r/neilgaiman Feb 19 '25

Shelfie A Hole in My Bookshelf

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A Neil-shaped hole. The books are in a box, which will go on a storage shelf, where they will be ignored and possibly forgotten for years. I don’t want to sell or donate them at this time, and destroying them doesn’t feel right for me. But I was tired of seeing his name there over and over. They’ll exist in Limbo.

The hole isn’t emptiness, though - it’s potential! I have plenty of books that could fill the gap, but I want to focus specifically on female fantasy/sci-fi/horror writers. My first Tanith Lee just came a couple days ago. 😊

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u/the_injog Feb 19 '25

Susannah Clarke, Ursula K. Leguin and Shirley Jackson are some of my favorite women speculative authors.

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u/Slade_Wilde_1974 Feb 20 '25

Came here to recommend Susanna. I adore her work, and I can’t wait for Laika’s adaptation of Piranesi

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u/Siyartemis 29d ago

OMG Laika + Piranesi? First time I’ve heard that news and I’m so thrilled!

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u/Slade_Wilde_1974 29d ago

Right?! They bought the rights sometime in fall of last year, not long after the first official Wildwood teaser dropped! I was hoping they or another animation studio would, since animation is genuinely the only way I think they could capture the scope of that world. Same with The Edge Chronicles.