How did you discover Neil Gaiman?

I'd heard the name but never read him. Then I saw his Doctor Who episode, The Doctor's Wife and LOVED what he did with the TARDIS. I think an anniversary edition of American Gods came out around that time and I decided to read it.

Sooooooooooo, Doctor Who made me a fan. American Gods cemented it. 😃

Actually, now that I think about it, I might have actually also seen him and his wife on some BBC America Doctor Who specials but had no idea how I should know them.

What do we want?
Time travel!
When do we want it?
It's irrelevant!

I first met him in Piraeus. I wanted to take the boat for Crete and had gone down the street to the port. It was almost daybreak and raining. A strong sirocco was blowing the spray from the waves as far as the little cafe, whose glass doors were shut. The cafe reeked of brewing sage and human beings whose breath steamed the windows because of the cold outside. Five or six seamen, who had spent the night there, muffled in their brown goatskin reefer jackets, were drinking coffee or sage and gazing out of the misty windows at the sea. The fish, dazed by the blows of the raging waters, had taken refuge in the depths, where they were waiting till calm was restored above. The fishermen crowding in the cafes were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hogfish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.

And Sandman. Sandman I enjoyed.

I'd been a fan of Terry Pratchett for years and so my brother lent me a copy of Good Omens. Around the same time my dad was raving about Neverwhere being released on DVD so when I happened to come across the book I pretty much had to buy it. As soon as I finished it I went out and bought a copy of American Gods.

It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.

I'd heard of his comic book work long before I read anything of his, shamefully. I went to see Stardust in theaters and went out and bought a copy of the book afterwards. While exiting the bookstore, my sister casually mentioned that she went to college and was friends with his daughter like it was no big deal.

The first volume of Sandman was the first thing of his I ever read. His first book without pictures that I read was Neverwhere, which I immediately followed up with American Gods.

I was at a used bookshop and found a copy of. Neverwhere. I had never heard of the book or author before, but gave it a try and enjoyed it. A few years later I was working in a bookstore and found American Gods by the same author, which had just come out. After that, I went nuts finding other things by. Gaiman.

Doctor Who

First book I read by him was American Gods actually. I am a big myth fan and when I read what the book was about I picked up a copy from my local library, read it and now it's my favorite book.

My high school boyfriend let me borrow Neverwhere. Almost 20 years later and it's tied with Good Omens for my favorite book of all time. :-)