Neil Gaiman is the imaginative wizard behind the best-selling novels (soon to be an HBO series) and , the graphic series , and popular children’s books like and . looks at Gaiman’s work through a philosophical lens. How does fantasy interact with reality and what can each tell us about the other? Do we each have other selves who embody different personal qualities? If the unknown influences the known, is the unknown just as real as the known? What makes people truly valuable? In , eighteen philosophers explore Gaiman’s best-loved and unforgettable worlds: , a macabre parallel to , in which the boy Bod is raised by the supernatural inhabitants of a graveyard. , in which a girl neglected by her parents finds another world with an Other Mother who pays her a lot of attention, but then turns out to be evil and won’t let her go. , in which a London man discovers a magical parallel city, London Below. , best-selling comic books in which the Lord of Dreams attempts to rebuild his kingdom after years of imprisonment. (with Terry Pratchett) treats biblical prophecy, the Antichrist, and the End Times as a hilarious comic tale, filled with sly but good-humored twists and turns. , where a young circus girl finds that the pictures she has drawn have given her access to a fantastic world of light and shadow, populated with characters who have designs on her.