He decided that if he has to make up facts, he would instead do it in the form of fictional stories. In the late 80s, much before he became an internationally acclaimed author, Gaiman quit journalism because he wasn’t interested in peddling false reports as facts. Gaiman’s imagination is not limited to predicting a world combating climate change. It would be great if people said that all the stuff about climate change, war and pollution that we had put in the book is something they don’t have to deal with now, but unfortunately, it is not so," said the author. “When we were filming Good Omens, and people were saying that ‘well, you guys were so prescient about all these contemporary issues,’ I thought that I would be perfectly happy for it to feel less prescient. Gaiman, however, confessed that he feels ‘extremely sad’ that his imagination of a world where such issues would become a deciding factor for the future of the human race has proved to be prophetic. But thirty years down the lines, the themes this novel explore - pollution, climate change, famines and wars - are contemporary issues that governments across the world are grappling with. When Gaiman and Pratchett wrote Good Omens in 1990, the Russians were already in glasnost, and the Berlin wall was coming down, and ‘everything seemed to be sorting itself out in the world’. It traces the lives of demon Crowley (David Tennant) and angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) who join forces to thwart Armageddon (the final battle of power between heaven and hell) to protect Earth, and their comfortable lives in it. Good Omens premiered on Amazon Prime in May last year as a miniseries based on a novel written by Gaiman along with author Terry Pratchett. Gaiman is the executive producer and creator of the show.
However, the trip was cancelled as the dates clashed with the shooting of Good Omens. Gaiman had, in fact, scheduled a trip to India in 2019, during which he was supposed to participate in the Jaipur Literature Festival. I have so many friends who are professors, artists, writers and actors in India," said the author.
I very much hope that when all of this madness is over, I will go to India, and spend time meeting my fans as well as my friends. It is one place I’ve always dreamed of going. Harsh Vardhan Launches Book By DU Prof Dr Krishna Saksena, Says Story is 'Epitome of Endurance of a Mother' Instead, they used beautiful words like spices and colours," he added. What I love most about Indian writing is that I never get the feeling that anybody is trying to economise on words. I tend to be more Hemingwayesque in my writings because I learned to write at a time when the economy of writing was incredibly important. “My heart always follows people who get the most out of their dictionaries and vocabularies writers who take joy in the language. Gaiman said that he finds ‘so much life’ in Indian fiction, and loves the way Indian English writers deploy words. So many writings for me go back to the first time I picked up the Richard Burton’s translation of Vikram and The Vampire," confessed Gaiman, who had discovered Indian literature through the ancient epic, Ramayana. I love the writings of Arundhati Roy too. “I think Salman Rushdie is one of the greatest writers of our age he is a giant of literature. In a recent telephonic interview with, the author revealed that among his favourite authors are, Salman Rushdie, and Arundhati Roy. It hit the small screen again in March 2020 when there was a nationwide lockdown in the wake of Corona pandemic.Neil Gaiman may not have been able to visit India yet, but he has a healthy appetite for Indian literature. Produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar, the show used to create a curfew-like situation on the streets when it was aired on DD National between 9 am and 10 am every day.
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