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American Gods
Posted by Ennosuke Ajibana
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
- G.K. Chesterton -
Mr. Gaiman's American Gods was undoubtedly (and as expected), truly delicious! Yeah, why else would it get the 2002 Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker awards, all for Best Novel. I've read somewhere in the net, that his 1st expression when he won the Hugo was "F**k, I won a Hugo!".Funny man. Still, his other masterpiece (Neverwhere) is waiting for me at home. Wonder how long I'm gonna finish reading it this time.
Okay, so, I'm gonna review a bit about that 700++ page book. It's about this fella, Shadow, (who turned out to be the Norse God Baldur, Odin's 2nd son) trying to gather back his wrecked (and pretty f**ked up beyond repair) life after serving in prison.Only to find that his wife was dead in a car accident while giving a bl**job (man, I hate to censor words!) to his friend. Thinking he got nothing more to lose, he accepted a job offer (as a bodyguard?) to a man with a glass eye, Mr. Wednesday (who turned out to be his father, Odin, himself). Numbed after tragedies that befell upon him, Shadow followed Mr. Wednesday around America, gathering an army consisted of old Gods to fight against the new Gods (media, internet, etc) which, from the Norse myth is called The Ragnarok (there's two dots above the 'O'). This book is full with old Gods from Egypt's Anubis, Bast, Horus to India's Kali, Shiva to Anansi, Baron Samedi, to the Zoryas, and others that you should find out for yourself.
- G.K. Chesterton -
Mr. Gaiman's American Gods was undoubtedly (and as expected), truly delicious! Yeah, why else would it get the 2002 Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker awards, all for Best Novel. I've read somewhere in the net, that his 1st expression when he won the Hugo was "F**k, I won a Hugo!".Funny man. Still, his other masterpiece (Neverwhere) is waiting for me at home. Wonder how long I'm gonna finish reading it this time.
Okay, so, I'm gonna review a bit about that 700++ page book. It's about this fella, Shadow, (who turned out to be the Norse God Baldur, Odin's 2nd son) trying to gather back his wrecked (and pretty f**ked up beyond repair) life after serving in prison.Only to find that his wife was dead in a car accident while giving a bl**job (man, I hate to censor words!) to his friend. Thinking he got nothing more to lose, he accepted a job offer (as a bodyguard?) to a man with a glass eye, Mr. Wednesday (who turned out to be his father, Odin, himself). Numbed after tragedies that befell upon him, Shadow followed Mr. Wednesday around America, gathering an army consisted of old Gods to fight against the new Gods (media, internet, etc) which, from the Norse myth is called The Ragnarok (there's two dots above the 'O'). This book is full with old Gods from Egypt's Anubis, Bast, Horus to India's Kali, Shiva to Anansi, Baron Samedi, to the Zoryas, and others that you should find out for yourself.
