BC: Neverwhere

[veela]

okay, so thanks to Jenni i decided to start a thread specifically dedicated to this book (since we already have a general gaiman thread, i wasn't so sure).

it was my book club read and my first real "fantasy" book... besides the harry potter series, that is.

since it seems most of you have read it, i won't give a description.

i thought it was a good suggestion (thanks jenni) for my first real fantasy type book as it almost reminded me of harry potter (maybe something about the england setting, i don't know). i definitely thought it was interesting, had some great twists and turns, and characters that were relatable yet different at the same time. my favorite bits of the book were actually how he took all the little london staples and turned them around to have other meanings in "london below." (my favorite probably being earl's court!)

i could kind of relate to the way richard was feeling at the end of it. that feeling of when you've been part of something that changes you and so everything else just doesn't feel right anymore.

i don't want to give away to much for those few who haven't read it, so these are just my general thoughts that i wanted to get down before i forgot!!

[Koalapupu]

Yay!

And now the Six Million Dollar Man Question--has this made you interested in reading any other Gaiman? ;D

I also liked it how the typical London was seen through different eyes. Gaiman really has his way with old mythologies and creating his own!

I remember also that book being somewhat nightmare-worthy, what with the creepy monk guys. They reminded me of his comic book Nightmare, the Corinthian. What grotesqueness! (This seems to be a fad for me, that g-word)

[veela]

answer: yeah, it did. it didn't make me feel like going out and devouring his other stuff, but i'd definitely be interested. at the end of the book they had an excerpt from "smoke and mirrors" and that seemed pretty intriguing (it's all short stories, right?).

the monk guys didn't really freak me out. maybe my imagination just wasn't too ripe on this or something. i didn't really get the nightmare-worthy vibe... not sure why.

[Aims]

Ohh I love Neverwhere!
Just read it for a second time a few months ago.

Has anyone here seen the miniseries they made of it? Apparently it was written for the screen anyway - but the budget was somewhat lacking so it didn't turn out as great as it could've been. I bought the series after I'd first read the book, and it's so funny how exact everything is.. not so much visually (although I was surprised at how similar a lot of things were to how I imagined!) but just in the story. You can even recognise bits of dialogue as being the same as the book.

[Aims]

koalapupu said:

They reminded me of his comic book Nightmare, the Corinthian.

Aarrggh! The Corinthian! SHIT he's a creepy mofo.

[Koalapupu]

Aims, my neighbor just asked me about the miniseries (as I was looking through his bookshelf and noticed lots of Gaiman there), and he said that some of the special effects were incredibly cheap. Like a certain scary beast was obviously a bovine with a fur coat or something, hahha. I'd love to see that!

I think I got actual nightmares from The Doll's House because of The Corinthian. What an imagination one has to have to create him!

[Aims]

Yeah, it has an all-over cheap feel to it, which is a shame because if with a better budget it could've been awesome. But even so, it's still fun to watch And I thought for the most part, the roles were really well cast.

lol you know those random email fwds with various cool photoshopped pictures? I got one once which had a picture of a woman with "eyes" like The Corinthian. It was great.