[HPforGrownups] somewhat OT: Gaiman

[Denise]

No: HPFGUIDX 792

Isn't Neverwhere that BBS series where the underground is literally an underground, and some poor soul in a brown outfit (very ordinary) is "transported" into the other world.  I vaguely recall pieces--PBS didn't continue with it (like Dr. Who :( !!!) --like a Amazon like beautiful black woman with a spear and a torque, and literally drawing a door on a wall and stepping through it?   There was also some sorta of angel?

I will have to seek out the book form, if it is!  
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  "Brooks A. Rowlett" wrote:

  > 2) Neil/FFA or other UK residents, what did you think of _Neverwhere_,
  > assuming you saw it?  That was Gaiman's writing.

  My husband, the seriously obsessive comic book collector, thought he introduced me
  to Gaiman, while we were dating, when he started me reading the Sandman series,
  but I had actually discovered his first 2 books on my own in high school &
  college. Neil Gaiman wrote a book called DON'T PANIC - the authorized story of
  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy back in the late 80's, when he was still being a
  journalist (in the UK, it's at
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1852864117/qid=967901179/sr=1-2/026-4534433-1111615
  - not available in the US, but the amazon page on it is at
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671664263/qid=967901210/sr=1-8/103-1149154-6478230)

  He also wrote a terrifically funny book with Terry Pratchett called Good Omens
  about how the son of satan turns out to be a really nice kid - there's some
  interesting subplot stuff about witch-finders, Ley Lines (see diagon alLEY) and
  the problem with making perfectly accurate predictions hundreds of year ahead of
  time (why predict Do Not Buy Beytamacks in the 1600's?) - the US version is at
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0441003257/qid=967901268/sr=1-1/103-1149154-6478230
  and the UK version is at
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0552137030/qid=967901401/sr=1-1/026-4534433-1111615)

  Adam, the Son of Satan in the book, is what gives me hope that Draco won't turn
  out to be as sociopathic as his father. But then again, I have my own set of
  theories about Draco's homelife (none of which constitute a healthy household)
  which I may save until Draco Week in the list discussions


  I do also recommend Neverwhere (a novel, NOT a graphic novel) for those who like
  novels involving magic and the London Underground, and although I didn't
  personally like Stardust that much, I know others who did, and if you like the
  rest of Gaiman's stuff, it's worth a whirl as well (but if you don't like reading
  comic book style books, you can get a "text' version of it which is at least a
  worthy read)


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