Good Omens was my gateway to Gaiman as well, but Good Omens is mostly a Pratchett book in tone. American Gods is way much more darker and quite deep book, but with similarly quirky characters. Where Pratchett's books are usually about a character's journey (actual or metaphorical) in a rather static backdrop of Discworld, American Gods is not really that much about the main character but more about what's generally going on. It's not really a book about two guys going across the States. It's quite ambitious book (you better brush up with your knowledge of world's mythologies) and due to that it does fall flat for many (and they come out of the book feeling "WTF?").Chroelle wrote:Neil Gaiman made my list of to-read writers when he co-wrote "Good Omens" with Terry Pratchett.
...the book's also just a bit haunting. I think I read it at least 5 years ago and even just looking at its cover makes me queasy.
I would probably be reading Gaiman's other works if I wasn't sucked in the world of Stephenson's techno-crypto-epics.