{"id":125,"date":"2008-02-11T09:16:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T17:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2008-02-11T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T17:16:06","slug":"an-aside-neil-gaimans-givin-away-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/news\/an-aside-neil-gaimans-givin-away-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Neil Gaiman&#8217;s Givin&#8217; away a book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Gaiman, author of <strong>American Gods<\/strong>, <strong>Coraline<\/strong>, <strong>Stardust<\/strong> (all of which are incredible novels), has decided to honor his blogs&#8217; 7th &#8220;birthday&#8221; (and an astounding 1,071,213 words!) by giving away a digital version of his novel for free.<\/p>\n<p>The coolest part? We get to pick which one! Just head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/journal.neilgaiman.com\/2008\/02\/birthday-thing.html\">his blog<\/a>, take a look at the options and choose one! Pretty neat of Gaiman (and his publisher, Harper Collins) to do something like this for his fans!<\/p>\n<p>Also, for those of you who haven&#8217;t checked Gaiman out, this is your chance to discover one of the best authors in the game. The breadth of his work (Fairy Tales, Contemporary Fantasy, Children&#8217;s Fantasy, Humourous Fantasy, etc&#8230;) is astounding and there&#8217;s surely something for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/us.perfectbound.ret.overdrive.com\/916D2008-F194-4B29-90BA-F6AC9DFA2B8F\/10\/125\/en\/neilgaiman?WT.mc_id=REFL_AWXX_NGAISTUDY_092807\">free audio story<\/a> he&#8217;s giving away as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods, Coraline, Stardust (all of which are incredible novels), has decided to honor his blogs&#8217; 7th &#8220;birthday&#8221; (and an astounding 1,071,213 words!) by giving away a digital version of his novel for free. The coolest part? We get to pick which one! 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