has anyone read Neil Gaiman's new book

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It's called American Gods - I finished it on Tuesday night and spent 
way too much time yesterday thinking about it, especially one 
particular element of it...
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In one of the scenes with Mr World & Computer!Boy, there's a 
reference made to a computer program that turns spreadsheets into 
flying birds - clearly a reference to Dirk Gentley's Holistic 
Detective Agency, written by Douglas Adams back in the late 80s (and 
in case you didn't know, Gaiman's first published book was a bio of 
Adams & the Hitch Hiker's Guide series called *Don't Panic!*) - 
obviously, the book is filled with references to mythology and gods - 
I even caught a mention of a Grim in one of the chapters (although 
whether he was deliberately being referential to his own physical 
similarity to Sirius Black (did you see that back cover pic?) or to 
the mythological Grim that haunts churchyards in the UK is unclear).
I think he also put Delirium in the San Francisco scene, accompanied 
by her faithful puppy. Who else has pink & green hair and doesn't 
know what a dollar is.


But this isn't enough! I want to know what I missed - has anyone else 
caught references to other books, movies, stories, that might not be 
obvious? I loved catching these little things...and I want more! 
In fact, I want an annotated edition of the book!