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May 20, 2013 with 810 notes

tags: how to talk to girls at parties. ocean at the end of the lane. neil gaiman. free stuff. book. ebook. kindle. I need to go get some kindle software. free. amazon.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (eBook Original): Neil Gaiman: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

neil-gaiman:

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (eBook Original): Neil Gaiman: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

It’s my SF short story (currently being adapted into a film by Hedwig’s own John Cameron Mitchell) it’s free, and comes along with an OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE preview — you can read the first 3 chapters, a month before publication. It’s up on Amazon now and you can download it to your Kindle or, if you do not have a Kindle, to Kindle software on your computer, phone, tablet etc.

Feel very free to spread this one around.

In the UK, that’s http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/B00C2UUJX4?tag=adapas-21 instead, or at Google Play for Books at https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=SP1Mzpj9F1IC

May 18, 2013 with 1,133 notes

tags: wow that really is a lovely photo. amanda palmer. neil gaiman. black and white. photography. beautiful.

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me and @neilhimself at the wedding ceremony of my dear old friend Jonas Woolverton and Jamie in California, last year.

I love this photo…

May 18, 2013 with 1,300 notes

tags: american gods. art. illustration. beautiful. nicolas delort. book. neil gaiman. black and white.

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“American Gods” by Nicolas Delort

oh this guy … i thought that piece earlier was familiar …

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May 15, 2013 with 2,413 notes

tags: neil gaiman. photograph. tweeting. texting. cute.

neil-gaiman:

amandapalmer:

this is often how @neilhimself stands when he’s twittering in public. i am so glad to have caught this moment, because I look at it all the time.

She assures me that this is indeed how I stand when I am tweeting or texting.

How odd.

May 14, 2013 with 1,086 notes

tags: the ocean at the end of the lane. neil gaiman. coraline. signing. drawing things.

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On the final stretch of pre-signing. When I get bored I draw ghosts.

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Neil, you drew me a rat. I was 13 and now, almost a decade later, its still one of my favorite things. Thanks Neil!

And suddenly, 11 years of drawing rats on Coralines feels perfectly justified.

April 29, 2013 with 544 notes

tags: neil gaiman. twitter. interview. mark edmonds.

neil-gaiman:

This was posted on Twitter… It’s from the UK Sunday Times (can’t see a link to it).

(Also, I went and checked the email exchange, and I spelled irrelevant correctly. Which puzzles me, about the Sunday Times and the concept of spell checking.)

April 23, 2013 with 724 notes

tags: neil gaiman. ink blobs. signing. funny.

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Signing 10,000 sheets of paper 101: how to creatively deal with ink blobs.

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April 22, 2013 with 2,165 notes

tags: death. skottie young. art. illustration. drawing. the endless. neil gaiman.

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Death by Skottie Young

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April 17, 2013 with 7,688 notes

tags: crowley. aziraphale. good omens. neil gaiman. gif. art. illustration. book.

_{”A demon can get into real trouble, doing the right thing.” He nudged the angel. “Funny if we both got it wrong, eh? Funny if I did the good thing and you did the bad one, eh?”
“Not really,” said Aziraphale.
Crawly looked at the rain.
“No,” he said, sobering up. “I suppose not.”}

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April 16, 2013 with 513 notes

tags: Neil Gaiman. Photoshoot. funny.

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“Look serious and moody and a bit grumpy,” said the photographer.

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April 12, 2013 with 1,890 notes

tags: delirium. cosplay. wow. beautiful. I've always loved that portrait of her. neil gaiman. sandman. fernanda machado. Rafael Ohana. photography. art.

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rafaelohana:

Delirium

Inspired on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman

Model: Fernanda Machado

Make Up: Fernanda Machado

http://www.facebook.com/pompberrycosplay

Follow me On Facebook

www.facebook.com/RafaelOhanaPhotography

Amazing.

April 4, 2013 with 1,435 notes

tags: signing tour. book tour. the ocean at the end of the lane. neil gaiman. WANT. tickets. book.

Neil Gaiman: OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE, NEIL GAIMAN US SIGNING TOUR JUNE JULY 2013

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elysemarshall:

This is a tour of epic proportions, people. Also the last time that Neil Gaiman will be doing a book signing tour. Get those tickets while you can! The book is excellent and I’m sure the tour will be out of this world.

