. Sometimes you get something yummy like Raspberry Cream Chocolate or Honey Lemon Lime with a hint of Ginger or Vodka Tonic with Mentholated Cigarette Chaser. Neil Gaiman is amazing and this collection is proof. Selections from Fragile Things, Volume Three – HarperCollins US “A prodigiously imaginative collection.” —New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice “Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.”—Washington Post Book World Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman For example:Neil Gaiman is amazing and this collection is proof. I finished "Fragile Things" by Neil Gaiman while I was waiting for the anesthesiologist at UCLA Medical Center. Neil Gaiman's extraordinary Fragile Things, from the bestselling author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane and American Gods, reveals one of the world's most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers, and harnesses the Gothic power of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber to the storytelling genius of Stephen King. I listened to the audiobook version read by the author himself, which I think added quite a bit to the experience. He wrote in the intro that it was a nightmare that he'd had in his twenties. Long Dream. There were only a few pieces that I didn't really enjoy. Unfortunately, this assortment contained more of the Warthog's Spyhillated Rectum or Seal PooThe two stars was a compromise.
So, I don't have it to refer back to while doing this review. INTRODUCTION “I think…that I would rather recollect a life misspent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt.” The words turned up in a dream and I wrote them down upon waking, uncertain … As with previous collections of short pieces by Gaiman, I found this extremely variable in quality: Anything referred to as "poetry" is execrable, as are all the "stories" that are extremely short and fail to follow any normal narrative structure. This book is a mixed bag of short stories and poems. Finished!! . share. That's not to say that the author isn't a storyteller - obviously they are, often they just shoI really enjoyed this collection of stories.
With This is a stunning collection of short stories by acclaimed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. [and the hint that the woman being interviewed was Susan. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most unique writers of our time. There are some stories in here that are so good, that I wanted to immediately go back and read them again as soon as I finished. Welcome back. On my list of All Time Favorite books. Gaiman just has such a special way of putting words on paper, it’s like he’s drawing in my mind instead of writing a story and I absolutely love that about his writing style.
by William Morrow It's horrifying and wonderful; I highly suggest it. With The two stars was a compromise. I have not read Neil Gaiman's novels but I've heard good things about them. And it only took me, well, 3 months to make my way through this collection of Neil Gaiman fantasy stories. Fragile Things is an excellent collection of short stories (including an American Gods story) and poetry. His distinctive genius has been championed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.”“She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. 0060515228 !I really enjoyed this collection of stories. Unlike most short story collections I've read, this one has many more hits than misses. Leave the Month finish the story, you...”[it's an unsettling story about Susan's fate and a witch ends up having sex with a lion (? Sometimes you get something yummy like Raspberry Cream Chocolate or Honey Lemon Lime with a hint of Ginger or Vodka Tonic with Mentholated Cigarette Chaser. This collection is obviously not a good place to start reading his work. September 26th 2006 0 comments. What the hell, May? I'd definitely recommend this one.I finished "Fragile Things" by Neil Gaiman while I was waiting for the anesthesiologist at UCLA Medical Center. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of It's been my experience that authors who read their own stories as audiobooks are generally not the best. name dropping tone was kind of overbearing, and probably put me in an extra-critical mood. Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series.