{"id":248,"date":"2007-05-27T21:53:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T01:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/27\/90-neverwhere-by-neil-gaiman\/"},"modified":"2011-04-16T00:33:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T04:33:48","slug":"90-neverwhere-by-neil-gaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/90-neverwhere-by-neil-gaiman\/","title":{"rendered":"9.0 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman"},"content":{"rendered":"

My good friend Mr. Stephen Wolfe has brought me daily oranges to nurture me, stayed by my side after finding me (embarrassingly) curled up in a ball of pain on the carpet at work – following me home an hour later to make sure I arrived home safely, and, during a recent trip to the bookstore, decided to buy me a favorite book of his. It was quite a good fantasy book, creating an alternate reality that was visually vivid while avoiding cliches. Pretty good character development, too. Thanks again Stephen, gentleman and scholar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My good friend Mr. Stephen Wolfe has brought me daily oranges to nurture me, stayed by my side after finding me (embarrassingly) curled up in a ball of pain on the carpet at work – following me home an hour later to make sure I arrived home safely, and, during a recent trip to the … Continue reading 9.0 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,13,3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-books","category-consumption","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-40","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1923,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2014\/9-0-jabberwocky\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":0},"title":"9.0 Jabberwocky","author":"m","date":"September 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"How can there be a Terry Gilliam-directed movie starring Michael Palin that I have never even heard of??!\u00a0 Good Lord!\u00a0 Stephen tuned me in and we thoroughly enjoyed this massive indulgent romp through a middle age equally beleaguered by a huge monster and the beginnings of a free market economy.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All My Rowdy Friends"","block_context":{"text":"All My Rowdy Friends","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/all-my-rowdy-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jabberwocky","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jabberwocky-480x354.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2890,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2019\/kayaking-on-the-neuse-is-a-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":1},"title":"Kayaking on the Neuse is a go","author":"m","date":"September 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen agreed to try kayaking the Neuse with me! 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