(With any luck, Neil will survive the tour, but that is another matter entirely)

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OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE, NEIL GAIMAN US SIGNING TOUR JUNE JULY 2013

Neil Gaiman/OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE/Full Ticket Info EventsTuesday, June 18/BROOKLYN, NY Greenlight Bookstore w/ Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) @ Howard Gilman Opera House 7:00 PM 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 Twitter: @greenlightbklyn @BAM_Brooklyn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenlight-Bookstore/70922460961 https://www.facebook.com/BAMstage?ref=ts&fref=tsWebsite: www.greenlightbookstore.com www.bam.org Wednesday, June 19/NEW YORK, NY Symphony Space “Thalia Book Club Series” 7:00 PM 2537 Broadway (@ 95^th Street) New York, NY 10025 Box Office: 212-864-5400 Twitter: @SymphonySpace @SelectedShorts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/symphonyspace?ref=ts&fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/pages/Selected-Shorts/292001113864 Website:http://www.symphonyspace.org/genre/literature http://www.symphonyspace.org/series/72 Thursday, June 20/SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY Northshire Bookstore Saratoga @ Saratoga City Center 6:00 PM 522 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Box Office: Tickets will be sold on the store’s website, or in the VT store (4869 Main Street Manchester Center, VT 05255) Twitter: @NorthshireBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northshire-Bookstore/224327384223 Website: www.northshire.com Friday, June 21/WASHINGTON, DC Politics & Prose Bookstore @ George Washington University Lisner Auditorium 6:00 PM 730 21^st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Twitter: @Politics_Prose Facebook: www.facebook.com/politicsandproseWebsite: www.politics-prose.com Saturday, June 22/DECATUR, GA Eagle Eye Book Shop @ Agnes Scott College Presser Hall 7:00 PM 141 East College Avenue Decatur, GA 30030 Twitter: @eagleeyebooks Facebook: www.facebook.com/eagleeyebooksWebsite: www.eagleeyebooks.com Sunday, June 23/CORAL GABLES, FLBooks & Books @ Temple Judea 2:00 PM 5500 Granada Boulevard Coral Gables, FL 33146 Twitter: @booksandbooks Facebook: www.Facebook.com/booksandbooks Instagram: BooksandbooksMonday, June 24/DALLAS, TX Dallas Museum of Art @ Majestic Theatre 7:00 PM 1925 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75201 Box Office: 214-922-1818 or visit tickets.dma.org Twitter: @DallasMuseumArt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/DallasMuseumofArt?fref=tsTuesday, June 25/DENVER, CO Tattered Cover Book Store (LoDo) 6:00 PM 1628 16^th Street Denver, CO 80202 Twitter: @tatteredcover Facebook: www.facebook.com/tattered.cover Website: www.tatteredcover.comWednesday, June 26/PHOENIX, AZ Changing Hands Bookstore @ South Mountain High School Auditorium 6:00 PM 5401 South 7^th Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Twitter: @changinghands Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/changinghandsWebsite: http://www.changinghands.com/ Thursday, June 27/LOS ANGELES, CA Live Talks Los Angeles w/ Barnes & Noble @ Alex Theatre 8:00 PM 216 North Brand Boulevard Glendale, CA 91203 Tickets: www.livetalksla.org/events/upcoming-events Twitter: @livetalksla Facebook: www.facebook.com/livetalks Friday, June 28/SAN FRANCISCO, CAThe Booksmith @ American Conservatory Theater (ACT) Geary Theater 7:00 PM 415 Geary Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/14616Twitter: https://twitter.com/Booksmith Facebook: www.facebook.com/booksmithWebsite: www.booksmith.com Saturday, June 29/PORTLAND, OR Powell’s Books @ Crystal Ballroom 3:00 PM 1332 West Burnside Street Portland, OR 97209 Twitter: @Powells Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powellsbooksWebsite: http://www.powells.com/events Tumblr: http://powells.tumblr.com/Tuesday, July 2/SEATTLE, WA University Book Store w/ Clarion West Writers Workshop @ Town Hall Seattle 7:00 PM 1119 8^th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 Twitter: @ubs_events @ClarionWest Facebook:www.facebook.com/pages/University-Book-Store/44262813758 Website:www.ubookstore.com www.clarionwest.org Saturday, July 6/SANTA ROSA, CA Copperfield’s Books @ Santa Rosa Theater 8:00 PM 1235 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Tickets: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/boxofficeTwitter: @Copperfields Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/copperfieldsbooks?ref=hlWebsite: www.copperfieldsbooks.com Sunday, July 7/ANN ARBOR, MINicola’s Books @ Michigan Theater 6:00 PM 603 East Liberty Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Box Office: http://www.michtheater.org/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicolas-Books-Ann-Arbors-Premier-Independent- Book-Store/322456060697 Website: www.nicolasbooks.comMonday, July 8/BLOOMINGTON, MN Barnes & Noble of Edina @ Jefferson High School Auditorium 6:00 PM 4001 West 102^nd Street Bloomington, MN 55437 Website: http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2514 Tuesday, July 9/CHICAGO, IL Unabridged Bookstore @ Music Box Theater 7:00 PM 3733 North Southport Avenue Chicago, IL 60613 Twitter: @unabridgedbooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unabridgedbookstoreWebsite: www.unabridgedbookstore.com Tumblr: http://unabridgedbookstore.tumblr.com/ Wednesday, July 10/NASHVILLE, TN Parnassus Books @ Tennessee Performing Arts Council’s War Memorial Auditorium 6:00 PM 301 6^th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243 Box Office: http://www.wmarocks.com/events Twitter: @parnassusbooks1 Facebook: www.facebook.com/parnassusbooks1Website: www.parnassusbooks.net Thursday, July 11/LEXINGTON, KYJoseph-Beth Booksellers @ Grand Reserve Events Center 7:00 PM 903 Manchester Street Lexington, KY 40508 Tickets: purchase at Joseph-Beth Lexington at 800 248 6849 or 859 273 2911. Twitter: @josephbethlex Facebook: www.facebook.com/josephbethlex Website: www.josephbeth.comSaturday, July 13/CAMBRIDGE, MA Porter Square Books @ First Parish Church 6:30 PM 1446 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Twitter: @PorterSqBooks Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Porter-Square-Books/112608362085830
The William Morrow press office just sent me the dates and locations of the OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE tour.

