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American gods
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062109590 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0062109596 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 541 p.)
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electronic resource - Edition: 10th anniversary ed.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Author's preferred text." "With a special introduction by the author"--Dust jacket. Includes author interview and reading group discussion questions. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Fantasy fiction. |
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Electronic resources
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2011 February #1
More than a million copies of this novel have been sold in three formats in this country alone, and upon publication it won the Hugo, Locus, Bram Stoker, and SFX awards. So why a new edition? There's a new introduction, the author's "preferred" textâthat is, the text before it got edited, with Gaiman's original language sprinkled throughoutâand a bonus scene. This would seem like a natural for many collections, especially where the original is worn out, so I find the 50,000-copy first printing a little low.
[Page 44]. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2001 June #2
In his latest novel, Gaiman (Neverwhere) explores the vast and bloody landscape of myths and legends where the gods of yore and the neoteric gods of now conflict in modern-day America. The antihero, a man of unusually acute intellect through whose eyes we witness the behind-the-scenes dynamics of human religion and faith, is a convict called Shadow. He is flung into the midst of a supernatural fray of gods such as Odin, Anansi, Loki One-Eye, Thor, and a multitude of other ancient divinities as they struggle for survival in an America beset by trends, fads, and constant upheaval an environment not good for gods. They are joined in this struggle by such contemporary deities as the geek-boy god Internet and the goddess Media. There's a nice plot twist in the end, and the fascinating subject matter and impressive mythic scope are handled creatively and expertly. Gaiman is an exemplary short story writer, but his ventures into novels are also compellingly imaginative. Highly recommended for all libraries. Ann Kim, "Library Journal" Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.