I was talking to a friend on the weekend who is about to read the zero-th draft of Neil Gaiman’s new novel Anansi Boys, and I have to admit to suffering a small pang of envy. I think Neil is getting better and better as a prose writer. His short fiction has been becoming more and more impressive over the past couple years, and American Gods was a terrific book. Given that there isn’t an actual first draft yet, I’m guessing it’ll be some months before I get to read the book, but I’m really looking forward to it.