Neverwhere
"Richard Mayhew is an ordinary young man with an ordinary life and a good heart. His world is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. This small kindness propels him into a dark world he never dreamed existed. He must learn to survive in London Below, in a world of perpetual shadows and darkness, filled with monsters and saints, murderers and angels. He must survive if he is ever to return to the London that he knew."
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- Niel Gaiman's Neverwhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere_(novel)
- Interesting. The other book this makes me think of is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I think Gaiman lives in America now, but he’d only recently moved as of when Neverwhere was published, and it’s a very British novel.
I love the world and plot of Neverwhere, but the protagonist, Richard Mayhew, always pissed me off because he’s such a loser. I never understood why Gaiman chose him to be in charge of the story.
Now I’m wondering if that’s my American sensibility.
- >> - Exploding The Phone (Lapsley): Super engrossing description of the phone phreak scene almost from its start to its end
Haven't heard of this one, sounds right up my alley too!
I need to check out more Gaiman too, I really enjoyed Neverwhere
- Ocean at the End of the Lane is a great 2nd to read if you enjoyed Neverwhere!
I was also listening to Evan Doorbell’s telephone tapes [1] as I read Exploding the Phone, which was super interesting because you can see the events of the book line-up with some of the comments Evan and other phreaks make on the tapes (like phone company security agents harassing them at their schools)
- Yes, they really are. And if you like them Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' is also really good.
- Have you read Neverwhere by chance?
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