Neverwhere (London Below, #1) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 10, 2008 Stephen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: award-nominee-british-fantasy, 6-star-books, the-worlds-the-thing, signed-first-or-limited-edition, award-nominee-mythopoeic-fantasy, audiobook, sub-press-limited-edition, all-time-favorites, multiple-award-nominee, fantasy

6.0 stars. One of my ALL Time Favorite novels. Neil Gaiman's ability to create "original" characters and settings that virtually leap off the page at you is astounding. This ia a true gem of a book and is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys great writing with superb characters. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!!

Nominee: British Fantasy Award
Nominee: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award ...more

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Oct 15, 2010 Stacy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reread, books-read-2005, fantasy, books-read-2012

This is the book that introduced me to Neil Gaiman. I loved it the first time I read it, and devoured it, I think, in a day and a half.

But seven years have passed since the first reading, and I can say, if anything, I love this book MORE the second time around. And that's chiefly what I love about Gaiman's writing. It's so deep, you can often glean more upon rereading than you can the first time. It is what Gene Wolfe defines as literature (paraphrasing here): a piece that increases understandi ...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Alexis Masters rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, genre__parallel-fantasy, signed-copy, books-n-booze-2013

I forgot how much I loved Gaiman’s writing until I picked this up. Set in London, it’s the story of how one kind act from star Richard Mayhew throws him into a world he never knew existed, and puts him on a quest to help the strange girl named Door and get back to his home in real London. Solve the mystery, evade the bad guys, save the day, and mind the gap.

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