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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (edition 2007)

by Neil Gaiman (Author)

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A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light.
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Title:Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Authors:Neil Gaiman (Author)
Info:William Morrow Paperbacks (2007), Edition: Reprint, 416 pages
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman

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  1. 130
    American Gods {original} by Neil Gaiman (moonstormer)
    moonstormer: Fragile Things contains a short story with the same character as is in American Gods. Both are highly recommended.
  2. 30
    The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke (Larkken)
    Larkken: The short stories contained in each anthology have a similar feel, and both, to some degree, play with traditional fairy tale themes. Clarke's novel benefits from reading her debut novel, as her collection is placed in the same world.
  3. 30
    The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (PghDragonMan)
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    Beowulf by Beowulf Poet (moonstormer)
    moonstormer: the short story in Fragile Things - Monarch of the Glen - is very related to Beowulf and could be seen as an interesting commentary.
  5. 10
    A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean (fyrefly98)
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    The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm by Ellen Datlow (veracity)
  7. 21
    We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle (MyriadBooks)
    MyriadBooks: For, "Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to come from a minister's lips. Blasphemous, too, properly regarded."
  8. 21
    The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis (sturlington)
    sturlington: One of Gaiman's stories speculates on what Susan did after the events in The Last Battle.
  9. 32
    Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (PghDragonMan)
    PghDragonMan: Not all circuses are for your amusement. Choose wisely which one to attend.
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    The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick (MyriadBooks)
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    Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman (LAKobow)
    LAKobow: Another short story collection by Neil Gaiman.
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    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (PghDragonMan)
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Gaiman is a master storyteller, what else can I say? Oh, there is one other thing... "The Day The Saucers Came" is my favorite poem... ever. ( )
  wsampson13 | Mar 2, 2024 |
Love his collections of short stories. Good to pick up for a quick bit of reading. ( )
  ZL10 | Feb 29, 2024 |
Gaiman never misses and I enjoyed this collection, especially the "fantasy" writer character living in gothic horror land that writes about accountants, desk jobs, etc. Also a nice bonus American Gods novella that I didn't know existed. ( )
  lneukirch | Feb 4, 2024 |
- The Mapmaker 3/5
- A Study in Emerald - 5/5
- The Fairy Reel - 4/5
- October in the Chair - 5/5
- The Hidden Chamber - 4/5
- Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire - 3/5
- The Flints of Memory Lane - 4/5
- Closing Time - 5/5
- Going Wodwo - 3/5
- Bitter Grounds - 3.5/5
- Other People - 3.5/5
- Keepsakes and Treasures - 2/5
- Good Boys Deserve Favors - 2/5
- The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch - 2/5
- Strange Little Girls - 3/5
- Harlequin Valentine - 3/5
- Locks - 3/5
- The Problem of Susan - 3/5
- Instructions - 4/5
- How Do You Think It Feels? - 2/5
- My Life - 2/5
- Fifteen Painted Cards From A Vampire Tarot - 5/5
- Feeders and Eaters - 2/5
- Diseasemaker's Croup - 2/5
- In The End - 3/5
- Goliath - 4/5
- Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky - 3/5
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties - 3/5
- The Day The Saucers Came - 5/5
- Sunbird - 3/5
- Inventing Aladdin - 5/5
- The Monarch of the Glen - 3/5 ( )
  Fortunesdearest | Feb 2, 2024 |
Rated "Indifferent" in our old book database. ( )
  villemezbrown | Dec 7, 2023 |
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Gaiman, Neil—primary authorall editionsconfirmed
佳織, 野沢翻訳secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Beest, Emmy vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bertola, StefaniaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
瑞人, 金原翻訳secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gaiman, NeilNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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2006-09-26
People/Characters
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector G. Lestrade
Sebastian Moran
Professor James Moriarty
Susan Pevensie
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London, England, UK
Scotland, UK
Narnia
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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For Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison, and the late Robert Sheckley, masters of the craft
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"I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral dept." The words turned up in a dream and I wrote them down upon waking, uncertain what they meant or to whom they applied.
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A collection of more than twenty-five short fictional works follows a theme of the intersections between life and death, perception and reality, and darkness and light.
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Collects these stories
"A Study in Emerald"
"The Fairy Reel"
"October in the Chair"
"The Hidden Chamber"
"Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire"
"The Flints of Memory Lane"
"Closing Time"
"Going Wodwo"
"Bitter Grounds"
"Other People"
"Keepsakes and Treasures"
"Good Boys Deserve Favors"
"The Facts in the Case of the Disappearance of Miss Finch"
"Strange Little Girls"
"Harlequin Valentine"
"Locks"
"The Problem of Susan"
"Instructions"
"How Do You Think It Feels?"
"My Life"
"Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot"
"Feeders and Eaters"
"Diseasemaker's Croup"
"In the End"
"Goliath"
"Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Lousville, Kentucky"
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties"
"The Day the Saucers Came"
"Sunbird"
"Inventing Aladdin"
"The Monarch of the Glen"
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823.914Literature › English & Old English literatures › English fiction › Modern Period › 1901-1999 › 1945-1999

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