... of Transmetropolitan (finally!). World War Z, to prepare myself. The Taking and Seize The night for work. Anansi Boys because Neil Gaiman is love, and should be my friend and take me shopping. And from work: Coronado, Faeries of Dreamdark, Inside The Wire, and Nack ...

... on crypto + crypto history.../). So, all great minds are not alike, hehe ;-) Anyway, I had a really hard time with Anansi Boys, which I didn't even finish, and right now I'm struggling with The Myth of Evil, which is tough going - a lot of academical yada-yada. But some books ARE ...

42 Markson, David Vanishing Point: A Novel 208 pages 43 Gaiman, Neil Anansi Boys: A Novel 352 pages 44 Ende, Michael The Neverending Story 384 pages

To weigh in on the discussion above, I found Anansi Boys to be a lot of fun, and the audio version was fantastic. It's got a very different tone than American Gods, and isn't really a sequel so much as a book with one of the same characters. I'm currently reading Around the World in 80 Days ...

... course, it's a matter of taste, but it's really fun to read, and hilarious! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. =) Anansi Boys is lots of fun as BookLoverGuy says, but it's quite different from American Gods both in story and in tone. I liked it myself, but then I'm quite biased when ...

... on gods and culture with with this very serious kind of passive and restrained tone. I'm not sold on carrying on with Ananzi Boys. Maybe. It's nice to see a positive comment. It gets a lot of criticism. But I'm looking forward to reading Good Omens sometime.

... Douglas Adams, Carol O'Connell, C. S. Lewis etc... FAVORITE BOOK(s): Homeland, A Game of Thrones, Anansi Boys, To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckelberry Finn, The Princess Bride, The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia. ...

... read would be a huge disappointment. It didn't get better when taht was how it turned out - I didn't even manage to finish Anansi Boys and that's VERY unusual for me... #171 - Congratulations!!! That must feel very good indeed :-) Hopefully he will move on to other books as well!

... to force Gaiman on anyone, but Good Omens is one of my all-time favorite books. It's very different from American Gods or Anansi Boys. You feel that he hasn't written it by himself. I love Gaiman, but for those who love Pratchett, it is definitely also a treat. I think they complement each ...

... I did really enjoy. I find Gaiman quite diverse. That said, I'm not really into reading the sequel to American Gods, Anansi Boys, right now. And I'll pass on The Children of Hurin. The other ideas sound good though.

Or what about Anansi Boys from Neil Gaiman? It's out in paperback and I heard him read from it at a literature fair and it sounds awesome!

... list (a top 6) is very much a work in progress, and I am tempted to add mountains of explanatory notes, but here goes: The History Boys: A Play by Alan Bennett The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera So Long, And Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams Strange ...

As far as recommendations go, I loved the Anansi Boys audiobook, read by Lenny Henry. I thought he did a fantastic job. Coraline was also very well done. Neil Gaiman read it himself, and I found it to be a very fun take on the book.

Arrived today in the mail from the Science Fiction Book Club: The First Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, Frederik Pohl

... Bryson A universal History of Infamy by Jorge Luis Borgess Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast by Charlie Connelly Beyo ...

... read The Sandman books by Neil Gaiman at least 3 times each. And most of his other books too, like Neverwhere and Anansi Boys. I've read Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books countless times too. I read the first four Harry Potter books at least 3 times each, but the later ones ...

... Cooper. I had read other stuff by Neil Gaiman including American Gods prior to our group read but then I tried Anansi boys which felt wooden and I won't buy another book by him. But that doesn't make the "liked one read the rest" tendency less valid :-)

w00t. I guess I just keep posting as I read, so here's all of the one's I've read so far: 1) Uglies By Scott Westerfeld 2) Death of a Salesman By Arthur Miller 3) The Supernaturalist By Eoin Colfer 4) Broken Glass By Arthur Miller 5) Brave New World By Aldous Huxle ...

>4 For fiction try Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore - it's humor involving the Coyote trickster myth. Also, Anansi Boys does use some African mythology, although how "accurate" it is as a source of information, I don't know.

... read Bloody Jack: by L. A. Meyer, which was nothing spectacular but was a fun nautical adventure. I also listenend to Anansi Boys, The Golem's Eye, and (finally) the original Peter Pan (read by Jim Dale, which was great). I'm currently listening to Ptolemy's Gate, reading In Searc ...

I finally gave up on Anansi Boys, which is an unusual thing for me to do. Maybe I'll try again later. I'm waiting for A Song for Arbonne to arrive in the mail (any day now?!) and in the meantime I'm reading a book discussing IS/IT-departments vs. the core business of the corporation (IT ur ...

... to start part two of this thread - the last is 262 posts long, and takes some time loading ;-) Presently I'm reading Anansi Boys by Gaiman, and this far I'm less than impressed. Maybe this is because I was awed by The Lions of Al-Rassan, but I chose Anansi... on puropse - I wanted ...

