American Gods

[frelling_tralk]

I'm really intrigued by American Gods, it looks absolutely fantastic in the trailer, and I was already thinking of checking it out anyway because Bryan Fuller is adapting it. (I'm a little bit surprised that it isn't going to be out until 2017 though, I always thought that they start working on it towards the end of 2015 after Hannibal finished, so I was expecting it out this year tbh)

Has anyone read the book, if so how did you find it, and do you think that it would it be worth catching up on before the tv show airs?

Comments

[cloverdew.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes. The book is definitely worth reading. It's long and dense, so requires time and mental energy, but it's really a masterpiece. You should read it!

I'm really excited about this show. Cannot wait. One of my favorite authors (Gaiman) and one of my favorite show runners (Fuller) together? Yes, please!!!

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll put it on my to-read list :) If the show isn't coming out until next year, then that gives me a bit of time to catch up with it anyway!

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES READ THE BOOK! It is my favourite Neil Gaiman story. I would definitely read it before the series comes out - there's some gorgeous subplots that likely wouldn't make the show, and they are definitely worth discovering!

[cloverdew.livejournal.com]

Awesome. Let me know what you think when you've read it!

[ellensmithee.livejournal.com]

I started the book, but couldn't get into it. I'm not much of a Gaiman fan, though. I am looking forward to this. It looks really good and I love pretty much everyone involved.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Will do :)

[andrea-deer.livejournal.com]

I've never read a book, but the trailer does look intriguing. Even if the plot does not look much like something I would look for, it looks just so well made and pretty, I will probably check it out ;)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I've never read any of his stuff before, I'm not usually into the fantasy genre in books as much tbh, but I've heard him spoken about so much that it's probably time I checked out at least one of his books! I'm definitely going to give American Gods a try now, well at some point this year anyway, and see what I think of it :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

That's what always appealed to me about Hannibal, and it looks like this show should be right up Bryan Fuller's street as he was always very arty with the visuals and making shows look beautiful

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I was excited when I heard that Gillian Anderson was involved, I haven't seen enough of her projects away from The X Files (well just her role in Hannibal and a couple of episodes of The Fall really), so I'm interested to see what sort of character she will be playing in this show

[andrea-deer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really enjoyed it about Hannibal too. then it got too crazy for me, but yeah, it was always very pretty and artsy :)

[welshgirl15.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the book and can't wait to see how they adapt it to screen! I'm glad it's going to be a TV series, it feels like they can do the story justice.

It's got such a great cast as well!

Opps, knocked send too soon

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Yeah I know that season 3 lost quite a few people, they did get a bit O/T with it in early season 3 lol, but generally I really liked the effort they always put into the look of the show

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It's definitely looking like they've put a lot of care and attention into every aspect of the show, hopefully it will pay off :)

I'm glad it's going to be a TV series, it feels like they can do the story justice.

I agree, when it comes to favourite books of mine, I often feel like a tv mini-series is a much better format than a 2/3 hour movie with a condensed story would be. I'm cautiously excited to see how The Stand will turn out as a film trilogy for example, ditto with It, but I can't help feeling like you really need a mini-series (preferably with the budget of a cable network like HBO) to really do every aspect of the story justice

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

The trailer look amazing!

I've read it and love it. Love the concept and I generally like slow-moving, thick books. (However, my husband got bored and quite after reading less than a third.)

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and the combination of Bryan Fuller and the cast gives me great hope the series will live up to expectations.

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[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It really looks like everyone involved is taking a lot of care with this project, so I've definitely got my expectations up as well :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

It definitely really sells the show!

Love the concept and I generally like slow-moving, thick books.

I generally don't mind slow-moving books so long as they are focused on the characters, it's the really-overtly descriptive books where I tend to switch off, from everything I've heard about Lord Of The Rings for example I know that's a book I would never finish. Would you say that American Gods is anything like that?

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

He writes beautifully. This was the first of his I read and it is still my favourite - I hope you enjoy it when you get there!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

I want to like this, because I keep hearing great things about it (also, Ricky Whittle!), but the trailer doesn't really do it for me. I'll check the pilot anyway. The thing is, I've seen several adaptations from Neil Gaiman and they were not really my thing. I only love Good Omens, but clearly, what I love in Good Omens is Terry Pratchett's influence.

[supernutjapan.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the book very much! It takes a while to get into maybe. The trailer looks AWESOME <3<3 I'm mentioning this on my comm - thank you!!

[poniesandphotos.livejournal.com]

American Gods is one of Neil Gaiman's most controversial works, even he says so. It's a bit consistently darker than some of his others. As others have said it is dense. And often sad/macabre. But absolutely worth reading. It's one of those books that stays with you for years after reading it.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I would say American Gods focus on characters more- only there is a lot of characters and sub-plots. :) All good in my book.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Hmm that sounds pretty promising, thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to get into it in that case