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u/Afaflix · 15 pointsr/books
u/majoogybobber · 9 pointsr/AskReddit

By Neil Gaiman:

Stardust

Neverwhere

And His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

u/JuninAndTonic · 8 pointsr/booksuggestions

Agreed. I'm a fan of Gaiman but American Gods was just 'okay.' I highly recommend Neverwhere or Stardust if you want to try something else. Both are much more vibrant (not quite the right word for Neverwhere but it will do) and better paced I felt.

u/MCubb · 6 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Oooo check out Stardust!

It's an awesome adventure with action, humour, love, and more! And it's written by Neil Gaiman, who's just awesome.

Thanks for the contest!

u/Psyladine · 3 pointsr/writing

Alan Rickman with a goofy smile.

Also:

Protege of Alan Moore, wrote one of the best comic series to come out of the industry, then did some books, including one co-authored with Terry Pratchett. Has a writing blog that's worth a look, too.

u/demeteloaf · 3 pointsr/comics

And if you get the book, make sure you get the fully illustrated edition.

Stardust was originally published as a fully illustrated graphic novel, with illustrations by Charles Vess, and it's really well done.

They later decided that the story was good enough to release as a standard novel without the illustrations, and while good, is nowhere near as awesome as the illustrated version. Both are still in print and you can find either in bookstores.

EDIT: And if you're ordering online and want to be able to tell the difference, the easiest way is that the illustrated edition is published by Vertigo, whereas the non-illustrated one is HarperCollins.

Amazon link for non-illustrated edition

Illustrated Edition

u/Bachstar · 3 pointsr/books

Hmmm... paranormal/supernatural tween reads with strong girl characters (not that Twilight had a strong female lead in it, but you may as well steer her in a better direction).

You really can't go wrong with the Hunger Games. Or you could get her the Japanese novel Battle Royale. It's also a dystopian novel about teenagers forced to battle each other to the death.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is worth checking out. It starts to lose some oomph towards the end, but is still a solid read with actual substance to the storyline. I'd get the hardback - the photography in it is just genius. Male lead, but there's a pretty cool chick who throws fireballs.

I enjoyed Anna Dressed in Blood. It's a bit like Supernatural, only with one male ghost hunter as the protaganist. He falls in love with a ghost, but she's a homicidal maniac.

The Rise of Renegade X - a boy raised by his evil supervillain mom discovers that he's the product of her one-night-stand with a superhero. That was pretty enjoyable...

Poison Study is a great book about a girl who's been sentenced to death and is offered a reprieve if she becomes the king's food taster. Her handler ends up subjecting her to a litany of poisons so that she can build up immunity. Didn't read the sequels, but the first book was pretty good.

Graceling is set in a world where certain people are born with random talents - the ability to hold their breath underwater for long periods of time, musical or dancing abilities, cooking the best food imaginable, etc. The main character is born with the talent to kill & becomes her uncle's assassin.

Stardust - Neil Gaiman... really nuff said, eh?

Howl's Moving Castle - A girl is turned into an old woman by an angry witch & takes refuge in the mysteriously moving castle of an "evil" wizard.

Okay. I'll stop now. :)

u/pineapplesf · 2 pointsr/santashelpers

In teen fiction or adult? I don't think I've read any adult books recently (published in last two years) that would be appropriate for a 13 year old.


Stardust: Quirky, fun and Neil Gaiman. His writing and stories are very strange so people either like them or they don't (I don't). However, my friends swear by this book.


Kingkiller: Badass hero, epic journey, epic story. Ultimately along the same difficulty as Sword of Shanara/LOTR and is probably super boring for a 13 year old.


Let me think: Game of Thrones is neither appropriate nor well written. Lackey is still amazing, but has strong homosexual and relationship themes. I think I waited to read her old stuff until I was 13, but her new stuff is just as -- well, her... Terry Brooks has a new series, but it is more political than Rothfuss. All the modern mystery/suspense is very sexual. I'm reading Abercombie right now, but don''t feel confident recommending it since I'm not done. Keyes reminds me of old-school high fantasy -- really, really dense and hard to digest for a 13 year old.

