into 12 stories. All of the stories have it's fantasy feeling, but it's range from magically adventurous into a heartwarming one.

My favorite stories? The January, July, and October tale! The January tale just leave me flabbergasted, the July tale is so bittersweet, while the October tale is just so heartwarming. Read it makes me just want to snuggle into my fluffy blanket with my cats and let the world being washed away.

Again, thank you, Mr. Gaiman. Absolutely five stars.

typesetjez's review

3.0

This was pretty good; very quick read. January was definitely my favorite, by a long shot. I want to know more about that world and those characters. The other stories were good too (although I didn't quite get the duck one), but none of them captured me like that first one did.

lumpymint's review

5.0

Personal favourites are January and October

miayukino's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Favorites: January, October, December 

polarmouse's review

3.0

BlackBerry has teamed with Neil Gaiman, Alicia Keys, and Robert Rodriguez to showcase BlackBerry 10. One of Neil Gaiman's projects was to throw out a prompt for each month of the year on Twitter every hour, see what came back, and then write a collection of short stories based on replies called A Calendar of Tales. The tales are good, some better than others, all with a touch of whimsy. They feel quickly written and a bit unpolished, but that's part of the campaign, a quick, collaborative network creating together.

Find the collection at: http://keepmoving.blackberry.com/assets/desktop/pdf/acot-stories.pdf

beebliobibuli's review

5.0

These tales are the result of one hell of a collaboration, Neil Gaiman, through his and his fans tweets managed to write twelve amazing short stories, here are the questions and their answers, I'll leave it to you to discover the stories... my favorite was the "October Tale"..

titan3lla's review

4.0

Neil's stories always warm my heart. Especially on a cold October day, like today.