... on daytime TV here), and he watches it right now - when he's through it we'll have a evening snack :-) Then I go read Anansi Boys for a while...

... American english - or sometimes with a British accent. For characters that're clearly meant to have another accent, (as in Anansi Boys and The Historian, to pick two from recent memory), it's so much nicer to have a talented voice actor pick up the slack.

#16 fyrefly98 - I loved the audiobook of Anansi Boys! I think Lenny Henry did a great job; I can hear his voice in my head now when I glance through my own copy of the book.

... With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs and The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud. I'm currently listening to Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, which so far is engaging and funny. I'm currently reading In Search of the Golden Frog by Marty Crump, which is essentially excerpts from ...

... Sir Thursday ...). I don't think two books count as a series, but I also love Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Anansi Boys, as well as much of his other stuff. And, since the original post asked for favorite authors in general, I have to say that my all-time favorite is Ray Bradbu ...

... Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon 5. Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman 6. Fables Wolves 7. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman February 8. The Girl Who Played Go - Shan Sa 9. Stardust - Neil Gaiman Note - should graphic novels (tpb) be counted? Yes/No?

... little shelf on my headboard: The Final Confession of Mabel Stark (indeed, I've started this one) The Cloud Atlas Anansi Boys The Roald Dahl Omnibus The Best New British Mysteries Extra Virgin and Tom's Midnight Garden ...a nice range, I think! ~S

Thanks mdbenoit, I'll give Anansi Boys a try. Sandragon, I didn't know anyone else had done an audio version of Harry Potter - Stephen Fry would be excellent I bet. Jim Dale is wonderful, I have all the HP audio books done by him, but I'd love to hear Fry's version - will have to look for it. ...

... dreadful. I'll have to give Neil Gaiman another try though as everyone on LT seems to rave about him - do you think Anansi Boys would be a good one to start with?

... (http://mdbenoit.com/blog/2007/01/09/currently-reading-25/). It's one book I disliked but actually finished because I loved Anansi Boys and hoped it would get better. I've been raked over the coals for my lack of taste. Nothing I like better than to stimulate discussion.

... Then I read it and wondered what all the fuss was about. It should have been much better. The art is good, though. Anansi Boys by Gaiman. - I am a Gaiman fan and am very happy his next book isn't about gods. Enough with the gods walking around the hood. Gaiman is a good writer ...

yes most Neil Gaiman is Urban fantasy, specifically American Gods Anansi Boys and Neverwhere are all urban fantasy

... ? In American Gods the protagonist certainly runes into a few deities, definitely not a heroic type fantasy though. Is Anansi Boys similar?

... but I can see it's a bit borderline for involvement. I'm kicking myself that I didn't think of American Gods and Anansi Boys earlier, I'm pretty sure both of those meet the modern characters meeting legendary characters in our world motif. Tim Powers has written some that are ...

I am listening to Anansi Boys which is fantastic as read by Lenny Henry. He really adds a lot to the narrative, which is wonderful on its own. I love the way Gaiman blends reality with myth. I am also reading and enjoying M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party. He manages to embed a thought-provoki ...

... about the Middle East, and uncomfortable (rather than intriguing) parallels with real world current events. 5) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman A quick read, but not a gripping or impressive one. I like Neil Gaiman and have enjoyed his work in graphic novels immensely (especially Mr ...

... and ended up giving up not so far into it. Don't think his style or choice of subject was up my alley. I might give Anansi Boys a try though....I'm always game for something new.

... River, but the plot twists weren't as interesting. I know this won an Edgar Award, but I wouldn't have voted for it. 4.Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman -- not as good as American Gods, so I was disappointed. Sorry, Neil. You've got too much to live up to. 5.The books I couldn't finish. Y ...

>5 - I found American Gods pretty funny too; I found Anansi Boys very dark in places. They are and aren't similar, I guess; the use of e.g. mythology and attitude to religion aren't going to be well-received in one by someone who didn't like them in the other, I suspect. I've not yet found ...

I loved American Gods. If you didn't like this, don't bother with Anansi Boys, it follows on from it.

... judiasm and islam) have too much of a hold on the mindscape of the US just some thoughts. I do recommend Anansi Boys, it's an interesting semi-sequel.

Just finished a re-read of Anansi Boys, followed by Smoke and Mirrors. Currently reading Baby Bloom which is a knitting pattern book, rather than fiction - I have a deadline and a tricky set of adaptations to make! I plan to read Lisey's Story this weekend - since I have two long car ...

... to be able to see and appreciate this pattern? I'm willing to try, and have recently ordered one more of his books - Anansi Boys - only to see if I'm right in thinking this.

Just finished Anansi Boys, my first Neil Gaiman experience. It still felt like a book for young adults, in spite of his insistence that it wasn't. Now reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs because I'm a sheep :) and a few people said they enjoyed it.

