Neil Gaiman on the recent over-exposure.
For this week’s cover package about vampires (on stands today!), we chatted with writer Neil Gaiman about how vamps have changed through the years, what they stand for and why they should go away. For more on vampires, including our picks for the top 20 greatest vampires of all time, pick up this week’s issue of EW.
Neil Gaiman is the Hot Topic of fantasy writers.
I'm rarely a fan of fantasy writing, but I've read a few of his books and think they were pretty good. American Gods is a great read. If he doesn't knock your fantastical socks off, then he doesn't, but that doesn't mean his books have no redeeming worth
I don't think Gaiman's writing is worthless, and I enjoyed American Gods, but I had the feeling after reading a few of his novels that they were more of a product than an artistic expression; that they contained a precisely calibrated mix of mythology and pop-culture that is very marketable but ultimately soulless.
