Neverwhere...Enter The World Of "London Below"...
Under the streets of London there's a secret world which is Neverwhere...a dark mysterious place of shadows, tunnels and abandoned underground stations populated by assassins and warriors, angels and vampires, talking rats and a hierarchy of nobility...it's called "London Below"...and sometimes London Below spills out into London Above...
Neverwhere was originally devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry as a BBC TV series in 1996 and later developed into a novel and graphic novel, both written by Neil Gaiman.
Neverwhere Quotes
"I already killed you once.
What does it take to teach some people?"
Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere book, TV series and rumoured film!
Plot Summary Of Neverwhere
Synopisis of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Richard Mayhew is a very ordinary young man. He lives in a flat, has an expensive fiancee and a rather dull job.One day Richard stops to help a young girl who mysteriously suddenly appears in front of him, lying injured and bleeding on the pavement. He takes her home, cleans her up and is more than a little surprised when she informs him that her name is "Door"...
Door asks Richard to find a man called "The Marquis De Carabas", a man who she says can help her. Richard reluctantantly agrees and brings the Marquis back home to see Door...it's only when both Door and the Marquis vanish in front of his eyes, that Richard really starts to realise that's he's got himself involved in some Major Weirdness.
Following his encounter with Door and the Marquis De Carabas, Richard's life turns upside down...taxis won't stop for him, his fiancee has forgotten who he is, he comes back home to find his flat has been rented out to someone else...in short he has become invisible to everything and everyone he knew...
Realising that his only hope of a return to normality is to track down Door again, Richard returns to where he met the Marquis and enters the world where those who fall through the cracks in our society live...the world of which London Below is just a part...the dangerous place which is NEVERWHERE...
Neverwhere Characters - "Richard Mayhew"
Neverwhere Review
Book reviews of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere:
The Author's Preferred Text
From the flawed Angel Islington, the utterly unpleasant Croup and Vandemar, the mercenary Rat Speakers, the mysterious Black Friars, to the tragic Anesthesia, even the more minor characters are developed so well that they trigger an emotional response in the reader, even if there's absolutely nothing to like about the way they behave!
The main characters are easy to get on with; Richard Mayhew is an "everyman", a straightforward bloke next door and ultimately, just a good guy trying to do his best, Door for all her outward displays of self-assurance, is little more than a child who has had to grow up VERY quickly and who wears a mask to hide how frightened she really is, and The Marquis de Carabas is a rogue, whose inherent good nature and bravery ensures that he comes good in the end...
Neverwhere is a "can't put it down" sort of book...superbly written, fast paced, action packed and with a twist round every corner...
Highly recommended for anyone who likes reading entertaining fantasy stories!
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- Finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, and while I can see the similar themes in all his stories, each one was still a treat to read. If you haven't read anything by him yet, and you like fantasy stories, I'd highly recommend his work. ...
Neverwhere Characters - "Door"
Neverwhere - The TV Series
Before it was a novel, Neverwhere was a TV series...
The original idea for "Neverwhere" came from Neil Gaiman's friend, British actor and comedian, Lenny Henry who approached Neil with an idea for a TV script based around homeless people.Neil Gaiman was uncomfortable with the concept of portraying homelessness as "cool", but he took the idea and developed it into a fantasy plotline for TV, which he later turned into both a novel and graphic novel.
Neverwhere was first broadcast on BBC Two from September 12, 1996 in six half-hour episodes:
Door
Knight's Bridge
Earl's Court To Islington
Blackfriars
Down Street
As Above, So Below
Neverwhere is available on DVD - Neverwhere - The Complete BBC Series [1996] [DVD].
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Neverwhere Main Cast & Characters;
Gary Bakewell - Richard Mayhew
Laura Fraser - Door
Paterson Joseph - The Marquis de Carabas
Hywel Bennett - Mr. Croup
Clive Russell - Mr. Vandemar
Trevor Peacock - Old Bailey
Tanya Moodie - Hunter
Peter Capaldi - The Angel Islington
Neverwhere TV Series Taster!
A taster of the 1996 TV series, Neverwhere, devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry
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Neverwhere Characters - "The Marquis De Carabas"
Neverwhere Quotes
"Croup and Vandemar - obstacles obliterated, nuisances eradicated, bothersome limbs removed..."
Neverwhere Characters - "Croup and Vandemar"
Neil Gaiman Interview - "Will There Be A Neverwhere Movie?"
Neil Gaiman talks about the possibility of a film version of Neverwhere
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Neverwhere Characters - "The Angel Islington"
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The complete comics adaptation of the acclaimed novel by New York Timesbest-selling author Neil Gaiman is now available in one volume! NEVERWHERE follows the adventures of an ordinary Londoner who stops to helpan enigmatic girl and is drawn into a battle to save the strange underworldkingdom of London Below from destruction.
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Beneath the familiar streets of London lies another world, and Richard Mayhew is about to be plunged into a dark odyssey through London Below. On his way to dinner with his fiancee he sees a wounded girl on the sidewalk, and his efforts to help her end the life he knows. The next morning, he is a cipher, erased from existence and consigned to a subterranean world of danger and shadows.
One of the most acclaimed fantasy novels in recent years, NEVERWHERE was originally a six-part BBC television series. Rarely seen since its initial broadcast, the visionary tale was the first story written directly for the screen by Neil Gaiman, the prolific genius behind the DC Comics The Sandman series and the best-selling novel American Gods. Now, NEVERWHERE comes to DVD with this mesmerizing collection, which includes audio commentary by Gaiman as well as a vintage interview with him. DVD Features: Commentary with Creator Neil Gaiman; The Original BBC Neil Gaiman Interview; Photo Gallery; Character Descriptions; Neil Gaiman Biography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
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- MikeMoore MikeMoore Apr 30, 2009 @ 6:12 pm
- I think American Gods is Neil Gaimens best work. I actually have him featured on my best fiction books lens. His work is stellar though. He's truly a great author.
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Jan 13, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
- LOVE Neverwhere - one of my favorite books! I didn't realize it was a tv series first - I will definitely have to look into that! 5* and congratulations on making Giant!
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