Neil Gaiman

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

"A perfect reminder to always be on the lookout for magic and wonder. Sometimes, we need those two things the most" (Brightly, citing "Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person").

In this breathtaking picture book, now in paper-over-board format, Neil Gaiman's lyrical poem guides a novice traveler through the enchanted woods of a fairy tale--through lush gardens, a formidable castle, and over a perilous river--to find the way home again.

Illustrated in full color by Charles Vess, Instructions features lush images of mythical creatures, magical landscapes, and canny princesses. Its message of the value of courage, wit, and wisdom makes it a perfect gift, particularly for graduation.

Instructions

c2fb9906-c040-4f61-b6c8-cb54d7f5ec34-1

California

Presents the full text of the author's commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts in 2012, in which he offered his thoughts on creativity, bravery, and strength and urged the graduates to break rules and make good art.

Make Good Art

b5520c49-e806-4a8e-9129-bf526461cb58-1

Withdrawn library book. Book is in excellent condition. Has the usual library stickers. Please see pictures.

Ohio

Inspiration for Creative People

New York

The thrilling, wintry Nordic tale by Neil Gaiman, who weaves a magical story of legend and adventure that will enchant readers from beginning to end.

Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid. In his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him. Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear...and then Odd's destiny begins to change.

The eagle, bear, and fox Odd encounters are Norse gods, trapped in animal form by the evil frost giant who has conquered Asgard, the city of the gods. Now our hero must reclaim Thor's hammer, outwit the frost giants and release the gods...

Odd and the Frost Giants

16a87865-9e9e-46e4-baac-8696d0fcc469-1

James Vance

Puerto Rico

Never before collected, read the stories of Mr Hero here!From the mind of New York Times best-selling author and Eisner award-winning author Neil Gaiman, comes Mr Hero!Created by the villainous Henry Phage (aka Teknophage) as a sleeper agent, steampunk robot Mr Hero is the toast of the late 19th century carnival scene. But when an accident during a boxing match causes him to seriously harm a patron, he's boxed up and forgotten. Rediscovered 100 years later by a young street magician, Mr Hero struggles to overcome his original programming and become the hero his new friend (and the world) needs. This new volume (the first of a two-volume set) will collect all of the classic Mr Hero comics for the first time anywhere. Volume 2 of the series is planned for Winter 2017.

Neil Gaiman's Mr Hero Complete Comics Vol 1

72b9fda8-83c6-40ec-8ebf-ccf82c8276d9-1

Ellen Datlow

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

"Once upon a time ..." So begin the classic fairy tales that enthralled and terrified us as children. Now, in their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring us twenty-one new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Joyce Carol Oates, Gahan Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman -- these are but a few of the accomplished literary sorcerers who have gathered here to remold our timeless myths into more sensuous and disturbing forms. Like the fabled ruby slippers, there is powerful magic here. Rich witches in trendy resorts cast evil spells ... beautiful princesses age and wither in sleeping worlds ... terrible beasts reside beneath flawless skin. Dark, disturbing, delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy -- a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose.

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

08326e28-1ef7-41cd-bac7-ac649bf3161d-1

Missing dust jacket. The book itself is in good condition. 

Massachusetts

A Novel

Since it was first published, American Gods became an instant classic. Now discover the mystery and majesty of American Gods in this beautiful reissue of the Author's Preferred Text edition. Featuring a new preface by Neil Gaiman in honor of the novel's 20th anniversary, this commemorative volume is a true celebration of a modern masterpiece.

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. 

But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and a rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself. 

Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined--it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own.

American Gods

1b683992-84d3-4ca7-9927-94716e483034-1

Melissa Marr

Louisiana

New Twists on Timeless Tales

The best writers of our generation retell classic tales.

From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers.

Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

Rags and Bones

bf905de2-1ec1-4115-baac-a0283511d225-1

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road." "Hullo," I said to myself. "That's not something you see every day. And then something odd happened." Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious New York Times bestselling story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Skottie Young.

