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- English
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About this book
An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics—from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories—observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s probing, amusing, and distinctive style.
An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his bestselling fiction. Now, The View from the Cheap Seats brings together for the first time ever more than sixty pieces of his outstanding nonfiction. Analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, this cornucopia explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author’s experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood.
Insightful, incisive, witty, and wise, The View from the Cheap Seats explores the issues and subjects that matter most to Neil Gaiman—offering a glimpse into the head and heart of one of the most acclaimed, beloved, and influential artists of our time.
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Abel, Jessica, 310
Academy Awards (Oscars), 463–69
Acker, Kathy, 188
Adams, Douglas, 11, 103, 114–16, 367–72; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 114–15, 368, 370–72; “Remembering Douglas Adams,” 114–16; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, 367–72
Adams, Neal, 264–65
Addams, Charles, 51
“Afterword Afterword: Evelyn Evelyn,” 415–18
Agnew, Spiro, 121, 122
Aladdin Sane (album), 475
Aldiss, Brian, 169–76, 194, 195; Billion Year Spree, 169, 191; Hothouse, 169–76
Alex Award, 85
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators (Arthur), 17
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll), 68
“All Books Have Genders,” 67–72
Allen, Woody, 269
Allred, Michael, 279
Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, The (Pratchett and Briggs), 103–4
America, 64–66
American Gods (Gaiman), 62, 64–65, 68–72, 77, 85, 193, 357–58
American Library Association, 297
Amis, Martin, 403, 405
Amos, Tori, 389–93
Anderson, Brent, 261
Anderson, Poul, 193
Andrews, Julie, 139
And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game (Forrest), 27, 84
Angry Candy (Ellison), 123
Anno Dracula (Newman), 323
“Apt Pupil” (King), 133
Archer’s Goon (Jones), 97
Ardingly College (school), 26-27
“Argonauts of the Air, The” (Wells), 334–35
Aristocrats, The (movie), 215, 216
Arkham House, 349
Art, 451–59
Art and Artifice: And Other Essays on Illusion (Steinmeyer), Introduction to, 380–82
Asimov, Isaac, 27, 196
Askwith, Mark, 267, 268–69
Aston House (school), 78–79
Astounding Science Fiction, 340–41, 343
Astro City: Confession (Busiek), Introduction to, 257–62
Austin, Alan, 282–84
Author photographs, 93–94
Bacchae, The (Euripides), 254
Bacchus, 253–55
Bag of Bones (King), 134
Baker, Tom, 219
Baker Street Irregulars, 325
Balcombe, Florence, 325
Baldwin, Alec, 466
Ballard, J. G., 121, 165, 171
Banks, John, 28–29, 30
Barker, Clive, 148
Barks, Carl, 271
Barry, Lynda, 312
Batman (movie), 222
Batman: Cover to Cover, 263–66
Baynes, Pauline, 34, 35
Beagle, Peter S., xv–xvi, 35–36
Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, The (Ellison), Foreword to, 117–24
Bechdel, Alison, 73
“Bells, The” (song), 406, 408
Beloved Demons (Martignetti), Introduction to, 483–90
Berger, Karen, 280
Berlin (album), 398, 400
Best American Comics 2010, Introduction to, 308–13
Bester, Alfred, 183–88
Best of the Spirit, The (Eisner), Introduction to, 286–89
Betty and Veronica, 305
Between Thought and Expression: Selected Lyrics of Lou Reed, 403–4, 407, 410–12
Biard, Gérard, 76
Bigelow, Kathryn, 468
Big Time, The (Leiber), 167
Billion Year Spree (Aldiss), 169, 191
“Birdhouse in Your Soul” (song), 394
Birkin, Charles, 82
Black Orchid (Gaiman and McKean), 107
Blair, Tony, 225
Blish, James, 170
Bloch, Robert, 348
Bloody Chamber, The (Carter), 425
“Blue Cross, The” (Chesterton), 344–45
Blyberg, Will, 261
Blyton, Enid, 7
“Body, The” (King), 133
Bogart, Humphrey, ...
Table of contents
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- I: Some Things I Believe
- II: Some People I Have Known
- III: Introductions and Musings: Science Fiction
- IV: Films and Movies and Me
- V: On Comics and Some of the People Who Make Them
- VI: Introductions and Contradictions
- VII: Music and The People Who Make It
- VIII: On Stardust and Fairy Tales
- IX: Make Good Art
- X: The View from the Cheap Seats: Real Things
- Credits
- Index
- About the Author
- Also by Neil Gaiman
- Copyright
- About the Publisher