American Gods

American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel is an ambitious blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on a mysterious and taciturn protagonist, Shadow. It was Gaiman's fourth prose novel, being preceded by Good Omens (a collaboration with Terry Pratchett), Neverwhere, and Stardust (a fairy tale illustrated by Charles Vess). Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in The Sandman graphic novels, for which Gaiman is best known.

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Novel - Neil Gaiman - Americana - Fantasy - Mythology - Protagonist - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett - Neverwhere - Stardust - Fairy tale - Charles Vess - The Sandman - Graphic novel

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The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the UK and by William Morrow in the United States. It has won the 2002 Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker awards, all for Best Novel. It was also nominated for Best Novel in the 2002 BSFA Award.

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2001 - 2002 - Hugo - Nebula - Bram Stoker - BSFA Award

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While Gaiman was writing American Gods, his publishers set up a promotional web site featuring a weblog in which Gaiman described the day-to-day process of writing (and then revising, publishing, promoting) the novel. After the novel was published, the web site evolved into a more general Official Neil Gaiman Web Site, and as of 2005 Gaiman still regularly adds to the weblog, describing the day-to-day process of being Neil Gaiman and writing, revising, publishing, or promoting whatever the current project is.

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Weblog - As of 2005

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