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Warning, this story is really horrific and will be heartbreaking for any fans of his, but Neil Gaiman is a sadistic [not in the BDSM sense] sexual predator with a predilection for very young women.

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[–] EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I have so many of this man's books on my shelves, a few of them signed. I don't know what to do with them. I don't want to throw them away (yet), because the stories are wonderful and I'm still attached to those characters and worlds. but. I don't to see his name anymore. on anything. I've turned them backwards, spine inward and placed others in the gap between other books and the back of the shelf. what a tragic loss caused by a Jekyll\Hyde monster.

Good Omens is one of my most favorite and re-read books and I don't know how many decades it'll take before I touch it again.

[–] TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author

H. P. Lovecraft was very racist and you can even see his racism in his books, and people still read his books. You need to disconnect the author with the books, although Lovecraft was racist and not a monster like this guy. I even heard he tried to change before he died.

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah he was racist, but also a New England resident in like 1910 who married a Jewish woman.

I honestly think that Lovecraft might have suffered from some mental illness, the guy had so many phobias. His childhood wasn't good either, he was racist because he genuinely thought they will kill him or hurt him.

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The stories live on their own. They left his mind and are no longer his. They live in your mind now and are yours now.

If it makes you feel better about them being there, tear out or paint over his name on them. And continue enjoying stories that are good.

I believe in death of the author. People throughout history were all sorts of awful, but that doesn't mean they didn't have some good thoughts too. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Part of the problem in Gaiman's case is that he absolutely does not shy away from sexual violence in his stories. The perpetrator usually gets punished, often ironically, but how can you read about one of his villainous rapist characters and not think about how he's got experience with what that character is doing?

That's not a problem with stuff like Good Omens, which is more family fare, or even the stuff he does specifically for kids. It's a huge problem for stuff like Sandman and American Gods.

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[–] rami@ani.social 5 points 1 day ago

ty for writing this. it actually helped a bit.

I was going to say this is so beyond someone being racist or your favorite musician turning into a conservative shithead... which, it is, but... that helped. thank you.

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[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It can be hard to separate art from artist, but just keep in mind that you've already paid for those books. He isn't getting more money from you just rereading them, and nothing changes if you continue to enjoy the books.

Also he doesn't get paid if you pirate them. So feel free to pirate them.

[–] slurp@programming.dev 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

At least with Good Omens you can focus on Terry. This is grim.

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[–] geography082@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Time to buy mangas

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[–] vivavideri@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

God, barf.

I was one of those sad goth kids clinging to the dresden dolls through my turbulent adolescence. After palmer met this nutsack her whole vibe changed. I mourned the loss of an era and ultimately left it all behind. I can't even begin to fathom what kind of.. Mind-shattering nightmare that would be, someone you connected with on that level, being the intersection in your life between "the before times" and one of the most traumatic things that can happen to someone. Fuck.

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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

No one should ever be put on a pedestal. We all have our demons. Though many of them are semi innocent or only hurt ourselves. It still sad to hear another celebrity abused their celebrity.

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[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I never liked his books. Just kept trying and trying to get into them, seemed like everyone was reading Sandman and American gods and I was just struggling to finish Neverwhere. Like there was something just...wrong about it. Now I'm thinking I saw something under those words he wrote. Something I didn't like.

[–] Amanduh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

The sandman tv show was pretty good

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I met him very briefly in 1995, same San Diego comic con trip when I met Stan Lee, James Robinson, Wade Von Grawbadger, Will Eisner, and Shannon Wheeler.

I didn't get the creepy vibe from him then, but then again it would have been 25 years before these allegations, at a convention, and I'm not a vulnerable woman.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, guess I’ll never be getting around to finishing ocean at the end of the lane now, just sickening. And I like his narration so much too, and now it’s just all ruined.

Disgusting

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great book no reason not to enjoy it just because he's a pos

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