Washington, Julie E., “Author’s own fantasy is good night’s sleep”, Plain Dealer, 4 July 2001, 5E. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman was fresh from a nap on a futon in the basement of Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Shaker Square. Most authors dash into the bookstore, sign some autographs, shake a few hands and leave. Gaiman wasn’t most […]

In the process of defending his review of American Gods, Dirda speaks clearly about what we may have felt but not have been able to say about the genre of fantasy. Very much worth the read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61397-2001Jun28.html

Eisenthal, Bram, “Gods in the U.S.A.: Polytheism makes a comeback to take on the deities of technology in the fourth and best novel of a much-admired comic-book writer”, National Post, 30 June 2001, B12. AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman – – – British-born writer Neil Gaiman has made a career out of ushering readers into […]

As you’d probably expect, there’s an article on Neil and his “outlook on technology and writing”, amongst other things, in the Screen Savers archive at Tech TV. -lawho is very curious on how much the traffic to neilgamain.com did pick up between the CNN.com and the Wired articles about the website.

Along with being #10 on the July 8th New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Fiction List, American Gods is #9 on the Wall Street Journal’s Hardcover Fiction list, #45 on USA Today’s Top 150 Best-selling Books List, #9 on Publishers Weekly’s Hardcover Fiction list, #5 on San Francisco Chronicle’s Hardcover Fiction list, and #10 on the […]

Ford, Rory, at “Sandman is coming”, Evening News, 28 June 2001, p.4NEIL GAIMAN writes fantasies and wild flights of the imagination but it’s unlikely that even he could have come up with anything as outlandish and, frankly, unlikely as his own career. Nearly 20 years ago he was a struggling hack in London, writing articles […]

American Gods debuts on the Independent Bestseller Hardcover list at #7.-lawho should be whapped for not realizing that the links embedded in the journal are not highlighted a different color, and that you don’t see them unless you’re passing your mouse over them.

From alt.fan.neil-gaiman: <li <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:alt.fan.neil-gaiman+author:hurm%40heart.net&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&scoring=d&rnum=3&ic=1&selm=HvKY6.4%24c_5.42%40e420r-atl1.usenetserver.com&filter=0" target="_blank" Hurm (Pages for All Ages, IL) Maggie (Stars Our Destination, IL) Margret (Stars Our Destination, IL) JeremyL (Joseph-Beth, KY) Ghost Who Walks (Joseph-Beth, KY) Christine Marie (Third Place Booksellers, WA)

As mentioned in the journal, the article by M.J. Rose on the successful marketing of American Gods via the web is at http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44751,00.html.

Tony Whitt’s review of American Gods is online at http://www.cinescape.com/0/Editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Books&action=page&obj_id=27367. It links to an interview from last October done during the CBLDF tour at http://www.cinescape.com/0/Editorial.asp?this_cat=Comics&obj_id=25180&aff_id=0