While poking around Neil Gaiman’s Tumblr, I stumbled on one question somebody asked him: Hello, I’m new here. I heard a lot about your tumblr from my friend. She told me about your books etc. but honestly I didn’t read any of it yet. I just want to ask you, which book I should read first? Maybe it’s a stupid question but well I’m just curious. :D
His answer started with “I have no idea.” It had me wondering, what books got me to maniacally seek out my favorite authors’ books? For Gaiman, it was Good Omens, the Gaiman/Terry Pratchett collaboration about the Antichrist, the Four Horsemen, and the Apocalypse in general. The next thing I picked up was Sandman (thanks Eya!).
Confession: Every time I read something written by Neil Gaiman I feel the need to write. Sometimes I do – one of which I recently submitted. That last story was actually written after reading a Sandman wiki-page.
I first picked up Sue Grafton’s detective series with Kinsey Millhone at G is for Gumshoe, which I find apt. Stephen King at Pet Sematary (or was it The Green Mile?), Diana Wynne Jones at Howl’s Moving Castle (which I read after watching Hayao Miyazaki’s film based on it), Libba Bray at The Sweet Far Thing (Rica recommended it, at the recommendation of another friend), and MaryJanice Davidson at Undead and Unwed (sorry, guilty pleasure, read it at Lei’s recommendation).
Next up, Stieg Larsson!
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