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American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (A Full Cast Production)
- Lu par : Ron McLarty, Daniel Oreskes, full cast
- Série : American Gods, Volume 1
- Durée : 19 h et 39 min
- Catégories : Littérature, romans et fiction, Classiques

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Now a STARZ® Original Series produced by FremantleMedia North America starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, and Pablo Schreiber.
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.
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"Mystery, satire, sex, horror, poetic prose—American Gods uses all these to keep the reader turning the pages."—Washington Post
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- starlyte
- 01/05/2019
Story that you don't get tired of
Complexe and detailed, of gods and demi gods, with their games, that beats the classical myths in quality.
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- Alexei Tcherkassov
- 10/09/2018
great fiction!
Men, Gods, Undead, unknown beings - this book is full of mysterious and at the same time familiar and exciting personages. it's a story about a grey common and untalkative hero, about his journey presented as a road trip through past and future, about his encounters and unconscious actions, about his believe in everything and absence of convictions. I enjoyed this great work of fiction.
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- Nightveil
- 22/07/2011
10 Years and Still a Fantastic Read
I read American Gods when it first came out and was amazed by what Neil Gaiman had done. I've been a Gaiman fan since his work on Sandman and understood that the core of his stories is almost always myth and storytelling. American Gods has these in spades.
This new recording, featuring a full cast, is actually very good. Some say that there is no life in the characters, but there is. It's set against the bleak backdrop of a war between gods old and new. It's set against the seeming non-involvement of the main character, Shaodow, who often seems to be along for the ride but ultimately acts as the one character the listener can relate to in a world filled with fantastical creatures called gods.
The first several times the cast interacts with the narrator can be jarring, but once the listener is used to the voices and the rhythm that builds over the first chapter or so, it becomes natural and the listener can get in to the story proper.
American Gods is dense. This edition has some 12,000 more words than previous editions. It is not a book to be taken lightly. It requires thought and it requires patience. Those willing to give it those things will find a solid, entertaining and thought provoking listen.
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- Michael
- 27/07/2011
New to Neil
I am new to Neil Gaiman's work. I once tried to read a Sandman comic and felt utterly lost, so I gave up trying. His recent work on Doctor Who and my membership on Audible led me to pick this audio book. I'm not a big fan of full cast productions either. I like the idea of a single person reading the book... but after reading the criticism and researching the different versions of the book for myself, I decided to give this one a try.
It was fantastic.
The voice of Shadow is perfect... as is that of Mr. Wednesday. It really helps the book come alive. If I had read it or listened to a single person voicing it, I may have gotten sick of the tangents that Gaiman follows, but since I had the numerous voices as sign posts on the journey, it really did help. They do a great job of setting the tone.
This book is like a dream you don't want to wake up from. It makes so much sense, yet if you were to try to explain it to someone, it wouldn't. If you expect something from it, you may be disappointed, but if you just let it take you on a journey and let your mind wander with it, you will enjoy every minute of it. Neil Gaiman knows how to get you to feel for his characters by making them a part of the familiar. This really is something I could see myself dreaming.
I hope HBO does make it into a TV show, as is the buzz.
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- Michael
- 17/08/2017
Incredibly Engaging
American Gods is an experience, it's a journey, and it's about the journey. These are characters so engaging that I would enjoy reading about them so much as stopping at a gas station to buy a candy bar.
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- Mari
- 30/10/2017
I don't get it......
Convoluted and disjointed. I tried to like it, I really did. Not my kind of book.
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- Timothy
- 02/03/2012
Stellar Full Cast Production
This isn't a review about the story American Gods; others will do that. What I felt important to review here was the superb production presented by this very talented group of narrators. The characterization- depth, realism and building of, and ability to relate to -in American Gods is very well done, but the performance of the narrators brings them further, adding an even more complex and integrated layer of emotion and connection.
The main narrator is easy to listen to and warm to the tale- I felt the narrator was telling me a story of his experience rather than a recitation of another's work.
And of Neil Gaiman's own short passages, sprinkled thru-ought: an excellent lift from the main story, giving each break an ethereal yet distinctive separation from the main story.
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- PlantCrone
- 05/05/2012
Complicated-enjoyable, a champion audio book
Gaiman is one of those authors for who I simply buy the hardbound when it comes out and I read and re-read these over the years. I was thrilled to find this revised production version of it on Audible.com. I may be prejudiced but I found this audio book immaculately performed and amongst the top of the books I've listened to.
I really enjoyed the variety of narrators-with a novel this involved, a multi cast interpretation is the only way to do it justice.Yes, it's long and quite complex, especially if you've not read it previously but it's well worth the time and any effort. If you're a fan of fantasy fiction, American gods should fascinate you.
A caveat: It may take a while to get into..because it is long and as a bit convoluted, you might not be grabbed in the first chapter..Gaiman develops his novels slowly-they creep up on you. I hope readers who are unfamiliar with his work don't give up right away..this book is a synopsis of past gods and goddesses from our ancestors and their plight in the world of technology.
For me, this is a book thats worth reading, and re reading again-I know I'll be listening again in a couple of years.
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- CO Cyclist
- 27/04/2012
Will certainly be a classic
I really loved this story. My kids have been telling me for years to read it, and I finally got this edition to listen to. I can't imagine any part of it I'd hope to miss, and am not sure what the parts were in this edition that weren't in the previously released version, but again, I can't imagine I'd want anything left out.
I'm usually not a fan of "cast" performances on audiobooks. I like a single storyteller. However, this was really an outstanding performance - they did a truly great job.
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- Nosh F.
