Neil Gaiman/Headscratchers


 * "Murder Mysteries". I'm completely at a loss for what importance the human protagonist serves. I can tell he's important somehow, or else Gaiman wouldn't have written it as a frame story. What does he do?
 * The point was that he
 * Well, yes.


 * His books make references to eachother implying that a lot of them take place in the same fictional universe;From references ive noticed American Gods, Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, Stardust and Susanna Clarke's two books, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel and The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories all take place in the same universe but then Delirium from the Sandman appears in American Gods. Does that mean that all his books take place in the DCU?
 * Probably yes. Since pretty much all those verses are All Myths Are True, it kind of makes sense that they would be mutually compatible.
 * What references lead you to connect Neverwhere with other books? Or those Susanna Clarke things?
 * Neverwhere is horribly vague on the rules and backstories of the canon. Therefore; the Beast of London? Islington? Possibly the Marquis, or even Door plus countless references to things Richard had heard of but never thought to be real- all of those could be considered 'gods'. Coraline and MANY short stories are compatible with the American Gods outline. And anyway, it would be absolutely amazing if all of Gaiman's works were part of the DCU. Imagine the possibilities.
 * Sendman actually takes place in a multiverse meaning that not all those books have to take place in the same world per see to be connected. also if i'm not mistaken vertigo's comics are not considerd part of the DCU annymore but reter their own continuallity,}and sandman left the DCU along with them.
 * Actually, I think Sandman is still part of the DCU. Death met Lex Luthor, and Dream met the JLA. Dream also saved his parents from an ice-cold hell that the Spectre sent them to.