He wrote the screenplay for the original BBC TV series of ‘Neverwhere’ (1996) the feature film, ‘ Mirrormask’ (2005), the script to Robert Zemeckis’s ‘ Beowulf.’ He has written and directed two films: ‘ A Short Film About John Bolton’ (2002) and ‘Statuesque’ (2009). Gaiman is active as a television and screenwriter. He is listed in the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the top ten living post-modern writers and is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama. Like I said before, I really enjoy Gaiman’s books and even though I’ve never read anything by Pratchett, he can’t have been such a highly popular author for no reason, right? I admit to having started this at some point last year in an attempt to finish it before the show came out but that quite obviously didn’t happen… Me reading the book, I mean, not the TV show! 🤣 I’ve heard amazing things about both the show and book and I feel FOMO every time someone talks about it yet there it is, still sitting on my unread shelf.Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, in 1960 and since 1992 has lived in the United States, currently residing near Minneapolis.įollowing the publication of his groundbreaking series ‘ Sandman’ (1989-1996) he has become established as one of the creators of modern comics, as well as an author whose work crosses genres and reaches audiences of all ages. They’ve been living amongst Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and, truth be told, have grown rather fond of the lifestyle and, in all honesty, are not actually looking forward to the coming Apocalypse.Īnd then there’s the small matter that someone appears to have misplaced the Antichrist…Įvery time I see this title I feel such guilt that I haven’t read it yet because why?! I don’t know.

It’s a predicament that Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a fast-living demon now finds themselves in. Or you could just try to do something about it. You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. They don’t let you go around again until you get it right.’

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