I just finished listening to American Gods, which prompted me to follow up with Anansi Boys. Thoroughly enjoyed both. About to re-start Prince of the Marshes, which I put down a few weeks ago in favour of something a little more, well, trashy.

... with the Vampire - Anne Rice The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice The Snow Fox - Susan Fromberg Schaeffer Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman The Princess Bride - William Goldman Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling Arthur and George - Julian Barnes ...

... The Big Over Easy Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the Shadow of the Tamarind Tree by Matthew S Friedman Anansi Boys Veronica Friendly Fire A Window in Copacabana Pontius Pilate by Miro Gavran Blindsight Sweetness in the Belly A Perfect night to go to Chin ...

... An interesting mix see here: http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2007/Longlist.htm I've actually read Arthur and George, Anansi Boys, The Historian and Labyrinth and there are a few others catching my eye! I'm adding them in clumps to spare my brains!

... a minute and I have a money tree growing in the back yard to support my habit. This week, I am reading Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys and I am enjoying it so far (although not nearly as much as Neverwhere, which is one of my faves. I need to finish this book quickly, though, because I am ...

Just finished the (rather disappointing, I found) Anansi Boys, and am currently finishing up Klezmer by Joann Sfar, a graphic novelist whose work I generally admire. I am still working on the endlessly entertaining Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice for all Creation, a faux agony aunt column ...

... taken in very large quantity. Space the pleasure out, is my epxerienced advice. American Gods is a good follow-up to Anansi Boys but wait until Christmas before rading it, if you want to continue to enjoy the experience. A word from a long-time reader of Gaiman's. I've been preparing ...

Currently reading my first Neil Gaiman book - Anansi Boys. So far, I like his writing style and humour, and if this book is indicative of his other work, I'll certainly be reading more.

... a new Gaiman-ite (is there such a thing). As soon as I am done with the book I am reading now I am going to pound through Anansi Boys. I also read Neverwhere and LOVED it even more than AG. I might peek in on The Green Dragon. AND - The Thirteenth Tale looks so nice and spooky - great ...

... (which I read when I was younger, but had sadly forgotten - it is quite lively and inventive so far) and Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. I am much fonder of Gaiman's work in comics than the few novels of his I have read (only American Gods, Good Omens and half of Anansi Boys so far) - the ...

Last instalment of my birthday gift cards. This one was from B&N. I got Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, Albion by Peter Ackroyd, and The illustrated Jane Eyre with illustrations by Dame Darcy. Now, with all the books I got in the last month, I have a lot of reading to do. Oh bliss! ...

... and Prejudice on audio ~ it was wonderful, and now plan to read it in book form; picked up When We Were Orphans and Anansi Boys on audio and am trying to decide which to start next. In paper book form, just finished SPQR X: A Point of Law and am in the middle of Germanicus. Also in ...

Anansi Boys is a great audiobook. I love the way Lenny Henry reads it and brings life to all the characters, but then I've always loved him as a comedian. I can't compare it to many other audiobooks though as I only own 4 and haven't listened to all of them yet.

I'm currently listening to Anansi Boys; I'm really enjoying it, and would recommend it.

Just for fun, am re"reading" Crocodile on the Sandbank. Picked up Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and The Rule of Four at the library the other day. Any opinions on which of those I should listen to next?

... HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythic_fiction">wikipedia), such as Mistress of Spices, The Antelope Wife, and Anansi Boys. This latter category has a fair amount of overlap with the genre-crossing slipstream (xicanti in FantasyFans : in search of "one shot"/stand-alone fantasy novels (Sep 6, 2006, 10:58am)

Firebird by Mercedes Lackey Stardust by Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (while it takes place in the same universe as American Gods, there's really no cross-over) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (not strictly fantasy, but certainly fantastical)

... Repose, by T. H. White (especially if the hypothetical fan likes the Dursley scenes). -Stardust and possibly Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (not that Gaiman's other work isn't also good, but those two are the ones that would correlate most strongly with liking Harry Potter, I ...

I finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman about an hour ago. Haven't decided what's next yet - oh, the freedom!

Thanks, Fence! I think I'm going to start reading Anansi Boys myself ... tonight. And RE: msgs #1 and 54 ... by a show of hands, who thinks Tim deserves to be made an honorary librarian and allowed to post to the group anytime he feels like it?

... I have not yet finished Red Earth and Pouring Rain (it is very dense), I went to the library and took out two others - Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, which I started reading today in the train.

Anansi Boys is a great read, imo. If you've read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, then it is set in the same world, but there isn't any cross over. And it is much lighter in tone. A comedic novel, with a touch of black humour. Depends on the 13 as to whether or not he'd enjoy it :)

How do you like it Anansi Boys? I just brought it home and am wondering if it might be a good one for my 13.5 yo. nephew who loves fantasy (mostly wizardry/mystical powers because he grew up on HP), Spiderwick chronicles, Anthony Horowitz etc. creativitylives