American Gods By Neil Gaiman

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American Gods - A Novel By Neil Gaiman

Have you ever wondered what happens to Gods when people stop believing in them?

In his internationally acclaimed bestselling novel American Gods, award winning British author Neil Gaiman tells the intriguing tale of Shadow, an ordinary young man who encounters some very extraordinary characters who involve him in a road trip across America on a strange and very dangerous journey of adventure in which ancient mythology and folklore meets the New Gods of the modern world.
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American Gods Summary & Review

Plot synopsis of American Gods by Neil Gaiman

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Shadow is a petty criminal serving out the last few remaining days of his jail sentence and looking forward to going back home to his beloved wife and his old life.

His dreams are shattered when he receives the news that both his wife and best friend have been killed in the same car crash and that they had been having an affair. Numb and bewildered, Shadow returns to a life beyond prison now devoid of any meaning and stability.

He is approached by a mysterious man calling himself "Mr Wednesday" who offers him work. Unable to think of anything better to occupy himself and grabbing at a chance to get away, Shadow soon finds himself travelling the length and breadth of America undertaking (quite literally!) a very peculiar and often dangerous series of "jobs" and meeting the strangest "people" along the way...

If you like Neil Gaiman's other works, you'll love "American Gods" - it's as rich in characterisation and as cleverly written as Gaiman fans have come to expect...if you're a newcomer to the works of Neil Gaiman, you'll be amazed at how well he can tell a story...

American Gods is available to order online from the Amazon bookstore.


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Amazon review of American Gods:

"American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit..."

Neil Gaiman Reads An Extract From "American Gods"

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“This is a bad land for gods...”

Who Are All The Gods Featured In "American Gods"

A comprehensive listing of the mystical and mythical characters featured in "American Gods"...

American Gods features numerous Gods, Goddesses, deities, spirits, demons and characters from mythology and folklore, all from totally diverse cultures and time periods. This mixed bag of supernatural entities are taken out of their usual "mystical" background and presented as "ordinary" (well sort of!) people, living normal (comparatively!) everyday lives in modern America

Some you'll recognise quite easily, some are harder to spot and (if you're anything like me), some you won't know at all...

However, help is at hand for those trying to understand the signifcance of some of the characters in American Gods!

Here's a link to an exceptionally comprehensive and helpful website which lists and explains virtually all of the Gods, Goddesses, supernatural and mythical beings featured in American Gods. If you're scratching your head in puzzlement or wondering why a character is behaving in a certain way, take a look at:
Only The Gods Are Real

“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered...”

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American Gods - Awards And Nominations

Awards and nominations won by "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

In 2002, American Gods won the following awards for Best Novel;
Hugo Award
Nebula Award
SFX Magazine Award
Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel
The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

In the same year it was also nominated for the BSFA Award, World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award and Mythopoeic Award.

In 2004, American Gods won the Geffen Award
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?I'm delighted with the case,? Gaiman tells Comic Riffs on Monday. ?I'm delighted with the decisions. ... And I'm delighted to put it behind me.? Gaiman ? widely known for such works as ?Sandman,? ?Coraline,? ?American Gods? and ?The Graveyard Book? ...
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By Todd Richman | February 2, 2012 Fantasy industry giants Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane finally called a truce in their long-running legal feud over who owns which characters in the Spawn universe, according to court documents. Gaiman and McFarlane ...
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I've read American Gods by Neil Gaiman twice - it's such a monster that I felt as though I'd get more from it a second time around. And I did, I think. But part of me feels as though re-reading books is a disservice to great books I haven't read yet.

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