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Category Archive for 'Gaiman'

Printed books vs. audio books in the classroom

Posted in Books, Gaiman, Teaching on Sep 8th, 2009

In my Freshman Seminar this semester, I tried something a bit unusual. Instead of assigning the printed version of the first class text (Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book), I assigned the audiobook version.  I had three reasons for doing this.
First, I have designed the course to be a romp through different genres and media forms.  [...]

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Royal Mail Mythological Creatures Stamp Set by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman

Posted in Gaiman, Mythology on Jul 9th, 2009

I just received my Mythological Creatures stamp set from the UK Royal Mail Group. The issue date is 16 June 2009, and the set contains 6 stamps designed by Mr. McKean featuring classic British mythological creatures. On the reverse side is a collection of short stories, one for each stamp, written by Neil [...]

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