- 11/05/2016
Plodding and Frayed Story
I did not like the story, and I disliked nearly every character. That is not to say this is a terrible book. It is full of obscure places and bits of anthropological American history which are fascinating, revealing how little I know of my own country. The prose is beautiful at times, direct, and not distracting.
The plot seemed more like a mechanism for the author’s rambling exploration of the myriad histories that have fallen together to create the scrapbook heap of America’s past. The result was not characterization of likable people but of characters who can pull us through the author’s expansive understanding of America. We, therefore, never truly feel attached to the outcome of anything or anyone (save for the few unexplored supporting characters), and even the anticlimactic outcome of the book only serves to underscore the unimportance of the plot.
Hence, the unexpected revelations that could be shocking are met with, “Meh.” I felt more interested in the non-central-plot immigrant characters whose stories skirted the edges of the story just as they skirted the edges of American society. The vignettes depicting them were far more poignant, more telling, and ultimately more revelatory of America than the rest of the meandering storyline.
I had held out hope that Shadow, our central hero, once awakened by the revelation of what it meant to be alive would actually come alive as a character. But he remained robotic. He developed somewhat by becoming more proactive and less reactive, but the proactive actions he took were not those of a living person. They were those of a character in a book who needed to wrap up the plot so that the story could end.
I like the writing, and I will come back to Gaiman, but this piece left me wanting so much more from him, his story, and the characters.
As for the narration of the audiobook, I liked every voice except for the narrator’s. He was cloyingly redundant in his intonation patterns to the point that it distracted me from the material he was narrating. He had a habit of raising his pitch at the start of a sentence and then quickly falling toward an aloof sarcastic tone at the close of the sentence. I found him off-putting. The other voices in the Full Cast version of the narration excellently portrayed the characters’ physical and emotional traits. I was especially fond of Hinzelmann, despite his dark secret because of just how effectively he was voiced; he also turned out to be one of the most complex and complete characters in the story despite his minor role in the overall plot.
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- Eugenia
- 22/10/2016
Not For Me
I feel so alone in my opinion after so many zillion glowing reviews. But this book either left me cold or sometimes irritated me.
The endless fantasy historical mythology told by characters of whom I cared little. The repetitive dream sequences that were just a lot of symbolic images that went nowhere. Characters who talked and talked about other characters who were never in the actual plot. Most of the time I couldn't place where the characters were when they talked with each other. Which was a lot of talk.
I have listened to Neil Caiman's Graveyard in the past and I loved it. This was a big mess of a disappointment.
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- Carol
- 28/06/2011
A Different Opinion
I haven't finished listening to this yet but wanted to weigh in about the narration. If you are one of George Guidall's many fans, by all means get his production. But when I first searched this book on Audible and found only Guidall's version, I chose not to get it because have never cared for his voice or performances. That is not meant as a criticism of this much-honored narrator, it is strictly personal taste and preference.
I like the use of different readers and in general think all four of these do a good job. This is an *extremely* dense and confusing book, and hearing different voices, at least for me, creates welcome breaks.
Whether this production will wind up being worth the heavy going is still up for debate with me. Gaiman's Preface to this anniversary edition characterizes it as "big, odd, and meandering." It's certainly all of those. He also acknowledges that some of his fans "really hate it." But there is a lot of interesting stuff in the book, especially for people who enjoy the off-center, the surreal--and the ineffable.
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- Käuzchen
- 11/01/2019
Gut wieder zurück zu sein
Nachdem ich ich Buch gelesen und die Serie gesehen habe war es schön toll wieder Zeit mit all den wundervollen Figuren zu verbringen und erneut den Drang zu verspüren mehr über die ganzen Götter zu erfahren. Ich möchte gerne jedem der sich für nicht nur für Mythologie aber auch für eine gute Geschichte interessiert, dieses Hörbuch ans Herz legen.
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- Ellen St.
- 21/01/2021
This is Not a Review
I was going to write an amazed review, because it is an amazing audiobook. I mean, it had been recommended to me so many times that I had begun to avoid it, if anyone can relate.
I finished it and immediately want to listen to it again, but Audible, Amazon's daughter, perhaps a modern goddess herself, is forcing me to write a review first.
I'm not sure I defied her, let's see...
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- Mindbog
- 14/07/2018
Great story, perfect audiobook
This production is the reason why I am into audiobooks these days. It's incredibly well produced - a treat for your mind and ears. In my opinion only a handfull of other productions match the quality of this gem (and i haven't come across one that surpasses it) - so do yourself a favour and give it a try. Even if you already know this awesome book, this production will definitly add enough to revisit Neil Gaimans American Gods again (and again). Enjoy!
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- Oncle Iroh
- 01/11/2020
an everlasting introduction, overrated plot
Don't get me wrong: Neil Gaiman has a fantastic talent to create amazing worlds, he also has the gift to intrigue so much I want this worlds to be vividly explored.
however he hardly ever capitalises on his great ideas and characters yet manages to make his stories appear longish and kind of dull.
it's like "lord of the rings" would end in Revendell after those 100 pages of opening words and the first journey.
this time for instance, I lingered around until the end after a great opening in this tedious story with the hope that it will actually finally kick off and then I ask myself "was that all"??
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- Phillip Klinner
- 11/10/2020
großartige Story
Neil Gaiman ist der beste absolut großartige Story sehr zu empfehlen aufjedenfall .Neil Gaiman Fans oder welche die es noch werden wollen hört es euch an👍
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- Laura M
- 06/10/2019
Awesome!!!
I loved listening to this - especially because it is so long and yet always entertaining
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- Armin
- 09/07/2019
Excellent book, excellent production
The added bits by Gaiman make it especially worthwhile.
Everyone should listen to this.
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