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[aprilstarchild]

I finished reading Neverwhere late last night. Richard Mayhew reminds me a lot of Arthur Dent. "WTF was that? WTF am I doing here? Am I supposed to believe that what I just saw actually happened?!?"

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[ruby-wings.livejournal.com]

Just remember, "DON'T PANIC."

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Hah, Richard Mayhew didn't have anyone/anything telling him not to panic. It wouldn't have done much good anyhow.

[valliegirl.livejournal.com]

I just finished Neverwhere a couple nights ago. I agree with the observation that Richard Mayhew and Arthur Dent are very similar. They both have a very similar situation. You take an ordinary man and you put him in extraordinary circumstances. Actually, I'm finding a lot of Neil Gaiman's heroes are like that.

I liked Neverwhere, but it wasn't my favorite of the books. I read Anasi Boys a couple weeks ago, and I absolutely loved it. I'm starting on American Gods right now.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Isn't American Gods supposed to come first? *lol*

I think re: Arther/Richard: They're both British men trying to pretend everything is normal and they're fine, when it isn't and they aren't.

[valliegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah it is. Ryan was going to let me borrow his copy of American Gods, but he couldn't find it... And then I was at Freddie's one day and they had Anasi Boys, but not American Gods, and I just finished the movies in fifteen minutes book and wanted to get more Neil Gaiman books so I read it first on impulse. Then I went and got American Gods from a used book store last weekend. *L*

[galactagogue.livejournal.com]

i'm nearing completion of neverwhere - takes a while when you get 20 minutes every couple days on the bus to read a book. daaaang.

yes, nebbish everyman. yummm.