This may be modified slightly as we go — I’ll add any additional information (there’s nothing on ticket prices here, for example — most stores will count your ticket cost toward the cost of the book.)

The current plan is that I’ll sign any copies of The Ocean at the End of the Lane for you, and one or two other things, depending on lines and numbers. This may change.

I’ll also plan to sign as much as possible of what the bookstore has of mine when I get to each new shop, including many copies of OCEAN. So you can watch me read and do a Q&A and then take off if you do not want to wait.

Many shops will have leftover signed books after the signing, or will take preorders for a book to be signed and sent out. I’ll sign all the books that each store needs signed, but there’s no guarantee that I’ll be able to personalise phone/internet orders.

And yes, this will be my last US book-signing tour. And I’m going to try and do as much as possible of it in a bus, mostly so I can get more sleep than I did on the Anansi Boystour.

Feel very free to spread the information around. (UK & Canada & the rest of the world signing information is not in this post.)

For the record, Elyse was the only reason I survived the 2008 Graveyard Book tour. And that was a reading tour, not a signing tour.

I would move to America for things like this.

March 24, 2013 with 10,843 notes

tags: audiobooks. neil gaiman.

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kateordie:

Literary perverts, make some noise! Some quiet, muffled noise.

True Stories With Audiobooks: One time I found myself listening to Mr. Gaiman narrate some details of Tristran Thorn’s conception whilst sitting in a crowded hospital waiting room. This was pre-“50 Shades of public transport” days. Glancing around at strangers like: “THEY CAN TELL”

The last story I had to record last week (when I did the OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE and SMOKE AND MIRRORS audiobooks in Austin) was “Tastings” from Smoke and Mirrors. I remembered that the story contained a lot of sex, but it wasn’t real to me quite how much until I had to read it, to an audience consisting of an extremely beautiful female sound engineer who had listened to me read for six days. And who hadn’t heard anything like that. (I also realised I’d never read it aloud before.)

I worry I’ll get stern letters, when the book comes out.

March 16, 2013 with 21,505 notes

tags: library. quote. neil gaiman. ann herbert. jerzy kosinsky. carl sagan. ray bradbury. archibald macleish. mark tawin. writers.

wordsbydan:

7 Great quotes about libraries on photos of beautiful libraries

With libraries around the world in danger of extinction, Flavorwire posted a series of great quotes about libraries from famous writers. I decided to pair them with some of the world’s most beautiful libraries. You’re welcome;

Trinity College Library - University of Dublin

University Club Library – New York City

Admont Abbey Library – Austria

Real Gabinete Português de Leitura – Rio de Janeiro

Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle

Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa

Click on the photo to see it full size. Support your local library, kids.

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March 13, 2013 with 850 notes

tags: book. neil gaiman. unnatural creatures. stories. collection. book cover. beautiful. art.

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Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman by Neil Gaiman

Received my ARC today. This looks like an excellent collection.

Stories include selections from Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, E. Nesbit, Peter S. Beagle, and some other classic authors, but there are also stories by Nalo Hopkinson, Megan Kurashige, Nnedi Okorafor, and E. Lily Yu. The only way I could possibly be more excited to read this would be if there was also an N.K. Jemisin story.

While the male authors picked are all white dudes, I actually kind of like the way that works out. Many of the stories by men in this collection are by guys who are dead, and if this was someone’s only exposure to fantasy I think one would have to draw the conclusion that white men are the history of the genre and that the future of fantasy storytelling is represented by a fairly diverse group of women.

I’m really proud of this collection. And I don’t think that would be a particularly wrong-headed conclusion, either.

Puzzled to learn that Samuel R. Delany, aka Chip Delany to his friends, whose story ‘Prismatica’ I reprint in Unnatural Creatures for the first time in 35 years, is now thought of as a white dude, though. He does have a long white beard.

This is what Chip Delany looked like before he had a long white beard:

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