I don't know about the rest of IQfy, but to me a lot of his stories feel like they're full of an almost Internet Toughguy vibe of revenge fantasy. Kind of off putting.
(Me)
It's like whenever I read it it feels like he was jerking off over what he'd like to do to Tory voters while he was writing. Thinking about it more, most of the Brit fantasy and SF writers that got big during or immediately after the Thatcher era have that same vibe to me.
No. It's basically him just angrily ranting about and satirizing American culture by applying personifications of them in the form of paganistic deities that live within the real world. He's just a bitter euro who doesn't like that the US is doing what Europe did for the last 500 years.
Lit likes either really stuffy classics or erudite non-fiction from before 1900 so they can posture as some kind of right wing intellectual, or very bizarre niche fiction that’s challenging and dense. Gaiman is modern and accessible, so he does nothing for the people here
I feel like he's edgy, but not in a particularly interesting way. It's like he's figured out that if he vaguely comments on religion and puts gay/trans people in his books, people will try to "ban" his books and give him free publicity. He's certainly figured out a formula, but he's no more subversive than Shadow the Hedgehog.
I don't absolutely hate him to the point I'd never read anything by him ever (I actually picked up a copy of Good Omens relatively recently.) But every time I read something by him, I find what I'm reading somewhat trite and pretentious.
Also, just not a big fan of his style of writing.
I liked the Graveyard book when I was a kid
And the movie Coraline is great (But I love stop motion anyway)
Dropped Sandman when I tried to read it as a kid
Neverwhere and Good Omens are both good. I haven't really gotten into American Gods yet but I haven't had time to sit and read it either.
The first chapter was okay, though. Reminded me of an edgier Rick Riordan except if Rick hadn't dropped the ball on book 3 of Percy Jackson.
(I read them as a kid)
I don't know about the rest of IQfy, but to me a lot of his stories feel like they're full of an almost Internet Toughguy vibe of revenge fantasy. Kind of off putting.
(Me)
It's like whenever I read it it feels like he was jerking off over what he'd like to do to Tory voters while he was writing. Thinking about it more, most of the Brit fantasy and SF writers that got big during or immediately after the Thatcher era have that same vibe to me.
Name two (2).
Immediately coming to mind because of their connection to Gaiman, Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis both gave me similar offputting vibes..
Is it kino?
No. It's basically him just angrily ranting about and satirizing American culture by applying personifications of them in the form of paganistic deities that live within the real world. He's just a bitter euro who doesn't like that the US is doing what Europe did for the last 500 years.
Bitter Anglo israelite*
>Jew
What?
Kneel Gayman is a israelite. Check his early life
>called American Gods
>Black person front and center
Looks about right
He looks Indian/Hispanic.
He’s a mulatto
Lit likes either really stuffy classics or erudite non-fiction from before 1900 so they can posture as some kind of right wing intellectual, or very bizarre niche fiction that’s challenging and dense. Gaiman is modern and accessible, so he does nothing for the people here
Different reasons
a) It’s plastic airport genre shit.
b) He’s a pozzed liberal
c) He’s hoarding the work of that one cult scifi writer.
You forgot (d)
talentless
His books are just really boring
I feel like he's edgy, but not in a particularly interesting way. It's like he's figured out that if he vaguely comments on religion and puts gay/trans people in his books, people will try to "ban" his books and give him free publicity. He's certainly figured out a formula, but he's no more subversive than Shadow the Hedgehog.
I don't absolutely hate him to the point I'd never read anything by him ever (I actually picked up a copy of Good Omens relatively recently.) But every time I read something by him, I find what I'm reading somewhat trite and pretentious.
Also, just not a big fan of his style of writing.
He's too heady for comic books and too pretentious to be taken seriously as an author.
I liked the Graveyard book when I was a kid
And the movie Coraline is great (But I love stop motion anyway)
Dropped Sandman when I tried to read it as a kid
Sandman has some good moments but it’s too 90s alt liberal to the point it feels dated
Neverwhere and Good Omens are both good. I haven't really gotten into American Gods yet but I haven't had time to sit and read it either.
The first chapter was okay, though. Reminded me of an edgier Rick Riordan except if Rick hadn't dropped the ball on book 3 of Percy Jackson.
(I read them as a kid)