{"product_id":"american-gods-signed-limited-hill-house-edition","title":"American Gods: Signed Limited Hill House Edition","description":"529 pp. The author's preferred edition - \"'This edition features additional text that did not appear in any previous editions of the novel. This never-before-seen material was cut before publication of the trade editions for space considerations. Prior to this Hill House Limited Edition, the material only existed in Neil's original typescript -- which most readers would never have the opportunity to see. Now you have a chance to own Neil Gaiman's masterpiece in the form the author originally intended.' - Hill House Publishers. \"American Gods is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on a mysterious and taciturn protagonist, Shadow. It is Gaiman's fourth prose novel, being preceded by Good Omens (a collaboration with Terry Pratchett), Neverwhere, and Stardust. Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in The Sandman graphic novels. The book was published in 2001 by Headline in the United Kingdom and by William Morrow in the United States. A signed and numbered limited edition has been released by Hill House Publishers. It is 12,000 words longer than the mass market editions and represents Neil Gaiman's preferred edition. Gaiman's subsequent novel Anansi Boys was actually conceived before American Gods, and shares a character, Mr. Nancy. It is not a sequel but could possibly be of the same fictional world. Although Anansi the spider god of African legend appears in both American Gods and Anansi Boys, implying a connection, one of Neil Gaiman's signature touches is the use of allusion, both to works by other authors and to mechanics and themes used in his own books. The novella, \"Monarch of the Glen\" (from the Legends II anthology, later collected in Fragile Things), continues Shadow's journeys. This latter anthology also features the characters of Mr. Alice and Mr. Smith, a pair of dubious men who also appeared in a Gaiman short story called \"Keepsakes and Treasures\", suggesting that this tale is a part of the American Gods universe as well.\"","brand":"Hill House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485698650182,"sku":"2351906","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2351906.jpg?v=1769624092","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/american-gods-signed-limited-hill-house-edition","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}