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Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
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This project was intended to send birthday wishes to Neil Gaiman in 2003. The maintainers have left it community up to preserve what everyone said, but this year, we do not have the time to moderate submissions. We apologize to anyone who didn't get a chance to participate last year.
If you'd like to send Neil birthday greetings, please use the FAQ line through his Web site.
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
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Apologies, but due to the overwhelming number of posts coming through (over 100 in the last 24 hours), we've had to close down this community to new posts.
Many thanks to everyone who has participated, spread the word, and assisted us with this!
If you one of the folks who posted pre 10 November, the easiest way to see your post is to use LJ's Calendar function.
Again, thanks everyone - you guys are the best!
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Thank you for bringing back the idea of the magic inherent in storytelling.
Thanks for helping comics grow up.
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| Posted by: | axian. |
| Time: | 11:48 am. |
| Mood: |  geeky. |
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Neil Gaiman you are my hero!
Happy Birthday
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| Posted by: | ambar. |
| Time: | 8:39 am. |
| Music: | Shriekback - Sacred City - "Hymn To The Local Gods". |
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Neil,
Thank you especially for reading The Price in Portland. My posters make me smile daily.
Ambar
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| Posted by: | stakebait. |
| Time: | 11:33 am. |
| Mood: |  content. |
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Good Omens reminds me it's not the end of the world, even when it is. Thank you. Happy birthday, Neil!
Mer
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| Subject: | Happy Birthday Neil! |
| Posted by: | moonchylde. |
| Time: | 8:37 am. |
| Mood: | cheerful. |
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I am reading the stories in the Endless book slowly, drawing them out to make it last longer...
I just got to the story of Despair last night... all I can say is wow.
Wow.
Thank you, thank you for Coraline, thank you for American Gods and Stardust and Sandman and all his sibs... thank you, and I look forward to seeing what you pull out of your hat in the future!
Happy Birthday!!!
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| Subject: | Happy Birthday |
| Posted by: | catalytic. |
| Time: | 9:10 am. |
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Very many happy returns, Neil, and the best to you and your family.
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| Posted by: | la_cienega. |
| Time: | 4:17 pm. |
| Mood: | grateful. |
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thank you for being the dreamer of dreams.
have a happy birthday and more.
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Dear Neil,
Thank you for amazing stories. Keep doing what you do best!
Happy birthday
Nathan
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| Subject: | happy birthday |
| Posted by: | meriae. |
| Time: | 10:40 am. |
| Mood: | happy. |
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Thank you, as always, for reminding me to wonder and to dream, and providing such fabulous inspiration for both. much love.
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Sandman got me through my second year of literature PhD work. American Gods made me realize I *do* still love reading.
thank you!!
Grace
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Happy Birthday Mr Gaiman!
Thank you for letting us peek at the world through your eyes, it makes the mundane and ordinary, beautiful and magic. Please keep the scary beard until the signing on the 14th!
Best wishes
LouBug
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Anthropomorphic personifications. Forgotten gods. Button eyes. Perennial insanity. Stardust. Dear muse, I could ask nothing more to free my own imagination.
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| Subject: | Neil gaiman birthday wishes |
| Posted by: | lucy_anne. |
| Time: | 10:28 am. |
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Thank you for the joy and wonder of excellent stories. They helped me find a interesting place to be during the dark times. Started at Sandman issue #6, kept going.... Blessed be. Martha (age 50)
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Thank you for your work, and thank you for being so kind to
your goofy fans! Have a lovely birthday. From the Victorian
Honeymooners, Laurie and James
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Thanks so much for all the dreams. Here’s to a most happy birthday for you, Neil.
Dustin Lacina
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Happy 'day, O Neil! May all the joy and delight (and occasional delirium) you've given us be returned to you three-fold.
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| Posted by: | loria. |
| Time: | 8:04 am. |
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Happy belated birthday, Neil! So many authors are so removed from their audience, and yet you continue to break the trend. I'm constantly reminded day to day of the characters you have so vividly created through the years, and I find great inspiration for my own writing.
Thank you for all you given us. Here is to a very happy birthday, and many many returns!
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| Subject: | Neil Appreciation Post |
| Posted by: | tangerinedreams. |
| Time: | 10:48 pm. |
| Mood: | cheerful. | | Music: | SG-1 theme. |
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Neil's stuff found me when I really needed something new. without them, I wouldn't be who I am now.
Thanks Neil!
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| Subject: | Just noticed |
| Posted by: | alex_manion. |
| Time: | 12:03 pm. |
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I have been a fan for a few years, just due to the depth of the worlds Neil creates. My life is the better for them.
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| Posted by: | ruthi. |
| Time: | 11:57 am. |
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Happy Birthday, Neil. Thank you for being so kind to, and patient with, fans. Thank you for writing stories that turn us into fans.
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| Subject: | Happy Birthday! |
| Posted by: | nuala. |
| Time: | 11:47 am. |
| Mood: | excited. | | Music: | The Mayan Factor. |
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You have an amazing gift with words, thank you for sharing it with us.
I look forward to seeing your talk on Friday the 14th. :o)
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| Posted by: | burbur. |
| Time: | 7:40 pm. |
| Mood: | good vibes. |
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thank you neil for reminding the child deep inside me that the magic is there, still. i just have to open my eyes.
and dream dangerously.