 

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Divergent, as he already read, was quite good. Hunger Games and Maze Runner are in the same genre, but both are quite a bit darker than Divergent (stupid mind control and very Lord of the Flies-esque).

I think my best modern recommendation is:
Rick Riodran: Generally awesome teen male fiction. I've read the greek (percy) and egyptian series. They are fun and very similar to harry potter in tone.

Other

Throne of Glass: Not super popular, but definitely good! I haven't had the chance to read the sequels, but the first stuck with me.

Mistborn: water-downed Trudi Canarvan. Poor girl becomes a magician/assassin who totally kicks butt. Some almost-rape scenes (2 I think).

Intisar Khanani - I got a chance to read her newest book before it was released. She is the modern equivalent of Tamora Pierce and definitely someone to watch in the future. Great - Great author, but doesn't have an established series.

If he ends up liking the Dark Elf Trilogy -- The forgotten realms are STILL making books.

I'd say that Mortal Instruments (Girl meets demon hunter -- kind of a less cool version of Bleach), anything John Green writes (watered down Nicholas Sparks), Tiger's Curse (awesome epic adventure, but kinda creepy), and the Iron Fey series are too girly.

I recently read a free kindle book that would be awesome. It was a watered-down, less rape-y/fetishy version of The Sword of Truth. I can't find it. I'll have to get back to you on that. It had dragons and magic and bad-assery in a generic fantasy way. There was also another one with lots of dragons and he had power over them... hmmm... I might be losing my mind.

u/terciopelo · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

In 900 years of time and space, I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important

A few years ago, I got a spotting scope for birdwatching. It is not a high-powered one, but as my first scope, it's perfectly adequate. That same week, I got my first pair of glasses. This will be important to the story later.

That week, I heard on the radio that the planet Saturn was going to be especially visible to people with small telescopes. Saturn has been my favorite planet, save Earth, since I was a little kid. I didn't have a telescope, but I had that spotting scope. 'How different can they be?', I thought.

So late that winter night, sporting my new glasses, I went out onto my front stoop and set up my spotting scope. Trying to ignore the cold, I started looking for Saturn. When I saw a promising celestial object, I looked through the spotting scope at it. But my glasses got in the way. I couldn't figure out how to use both glasses and the scope at the same time. So I took off my glasses, placing them carefully on the steps behind me.

I looked through the scope at the golden, glowing object. There, like a perfect jewel in space, was Saturn! Its rings were perfectly obvious and striated. I felt elated and incredulous. I could see Saturn! Then, I noticed a few steadily shining pearl-like objects near the planet. They were its moons! Titan! Rhea! It was like meeting celebrities. I couldn't believe it. I was freezing, but I wanted to keep watching. So I bolted back into the house to get a hat and some gloves.

CRUNCH. My glasses, directly in my footpath, were now flattened against the concrete. My joy at seeing Saturn abated somewhat, but I was so happy that I didn't really mope. I went and got my warmer clothing so I could watch Saturn a while longer.

TL;DR: Saturn broke my glasses.

I have the book Stardust on my books wishlist. I haven't read it, but it has "Star" right in the title! Thank you for the contest!

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Wooooot! finding old books is always great!

A mental mind fuck can be nice. :D

And i've been really meaning to read Stardust!!

Thanks for the great contest!

u/herefromthere · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

I would recommend Neil Gaiman. Stardust may be something you would like.

u/blasek0 · 2 pointsr/OkCupid

It's a book by Neil Gaiman. They made it into a movie and it's actually pretty good, and imo, one of the few cases where the movie is better than the book. Still a decent book though, fun quick little read if you like the high fantasy fantastical fiction worldsy stuff with romance.

u/Gurung55 · 1 pointr/Fantasy

Stardust!!!

One of my favorite books.

https://www.amazon.com/Stardust-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0061689246

u/DrawerFullOfDicks · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Stardust by Neil Gaiman is a GREAT vacation book!