This book took longer than usual to read because I kept flipping back and forth between the introductory explanations all the way at the front and whichever story I was reading at the time. The introduction explains the background behind every story, their genesis, a theme Gaiman explains in more detail with Inventing Aladdin where he deconstructs the story of Scheherazade.
Most of the stories were printed elsewhere previously and some of them won their fair share of awards. Prolific authors are very expensive to be in love with). (I have only read two and he has written five. Gaiman published Fragile Things back in 2006, his third short story collection. Second thing, does anyone even review anthologies? Google says yes. "One delight after another.First thing, this is Neil Gaiman so my bias is about to get very obvious. Then savor the chills." -Kirkus Reviews,starred review
"Lush prose.and a winning faith in the enchantment ofstories. ell-worth adding to any collection highly recommended." -LibraryJournal "Charming, at times creepy, and good fun. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most unique writers of our time. Such marvelous creations and more-including a short story set in the world of The Matrix, and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction-can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. In a Locus Award-winning tale, the members of an excusive epicurean club lament that they've eaten everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, rare, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird. Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams-and nightmares. In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder. In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters. A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it.
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