[Giovanna Clairval]

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

Not read any of his novels - often been uncertain that he could write his stories at novel length, but possibly I'm being just plain old stingy.

I posted something similar elsewhere on this Forum, saying that the (long) novel doesn't seem to be Gaiman's best format. The plot becomes unclear, and the story episodic.

But that didn't prevent me from enjoying his style a lot.

G. really wants to be the modern R. Zelazny (the one of: Lord of Light). I adored LdL, and I read it twice, but don’t ask me what the plot is, even though I remember the pitch, such a brilliant one.

I feel the same about American Gods. I’ll have to read it another time. I will enjoy it again, even more than I did, but I’m not sure I would be able to recite the whole story and the dénouement if my life depended on it.