5/10/2023 0 Comments Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman![]() ![]() If I ever have a long road trip, I'm putting this back in the queue for sure. They hit all the right buttons and leave you with a feeling that something amazing just happened but you missed how the magic trick happened. There are some, like the novella featuring Shadow, the main character from American Gods, that are just plain good stories. You know that creepy way Bradbury or Twilight Zone stories come back to haunt you every time you hear about virtual reality or fly on an airplane? Only this one is about children's books. There are some, like "The Problem of Susan" that I'm not very happy about, but I know they will stick with me as only the best sci-fi short stories can. Plus, I'm a sucker for British male narrators.Īnyways, this collection is very diverse, with poems and funny ones and mystery ones and ones I'd never read before, and everything with that little (or huge) twist I've come to expect. ![]() There's something about the author reading his own words that makes them more meaningful. I was over halfway through this book of short stories when I got the audio book and started over. I am slowly working my way through them all. ![]()
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