lucy_anne | 
05 31st, 2002| 
On the Edge video apparently has VHS copies of Neverwhere available. I don’t have any further info. Sorry.
May
29
Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid, Graphic Novels Feel the Love, Publishers Weekly, May 20, 2002.
…Neil Gaiman returns to his enormously popular Sandman graphic novel series with Sandman: Endless Nights (to be illustrated by seven legendary European cartoonists), slated to appear in late 2002–and there’s enormous excitement around it…
And yes, there are pictures both of the book cover (assuming that’s not a pastiche from previous works) and the author (who has been a pastiche before, if memory serves, but not in this case) on the website.
May
27
Bear with. I’m going to try to make this not sound like a livejournal post, but it may wander there.
Went trying to find a dimly remembered webpage from a school where Neil was an alumni from via a BBCi search (which, if I’m understanding the About article properly is a Google UK variation), but came up blank.
Which is not to say there weren’t an enormous number of results - I could fill an entire web page with just links to book reviews from the UK, I think - but just not that one.
These seemed the most Dreaming relevant, and hopefully I am not simply stealing links:
There was also an odd Neil reference in Wendy Graham’s review of Dune in the Read Out archive of FTL magazine, a number of fun things that came up in the Ansible newsletter archives (like this one from Sept. 94), and a photo of Neil’s aunt from a production of Noises Off.
But the point is, yes, I know that while I’m catching the news, I’m missing the webstuffs and the magazines articles. Any help with finding info is desired, appreciated, and will be credited.
Many thanks - la
May
27
…American Gods, at least according to a May 26th piece in the Washington Post’s Book World.
May
27
The American Gods paperback is at:
- #8 on the Publishers Weekly mass market paperbacks list
- #28 on the USAToday Bestsellers list
- #3 on the Independent Bestsellers list for May 28st
- #3 on the Book Sense Extended Bestseller List for mass market paperbacks, for May 27th (complete with a note about the Neil interview mentioned in the blog, and yes, you should be reading that instead of these ranking thingies because it’s peachy)
- #2 on the bestseller list for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association for May 27th
- #31 on the New York Times paperback bestseller list for May 19th
- Locus compilation list.
May
23
The American Gods paperback is at:
- #7 on the Publishers Weekly mass market paperbacks list
- #21 on the USAToday Bestsellers list
- #3 on the Powells/Salon bestsellers list for May 22nd
- #3 on the Independent Bestsellers list for May 21st
- #1 on the bestseller list for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association for May 20th
- #35 on the New York Times paperback bestseller list for May 19th
- #10 on the Toronto Sun paperback bestsellers list for May 19th
- Locus compilation list.
May
23
Deirdre Donahue, “Plot your reading course; Booksellers recommend the season’s hot reads.”, USA Today, May 23, 2002.
…Bookseller Scott Werbin at the Tudor Bookshop and Cafe in Kingston, Pa., possesses a particular expertise in science fiction. The title he most anticipates: Coraline, written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean (HarperCollins, $15.99; early July). “He is the most prolific and powerful contemporary fantasy writer working today,” Werbin says of Gaiman, author of the best-selling American Gods. A children’s book for ages 9 and up, it presents “a new way of encountering the supernatural. Using only her imagination, Coraline has to save her parents.”…
This article also appeared in Florida Today
May
22
Charles De Lint reviews Harlequin Valentine in the June 2002 edition of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
May
20
The Union Square B&N is at 33 East 17th Street, right by Broadway; their main phone number is 212-253-0810.
Store information and street directions are available through the store locator off of the Barnes & Noble website (put in 10003 as the zip code); they are not listing the Coraline event on July 11th just yet though.
If you’re going by subway, you can either take the 4, 5, or 6 lines to the 14th St. Station or the N, R, Q, or W lines to the Union Square station (there should be a good subway map here).
May
19
American Gods debuts at #12 on the Book Sense Extended Bestseller List for mass market paperbacks, for sales week ending Sunday, May 12. It’s also #9 on the May 18th paperback bestseller list from Canada’s Globe and Mail, #10 on the Publishers Weekly Mass Market Paperback list and #35 on the USAToday Bestsellers list. The full lists are here.
