My entry for the Folio Society Book Illustration Award ☠️🌸🔪
This one was very personal. I'm a longtime fan of @neilhimself, possibly the nicest man on the planet and an astonishingly good writer.
So many artists and illustrators who have influenced me went into this. There's a lot of me in in two, parts of it are old art I drew nearly 2 decades ago.
Looking for book recommendations, similar to #TerryPratchett or #NeilGaiman. We really like their charm, wit and humour, and enjoy their quirky characters and world building. (Urban) fantasy prefered.
3/4/24 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks please.
The groundhog was right. It's a beautiful here. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to buy books today. Still, I'll be putting cool stuff out, like these...
From @scalzi: "If it makes these folks feel better to think that I'm a part-time writer, fine. In which case, I'm a part-time writer who doesn't have to have another job. That's actually pretty cool. Also, if typing is all you think qualifies as writing, well, okay. That's a choice you can make."
Neil gaiman posted this-
Posting this for the people who think that Tolkien's world-building was something complete and entire and finished before he started to write.
Happy New Year one and all if you’re following my @neilhimself raffle we are now down to 495 raffle tickets left to go please see the full description as written by Lyra’s Books for this amazing edition of Neil’s 🌟STARDUST🌟 only 2 such books exist!
Link to the tickets also below
ONLY 548 TICKETS NOW LEFT and still up for grabs for the amazing edition of @neilhimself 🌟🌟STARDUST🌟🌟 with the addition illustrations by both Neil and Charles Vess and of course bound by Lyra’s Books.
Styl Neila Gaimana jest niepodrabialny - nie znam drugiego autora, który by go kopiował (więc pewnie po prostu mało wiem). I co prawda jakoś nigdy nie ekscytuję się, gdy przede mną jest jego książka, ale mimo wszystko zawsze jestem oczarowany po lekturze, bo ten pisarz potrafi tworzyć genialne światy, a raczej rzeczywistość. Często lepszą od bohaterów, ale za to dochodzi do tego dobra, baśniowa historia na granicy światów.
"The Worlds of Terry Pratchett" — a discussion with Rob Wilkins and Neil Gaiman about Terry #Pratchett.
A really worthwhile listen, especially if you are a Pratchett-enjoyer. There’s also some lovely chat about collaborative writing and some moving insights into a unique writer.
Listening to #neilgaiman 's talk at the #britishlibrary and I didnt recognize a single author he just referenced. I think I just lost some serious book nerd street cred...
I have always been fascinated by Folklore and Myths, so I knew Treacle Walker would be a hit. Digging into old English beliefs and stories, Alan Garner created a fun and coming of age adventure where a little boy meets a strange traveler, possibly from another Realm. If you love the work of Terri Windling, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke or Ellen Kushner’s Thomas the Rhymer, you will fall in love with Alan Garner’s book.
In celebration of the birthday of @neilhimself here is the first page of the first of four one-issue short stories he penned as part of the Tharg's Future-Shocks series. This one is from Prog 488 of 2000AD, published on the 20th of September, 1986: "You're Never Alone With A Phone!" Script by Neil Gaiman with artwork by the late John Hicklenton and lettering by Tom Frame. #NeilGaiman#2000AD
Loved the British Library's 'Fantasy: Realms of Imagination' exhibition. Looks at different aspects of modern fantasy by contextualising them historically. See the handwritten notebook for Coraline by @neilhimself sitting next to C S Lewis's original ideas for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. There is the manuscript of Beowulf, Gandalf's staff from the Lord of the Rings films, and much more. A great celebration of books and fantasy.
And many someones in overlapping layers of responsibility ENABLED this infection.
This linguistic shift from the passive to active voice might seem irrelevant but, instead of just echoing the framing we see in the headlines — that Neil Gaiman got COVID-19— it’s time to own that somebody has infected Neil.
The passive voice has served a macabre purpose in this pandemic. The passive voice, by erasing the subject of the sentence, neatly obscures accountability, and with it our own role in unmitigated infections. Moreover, it has prevented us from identifying the layers of responsibility in enabling infections on a mass scale. This mental block is the first obstacle to advocating for effective mitigations and constructive solutions. It stops us from preventing infections. But that is changing now.
It is time to own the damage that we are causing by infecting others with COVID-19. I believe that we all know, deep inside, that we are causing harm. And many of us are suffering from the cognitive dissonance of pretending that we aren’t. Because, in a pandemic, this is serious and large-scale harm.
This harm that, according to estimates, has killed over 25 million people and disabled at least 65 million and counting. The sooner we face the harm we are causing by infecting other people, the less damage we will cause to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community, to strangers on the other side of the world. And to people who entertain and inspire us, like speculative fiction author and TV creator Neil Gaiman. And inspiration is necessary when we are facing so many challenges. It’s that simple.
¿Y yo ahora cómo recupero la alegría después del final de la segunda temporada de #GoodOmens?
Menuda seriaza, cómo se comen la pantalla #DavidTennant y #MichaelSheen. Qué puntazo crítico tiene contra los dogmas cristianos y qué recuerdos preciosos de Londres me ha devuelto.