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‘Gaiman is god in the universe of story’ Stephen Fry

‘A perfect antidote to cynicism and a paean to the power of reading’ Observer

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‘Literature does not occur in a vacuum. It cannot be a monologue. It has to be a conversation’

This collection will draw you in to exchanges on making good art and Syrian refugees, the power of a single word and playing the kazoo with Stephen King, writing about books, comics and the imagination of friends, being sad at the Oscars and telling lies for a living.

Here Neil Gaiman opens our minds to the people he admires and the things he believes might just mean something – and welcomes us to the conversation too.

‘If this book came to you during a despairing night, by dawn, you would believe in ideas and hope and humans again’ Caitlin Moran

NEIL GAIMAN.
WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.

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[Gaiman] is charming, enthusiastic, full of wonder * Guardian * Proves the former journalist has lost none of his touch for astute observations * Metro * An intimate, erudite and illuminating conversation with one of the great minds of fantasy -- Guillermo del Toro Part archive, part hymnal, full of devotion and erudition, this is also a glorious love letter to reading, to writing, to dreaming, to an entire genre -- Junot Diaz [Gaiman] is 100% pure writer. He has the ability to stimulate your thought process by expertly communicating his own -- Craig Ferguson Read every single word. Some of this stuff you won't care about at all - until Gaiman explains to you why it matters. Then, you will care. You will care deeply. You might even care forever -- Elizabeth Gilbert Neil Gaiman shows that while we might come to his writing for gods and monsters, actually all human life is here * Independent * Like a series of thoughts for the day, it's a perfect antidote to cynicism and a paean to the power of reading * Observer * Gaiman is god in the universe of story and for millions this will be a holy book -- Stephen Fry If this book came to you during a despairing night, by dawn, you would believe in ideas and hope and humans again -- Caitlin Moran