28 pages • 56 minutes read
Neil GaimanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Neil Gaiman often describes his works as fairy tales for adults and says his goal is to deliver wonder and fantasy to older readers. “October in the Chair,” is one of Neil Gaiman’s many fantastical short stories and features many qualities belonging to the fantasy genre that are present in his other works. For example, abstract concepts are anthropomorphized. In the case of “October in the Chair,” the months are brought to life. In other works by Gaiman, concepts such as technology are anthropomorphized into gods.
Gaiman often employs magic and the supernatural in his works. “October in the Chair” features a supernatural plot with spirits as characters and a graveyard setting. His novel American Gods includes coin magic and necromancy, and Stardust features faeries as they appear in English and Celtic folklore traditions. “October in the Chair” also shares many qualities with Gaiman’s later novel, The Graveyard Book. Published two years after Fragile Things, in which “October in the Chair” was anthologized, The Graveyard Book follows a living boy raised among the ghosts of a graveyard.
By Neil Gaiman
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman
Odd and the Frost Giants
Neil Gaiman
Stardust
Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
Neil Gaiman
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Neil Gaiman