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March 2024 New School Classics Group Read

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, 1996 370 pages
 
  68 votes, 27.5%

 
  55 votes, 22.3%

 
  37 votes, 15.0%

 
  34 votes, 13.8%

The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, 1932, 363 pages
 
  20 votes, 8.1%

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, 1920, 305 pages
 
  19 votes, 7.7%

Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, 1946, 396 pages
 
  14 votes, 5.7%


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message 1: by spoko (last edited Jan 20, 2024 03:45AM) (new)

spoko By the way, you may notice that there are different versions of Neverwhere available. In case you’re curious about the “Author’s Preferred Text” designation, here is an explanation (partly from Gaiman himself) of what it means in the context of this book. I’m generally not a fan of director’s cuts, etc., but in this case I think I’ll be going with it.

[You’ll have to remove the spaces, since GR doesn’t allow off-site links.]
https:// slate.com /culture/2015/08/author-s-preferred-text-of-neil-gaiman-s-neverwhere-what-do-those-words-mean.html


message 2: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Thank you, spoko.

"For Gaiman, the “author’s preferred text” is, in part, a way of restoring some of the text that was lost in translation during its Americanization. "

"The text also includes a second prologue that didn’t make it into the American version, and a new Neverwhere story called “How the Marquis Got His Coat Back,”"


message 3: by J_BlueFlower (last edited Jan 23, 2024 12:31PM) (new)

J_BlueFlower The version with ISBN-13 9780061793059 seems to have two different covers. The black-blue one with “author’s preferred text” in large letters. This one:
https:// www. saxo. com/dk/neverwhere_neil-gaiman_epub_9780061793059
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and a grey with a water colour stair-like thing.

The last version is on Libby/Overdrive/Ereolen Global.

I guess this would make the “author’s preferred text” accessible to many/most people.


message 4: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Nice! The corresponding audio book is narrated by Gaiman.
It is also on Libby/Overdrive/Ereolen Global.

ISBN: 9780061549113
Duration: 13:48:39


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