Fortunately, the Milk

7b6a0499-b9c2-46cb-8249-a4fb1cd35167

Virginia

Newly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman. First published in 2001, American Gods became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that “distills the essence of America” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It is the story of Shadow—released from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accident—who gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster, Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow’s dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For, beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and Shadow is standing squarely in its path. “Pointed, occasionally comic, often scary, consistently moving and provocative….American Gods is strewn with secrets and magical visions.”—USA Today “Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive.”—George R. R. Martin

American Gods: the Tenth Anniversary Edition

e298b58a-5684-4770-823a-d24d04a8a2a2-1

Classic Gaiman with the quality of a gift book.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

Nebraska

For use in schools and libraries only. Just released from prison, Shadow encounters Mr. Wednesday, an enigmatic stranger who seems to know a lot about him, and when Mr. Wednesday offers him a job as his bodyguard, Shadow accepts and is plunged into a dark and perilous world.

Margaret Atwood

Michigan

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. . . . Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.

The Graveyard Book

ce02eccd-1721-4825-b72d-ecad9f3eaeff-1

Please review all pictures before purchasing.

It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family.

#paperback #fiction #childrens #neilgaiman #fortunatelythemilk

Fortunately The Milk...

Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...

#paperback #fiction #youngadult #neilgaiman #fantasy #juvenilefiction #horror #childrens 

Texas

Everything You’ll Need to Know on Your Journey 

Share Neil Gaiman's beautifully illustrated Instructions with creative, artful graduates and other travelers of all ages.

"A perfect reminder to always be on the lookout for magic and wonder. Sometimes, we need those two things the most."*



In this breathtaking jacketed picture book, Neil Gaiman's lyrical poem guides a novice traveler through the enchanted woods of a fairy tale--through lush gardens, a formidable castle, and over a perilous river--to find the way home again.

Illustrated in full color by Charles Vess, Instructions features lush images of mythical creatures, magical landscapes, and canny princesses. Its message of the value of courage, wit, and wisdom makes it a perfect gift.

* Brightly, citing "Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person"



Academic journal on the fantastic in the arts—sci-fi, fantasy, folklore, horror, across multiple mediums.
See my shop for many other issues, see photos for articles and reviews included in this volume. 

Maryland

Contents Special Guests Issue ________________________________________ The Bird in the Bush: Semipermeable Selfhood: ICFA 42 Guest of Honor Keynote Speech Nisi Shawl Curating Science Fiction in the 'Rainbow Age': A Discussion in Several Parts: ICFA 43 Guest Scholar Keynote Farah Mendlesohn Deep Sea Speculations: Science and the Animating Arts of William Beebe, Else Bostelmann, and John Wyndham: ICFA 42 Guest Scholar Keynote Stacy Alaimo Conversations With Creatives: Interview with Neil Gaiman, Conducted by Novella Brooks de Vita online at VICFA 2022, "Building Inclusive Worlds and Global Representations in the Works of Neil Gaiman" TOO LATE/NOT TOO LATE: Jeff VanderMeer's Discussion with Alison Sperling at ICFA 42, "Climate Change and the Anthropocene" Healing Our Histories Through the Lens of Horror: Guest of Honor Plenary Address Online at VICFA 2022, "The Global Fantastic" Tananarive Due Utopianism After Utopia: VICFA 2022 Guest Scholar Keynote Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay REVIEWS Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Marco Finnegan's The Keeper Rev. by Aaron Kashtan and Kevin Maroney

Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (2022 - Volume 33 Number 3 - Special Guests)

b702ce8e-68fc-457a-beb9-67701ab9d28f-1

#paperback #fiction #fantasy #anansiboys #neilgaiman 

Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dead on a Florida karaoke stage. Charlie didn't know his dad was a god. And he never knew he had a brother. Now brother Spider's on his doorstep—about to make Fat Charlie's life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous.

Save this search

Neil Gaiman

Instructions

Neil Gaiman

Make Good Art

Neil Gaiman

Make Good Art

Neil Gaiman

Odd and the Frost Giants

James Vance; Neil Gaiman; Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman's Mr Hero Complete Comics Vol 1

Ellen Datlow

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

Neil Gaiman

American Gods

Melissa Marr

Rags and Bones

Neil Gaiman

Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman

American Gods: the Tenth Anniversary Edition

Neil Gaiman

Odd and the Frost Giants

Neil Gaiman

American Gods

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

Fortunately The Milk...

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

American Gods

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman; Charles Vess (Illustrator)

Instructions

Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood

The Graveyard Book

Jfa

Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (2022 - Volume 33 Number 3 - Special Guests)

Neil Gaiman

Anansi Boys