# Gaiman's "American Gods" free to read online **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762 "2008-03-01T19:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/1 "2008-03-01T19:22:55Z")
Hi, all. Harper Collins has put Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” online, free to read for the next month or so. Here’s the link: [http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780060558123&WT.mc\_id=author\_AmerGods\_FullAccess\_022208](http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780060558123&WT.mc_id=author_AmerGods_FullAccess_022208) It would be cooler if they were just giving out PDFs, of course - but hey, it’s free. And it’s a good read. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/2 "2008-03-02T01:28:47Z")
Thanks, I will. Though this now makes a mockery of my March reading list on the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/3 "2008-03-02T01:36:51Z")
I just want to say that I highly recommend this book, especially since it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/4 "2008-03-02T01:42:41Z")
I found it to be rather dull myself. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/5 "2008-03-02T02:18:52Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] I found it to be rather dull myself. [/QUOTE] I found it dull the first time I tried to read it, but once I tried again, I was fascinated. I also loved the sequel - Anansazi Boys. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/6 "2008-03-02T03:57:33Z")
I used to work at Point Park, which is right on the tip of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga. Just a hop down the ridge from Rock City. Yeah, that’s all I got. I didn’t really like the book, but I used to hike all over the place where the climax of the book happened. Gorgeous country, and a hell of a place to get paid to romp. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/7 "2008-03-02T03:59:41Z")
I actually liked the sequel better, but American Gods was a good read - especially yes - the second time. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/8 "2008-03-02T04:23:59Z")
I thought the book was a con job - just plain stupid. Set up with a compelling story but absolutely no delivery - like Stephen King at his worst. Having said that - the writing from sentence to sentence is decent and if it is free… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaimans-american-gods-free-to-read-online/439762/9 "2008-03-02T04:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=susan\_foster] I found it dull the first time I tried to read it, but once I tried again, I was fascinated. I also loved the sequel - Anansazi Boys. Susan [/QUOTE] _Anansi Boys_, and I wouldn’t really call it a sequel, although it seems to exist in the same universe: there is a sequel novella featuring Shadow, titled “Monarch Of The Glen” in his short story collection _Fragile Things_. I liked _American Gods_ much more than I did the irritating middle-class English Douglas Adamsish whimsy of his earlier stuff like _Neverwhere_ - which also marred the first half of _Anansi Boys_ - had been replaced with something altogether darker and and more sombre.