It was only later that the very existence of other gods, and their worship, was considered unacceptable.

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In remembrance of his own coming-of-age, he delves back to the nineteen-sixties and tells the story of Douglas (John Magaro), who clubs together with friends to form a band, plays reverential cover versions of Buddy Holly and other gods, and cultivates their hopes of making it big.

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It enables us to associate, and be friends, with each other and with the gods, our superiors.

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Onboard were the 12: the poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, the magician and the other so-called gods of our legends.

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Will he start killing gods from other religions?

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She was married to Max Trell, who wrote, among other things, about the Greek gods and how they had survived under Christianity.

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In-other-words thousands of years of various Gods and all that comes with them has already ploughed the fields of human minds.

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Perhaps it is a journey toward the dying city of the gods, or perhaps it is some other story entirely that simply takes place during the same moment of despair.

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Gaiman, whose honors include the Newbery Medal for children's writing, the Hugo for science-fiction and fantasy and a Carnegie Medal in literature, has written fantasy epics "Neverwhere" and "American Gods" and the groundbreaking graphic-novel series "The Sandman, " among other works.

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