Yesterday, this bit of news came out:

Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” Novel Lands Series Greenlight At Starz

Now, at the risk of sounding incredibly petty (and jealous), I have only one question: Why?

In general, I like Neil Gaiman’s writing.  He first gained notice in the wake of fellow comic-book writer Alan Moore’s ascent in the late 1980’s and specifically for his work on the Sandman comic.  Mr. Gaiman would actually follow Alan Moore’s tenure on MarvelMan (retitled Miracleman later on), a book that featured a British version of Captain Marvel (the Shazam! variety) and which was one of the early works of Mr. Moore to explore the “real world” implications -both good and very bad- of a superpowered being living among us.

When he finished the Sandman series, Mr. Gaiman began writing novels and one of the first ones he did was American Gods.

At the time of its release, I was eager to read more of Mr. Gaiman’s work.  So I picked up American Gods and read it and…

Taste, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.  There are those who absolutely love the novel and I’m not going to rip anyone for what they like/dislike.  After all, I’m one of the very few people out there who actively hated Guardians of the Galaxy while everyone else made it one of the biggest, most beloved hits of last summer.

If that last statement doesn’t clue you into my feelings regarding American Gods, nothing will.  But I’ll say this much: So turned off was I by the novel that I’ve had a very hard time looking in on anything Mr. Gaiman has done since, and this is coming from someone who until that time was really into his work.

As I said, there are those who love the novel and are looking forward to the series.  Perhaps I’ll give it a try and see if maybe I missed out on something when I originally read the book.

We’ll see.