![]() ![]() It is this side of geekery, the “traditional” writing that evolved from the likes of Tolkien that Gaiman pays tribute to here. He even recalls his 12-year-old self reading Lord of the Rings for the first time and believing it “the best book that ever could be written”. ![]() He writes fondly of the bliss of immersion in fictional worlds, novels, comics, movies and games, the gravitational force around which planet geek has formed. Gaiman remembers them as close friends, while simultaneously revering as a fan. It is a love letter to geek culture, packed full of Gaiman’s musings and reflections on his time creating in the field, as well as insights into some of its greatest figures – Terry Pratchett, Diana Wynne Jones, Douglas Adams. ![]() Essay after essay in The View from the Cheap Seats are on Gaiman’s view on contemporary storytelling, but told from its epicentre, the belly of the beast. ![]()
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