Question: Information: - The Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America during 2008. "The Graveyard Book" traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens who is adopted and raised by the supernatural occupants of a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered. - , also called kami-no-michi, is a Japanese ethnic religion. It focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written historical records of the "Kojiki" and "Nihon Shoki" in the 8th century. Still, these earliest Japanese writings do not refer to a unified "Shinto religion", but rather to a collection of native beliefs and mythology. Shinto today is a term that applies to the religion of public shrines devoted to the worship of a multitude of gods ("kami"), suited to various purposes such as war memorials and harvest festivals, and applies as well to various sectarian organizations. Practitioners express their diverse beliefs through a standard language and practice, adopting a similar style in dress and ritual, dating from around the time of the Nara and Heian periods (8th to 12th centuries AD). - The supernatural (Medieval Latin: "superntrlis": "supra" "above" + "naturalis" "natural", first used: 15201530 AD) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature, including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts, gods, or other supernatural beings, or to things beyond nature. - The is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction works and achievements during the preceding year. Organized and overseen by , the awards were given each year at the annual Japan Science Fiction Convention. It is the oldest SF award in Japan, which was first given in 1970 at the 9th Japan Science Fiction Convention and has been awarded every year since that. - Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series "The Sandman" and novels "Stardust", "American Gods", "Coraline", and "The Graveyard Book". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, "The Graveyard Book" (2008). In 2013, "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards. - The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing. The Awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA. They are named after Irish horror writer Bram Stoker, author of the novel "Dracula", among others. - A graphic novel is a book made up of comics content. Although the word "novel" normally refers to long fictional works, the term "graphic novel" is applied broadly and includes fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work. It is distinguished from the term "comic book", which is used for comics periodicals. - American Gods is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel by English author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. Several of the themes touched upon in the book were previously glimpsed in "The Sandman" comic book series. - Since the 1990s Amano has been creating and exhibiting paintings featuring his iconic retro pop icons in galleries around the world, primarily painting on aluminium box panels with acrylic and automotive paint. He is a 5 time winner of the Seiun Award, and also won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for his collaboration with Neil Gaiman, "". - Coraline is a dark fantasy children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. It has been compared to Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and was adapted into a 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick. - Foxes and human beings lived close together in ancient Japan; this companionship gave rise to legends about the creatures. Kitsune have become closely associated with Inari, a Shinto "kami" or spirit, and serve as its messengers. This role has reinforced the fox's supernatural significance. The more tails a kitsune hasthey may have as many as ninethe older, wiser, and more powerful it is. Because of their potential power and influence, some people make offerings to them as to a deity. - In Shinto, kami are not separate from nature, but are of nature, possessing positive and negative, good and evil characteristics. They are manifestations of , the interconnecting energy of the universe, and are considered exemplary of what humanity should strive towards. Kami are believed to be hidden from this world, and inhabit a complementary existence that mirrors our own, . To be in harmony with the awe-inspiring aspects of nature is to be conscious of . - '' The Sandman : The Dream Hunters '' is a novella by English author Neil Gaiman , illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano . The story is tangential to The Sandman comic book series , and can be read without prior knowledge of the main sequence . It won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative . The story deals with a love affair between a Buddhist monk and a fox spirit or kitsune . Gaiman 's afterword states that it was based on an old Japanese folk tale , drawn from Y. T. Ozaki 's Old Japanese Fairy Tales and retooled to fit in the world of the Sandman , but no such tale is to be found in Ozaki 's work . Gaiman has since stated when asked that the story was entirely of his own devising , most recently in the Foreword to The Sandman : Endless Nights . In December 2007 , Gaiman noted on his blog , '' I learned from Wikipedia that Sandman : The Dream Hunters was actually based on Pu Songling 's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio , which I thought I ought to read . '' 'the sandman: the dream hunters' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'genre'? Choices: - americana - book - book series - comic - dark fantasy - family - fantasy novel - fiction - graphic novel - horror - japanese - nature - novel - novella - pop - science - science fiction - supernatural - universe - various
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fantasy novel