Neil Gaiman: Smoke and Mirrors

I’ve begun reading Neil Gaiman’s work at last! And I’m pretty impressed. IT’s not traditional fantasy- historical, mythical worlds with wizards, dragons and knights- but it does contain those elements.

Characters and locations depicted in Smoke and Mirrors are realistic; they resemble real life, every day events. But there is something that interferes with the normailty of the tales- something from another world. They are like modern day fairy tales- Mythology coming to life. Where a lot of other fantasy novels might be trying to make you think that all this magical stuff may have happened a long time ago or in another world, Neil gaiman’s stories make you think this kind of stuff can and does happen to people we know around us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_and_Mirrors_(book)

~ by David on March 13, 2007.