He also said that, after reading the article, he realized that I was somehow very lucky in the mid 90s when I met Gaiman and hung out with him at conventions, because I was the sort he preyed on.

I had the same thought about you, Atropa. One of the many reasons it was such a disturbing read.

So hard to know what to do about the actual books, Dana. I haven't gotten that far. It's very easy for me to mentally file Good Omens as solo Pratchett, it's honestly how I have always thought of it. Everything else that is not Sandman I can let go fairly easily. Sandman, though, the copies I have are what I gave DH because the comics were important to us both independently and I am gonna take a while to work through how to deal with them now.

Deserves a separate post - hooray for enjoying The Expanse, Jen! I actually haven't finished the compilation of novellas (or whatever they are) because every time I look at it I think "but then there won't be any more" and decide maybe I'll finish that up later

My usual line for artists/musicians is "am I doing anything that would continue to support them/provide them money". So I won't go to Harry Potter world or buy new books or watch the movies on Netflix or wherever they are, because that benefits JK Rowling. But if I wanted to read fanfic (likely) or re-read the books that I already own (unlikely) or watch the movies on a DVD (if I had one), I would be OK with that.

I read the article. Jesus, it’s so much worse than I thought. Those poor women; I hope to G-D they’re able to heal.

… the amount of careful work he did to make sure so many of us who knew him didn’t know about his behavior. Sure, if you had the right connections, you knew he’d hooked up with fans in the past. And all of us 1) believed those were consensual, and 2) that he’d stopped doing that.

I don’t know how I feel about my huge collection of Gaiman-related books and collectibles. I think I’m going to hang on to everything, at least for a while, but it’s all going to be boxed away.

Totally shallow, and I 100% know that, but I’m selfishly glad I started wearing/collecting ankhs because of the vampire/eternal life meaning, not Sandman reasons.

Not *totally* shallow. You could be shallower.

Atropa, I’m thinking the same about boxing them up and keeping them. Of course, it’s not just my bookcase that’s filled with them, it’s ltc’s too.

You know, on the "passing books along" thing, I think there's value in providing a way for people to have access to what are undeniably important cultural works without having to buy new editions and putting money into the pockets of awful people.

Oh, dear. That's rough, sj

That's a good point, Debet.

I am getting rid of several Gaiman books. Like most of us, I'm keeping Sandman and Good Omens so far. I also really loved Neverwhere and am inclined to hang onto it for now. I just culled a few others just last week, but I'm thinking now I'll go back and take out a couple more. Suddenly glad neither of my kids has gotten into The Graveyard Book yet.

Haven't read the article itself but I read a synopsis of sorts on the Rolling Stone website that was nearly enough to make me physically ill, so I think I probably know as much as I can handle.

I'm also selfishly glad that my Good Omens hyperfixation has waned a lot since S2 came out, though I do still want to see S3, whenever it airs and whatever it turns out to be. Do we know if it's been entirely rewritten by someone else, or are they still using some of what Gaiman wrote?