The Three Books That Changed My Life

The Lion,The Witch, The Wardrobe, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, and Stormbringer were the three books that changed Neil Gaiman’s life. Each of these books that he read became sentimental to him in various ways.

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, was given to Neil by his neighbors, after he finished  reading the book, he fell in love with the story. He later received the whole series of books from his family on his seventh birthday. Neil’s days were mostly spent on his bed reading the books that he got on his birthday. This is the book that changed Neil’s aspect on reading. After reading the book he thought, “ Wouldn’t it be great to be an author writing your own thing,” And later on he became an author himself.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, was also given by his neighbors. It is a terrific book about a king and some unexpected companions that go on a voyage that will take them beyond all known lands. As they sail farther and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world's end is only the beginning. The Chronicles of Narnia set was given to Neil by his parents on his seventh birthday. 

Later on when Neil was nine years old, he found a book called Stormbringer written by Michael Moorecock. 

“The book made me plunge into a whole new world of genres,” said Gaiman. The book had changed his views on books, after reading Stormbringer he became more interested in fantasy and science fiction books. He called it, “finding new worlds when you find your new genre.”  This book showed him a new pathway of reading and expanded his taste in books.

These three books encouraged Neil to start writing,  such as comics, which later on encouraged him to start his first comic book three years later called “Sandman” which became a great hit and became well known at comic-con. After his comics, he started writing books, which are all well known, and one was turned into a movie, “Coraline,” Neil is a true inspiration to readers and writers all over the world.