Customer Reviews
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 30 Dec 2008 
PRINCE OF STORIES: THE MANY WORLDS OF NEIL GAIMAN is a wonderful book for any fan of Neil Gaiman. It is an overview of his work as well as his life. It is clearly a book written by friends of the man himself & has a jovial feel to it, almost like friends telling stories about one of their own to one of their own. As a reader, one feels almost includedin the circle of friendship that clearly helped to generate this book.
Virtually everything a Gaiman fan could want is includedin this book, from a list of websites to discussions on characters, from family photos to cover art, & from interviews to journal entries. Gaiman's amazing accomplishmentsin the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, & Film worlds come to life through the anecdotes & commentaryin this book.
A reader comes away feeling like they have known the man for years. It is not simply a cut-and-dried look at Gaiman's amazing accomplishments or life. It carriesin it the liveliness all of Gaiman's own works include.
While there is nothing that a parent of a younger child would particularly object to, this is a book written for older readers, for people who have already read Gaiman's work. If one has not read his books yet, it would be giving away some of the most wonderful joys & secret pleasures of reading books written by a master.
Gaiman is THE fantasist of our time, & his ability to shift between mediums is amazing. Considering that this book covers all of his work, some even that have not yet been published, it would be a shame to read this book before you have read or watched what Gaiman himself has created.
Reviewed by: Christina Tsichlis
A book "you can get lost in," per VOYA - By: Henry W. Wagner, 09 Dec 2008 A note from Hank Wagner, co-author (with Christopher Golden & Stephen R. Bissette) of Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman:
Sometimes, someone blesses you with a review that says everything you could possibly want about your work. That's certainly the case with Rachelle Bilz, who penned the review below for VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates), a bimonthly library journal devoted to teenagers' information needs. As Neil Gaiman himself might say, it makes me very happy. To be mentionedin the same breath as Hy Bender's fine Sandman Companion is high praise indeed:
"This tribute is a tremendous gift to Neil Gaiman fans. Whether the reader wants to know the inspiration & background information for Gaiman's many works or factual tidbits about the man himself, this volume delivers. The authors, all impressive writers themselves, have conducted extensive research & interviewsin their effort to create a compendium of data about one of fantasy's finest writers. Without a doubt, it is the most comprehensive resource about Neil Gaiman to date. Encyclopedicin scope, this book offers reprints of articles by Gaiman, back stories, interviews with illustrators & others who work with Gaiman, photos, illustrations, & sneak peeks at future works. Although broadin scope, this work also contains fascinating minutiae about all things Gaiman as well as entertaining quotes from him. The extensive interview with Gaiman is especially enjoyable, as are his anecdotes about celebrity & fans & his responses to movies such as Stardust. The appendixes offer a chronology, further reading, Web sites, & other helpful information. Well written, well organized, & fun to peruse, this book can be enjoyed as a cover-to-cover read or a random browse. Readers will learn a lot about Gaiman, storytelling & the writing process. A book you can get lost in, it will appeal to Gaiman fans of all ages. This impressive resource should find a place on the shelves alongside Hy Bender's The Sandman Companion (DC Comics, 1999). Reviewer: Rachelle Bilz."