Happy Birthday :)
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| Subject: | Belated Happy Birthday! |
| Posted by: | kergillian. |
| Time: | 6:35 am. |
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| Subject: | Happy Birthday and Thank You |
| Posted by: | sei_kun. |
| Time: | 7:17 pm. |
| Mood: | cheerful. |
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Here hoping you the best the world has to offer;
And thank you for giving us enchanting, beautiful dreams.
Sheila Sukmadja
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| Posted by: | liamtheruiner. |
| Time: | 4:51 am. |
| Music: | Bad Religion - Don't Pray on Me. |
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Your work makes me happy.
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Many happy returns! And thanks for many, many hours of reading pleasure.
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| Posted by: | raxxq. |
| Time: | 12:36 pm. |
| Music: | TMBG I Should be Allowed to Think. |
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Happy Birthday Neil! thanks for all of your wonderful words, stories and ideas. Here's to many more (birthdays, stories, and other joyful stuff) to come!
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| Subject: | Happy birthday Mr. Gaiman! |
| Posted by: | blackbutterfli. |
| Time: | 4:34 am. |
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Your stories make me jump up and down and spin around and sing happy-sad songs! If I could bake, I'd bake you a cake.
-Laura
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| Posted by: | arienm. |
| Time: | 9:02 am. |
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Ever since I read my first Sandman your writing have been a confessed addiction of mine. Listing every character that I like or that showed me the world in a different way would be too long.
Thank you for everything, and happy belated birthday.
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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| Subject: | Happy Birthday Neil! |
| Posted by: | stexgirl2000. |
| Time: | 11:45 pm. |
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Happy Birthday and many, many, many more -- because quite selfishly, I look forward to many more years of your incredible writing!
Stexgirl2000
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
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I'd sing the rat song for you (like you once did for us) but "Happy Birthday" fits better, don't you think?
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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| Subject: | From another Scorpio (2 days before you)... |
| Posted by: | senoritafish. |
| Time: | 11:39 pm. |
| Mood: | cheerful. | | Music: | Real folk blues. |
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PST it's still your birthday for another 1/2 hour. WITW was my 4-yr-old's Halloween/birthday present; demanded every night since.
Happiest Birthday!
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
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Thanks for calling Harold Bloom a twerp. You made my life with that. Also with American Gods. Many happy returns. :D
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| Posted by: | stimpson. |
| Time: | 5:19 pm. |
| Mood: | jubilant. |
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Neil -
Thank you. Happy birthday. Keep up the good work, and come to Australia soon for biscuits and cups of tea.
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I love Death and Delirium from the Sandman series, and Coraline was the first book besides Winnie the Pooh that ever made my five year old cousin shut up for a significant length of time. (also, she started poking around our house for mysterious doors, armed with a banana)
So thanks, Neil! And happy birthday!
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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Happy birthday! Thank you for everything, particularly Crowley. Have a lovely year!
PS
Love you in "Nice Hair". Heck, love *you*.
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
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| Subject: | happy birthday, neil! |
| Posted by: | sadgirlseven. |
| Time: | 1:31 am. |
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neil, i had the pleasure of interviewing you for the tori fanzine. you were absolutely wonderful. thank you for your writing; it continues to inspire and delight me. (and btw - thanks for the hug at the dayton AG signing...a very nice memory!) hope you had a lovely day.
best,
karen
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| Subject: | One storyteller to another |
| Posted by: | guldan. |
| Time: | 1:30 am. |
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I discovered you through The Sandman, one of the greatest stories written. Your short stories have provided inspiration for my own.
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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| Subject: | Many happy returns |
| Posted by: | metaphoracle. |
| Time: | 10:24 pm. |
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You've given life to characters that will live on in my memory. For the Angels, Endless, and Others, I thank you, Mr. Gaiman.
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
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| Subject: | happy birthday, neil |
| Posted by: | moodycerulean. |
| Time: | 1:11 am. |
| Mood: | *smile*. | | Music: | some kinda crazy techno stuff. |
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You make me happy. Saw you in NYC in september. It must be wonderful to make people happy for a living.
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| Subject: | A passed on copy of Preludes and Nocturnes fufilled the edict of "The first one is free" |
| Posted by: | kurometarikku. |
| Time: | 12:55 am. |
| Mood: |  sleepy. | | Music: | Am I Awake? - TMBG. |
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Your words started my addiction to an artform I knew little of antecedently. That compulsion may ebb, but my thanks are eternal.
Keith Malloy
New Haven, CT
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Monday, November 10th, 2003
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| Posted by: | hj2. |
| Time: | 9:39 pm. |
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Our sci-fi book club picked Good Omens one week. My reaction: "Must. Read. MORE. Gaiman." And I have. Almost everything. Thank you, Neil!
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| Subject: | So nice to give you a small something for all you've given me |
| Posted by: | webcowgirl. |
| Time: | 9:37 pm. |
| Mood: | pleased. |
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Insinuated in my subconscious, your books birth strange dreams, a desire to visit Wisconsin, and recognition seeing Night of the Hunter.
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| Posted by: | manubai. |
| Time: | 9:37 pm. |
| Mood: | happy. |
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For proving my preconceptions wrong,
For being far too lovable,
For writing fantastic, funny stories,
Thank you.
Happy Birthday, Neil Gaiman.
(-with love, Sophie)
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If anyone ever compares my writing to yours, I will jump on them and beat them up for insulting you so.
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Thanks, Neil, for "A Writer's Prayer."
May it be transcribed to sticky notes and stuck on every aspiring author's monitor.
Val
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Thank you Mr. Gaiman for making the world a bit more fantastic. You've inspired me in many many ways. Happy birthday!
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