Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

December 15, 2016 8:33 AM

Neil Gaiman reads Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'.
posted by Artw (4 comments total)

Thanks for posting this. NG reads aloud well, and he does a good job at this. I do find that anytime I hear him speak I always wish that we could have "Neil Gaiman portrayed by Alan Rickman" instead.) Alas!
posted by janell at 10:57 AM on December 15, 2016 [1 favorite]

Speaking of "Neil Gaiman for charity", the Humble Book Bundle is currently running a Gaiman bundle which supports the CBLDF (which he's been affiliated with ever since its founding) and the UN Commision for Refugees.

Donation at various levels gets you short story collections, difficult to find comic compilations, several live audio albums, and a Duran Duran biography Neil wrote in the Eighties and is deeply ashamed by.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 11:34 AM on December 15, 2016 [1 favorite]

Saw Gaiman read at Carnegie Hall a couple years ago: yes he's a very good storyteller.

That said, I'd pay extra to hear Frank Miller's Raven. Because creepier.
posted by rokusan at 3:16 PM on December 15, 2016

rokusan: "Saw Gaiman read at Carnegie Hall a couple years ago: yes he's a very good storyteller.

That said, I'd pay extra to hear Frank Miller's Raven. Because creepier."

Dunno why you want to hear about a whore bird, but, who am I to kinkshame?
posted by Samizdata at 9:12 PM on December 15, 2016