The author said he was happy to "screw with" some features of his book when he turned it into a filmable script. When the author told us that the contract for this adaptation had indeed been finalised, and that he was about "to start writing", the audience burst into what seemed unanimous applause. The first question of the afternoon was about the rumour that Gaiman had been asked by HBO to write a pilot for a TV mini-series version of American Gods. When Neil Gaiman spoke about his novel American Gods to a packed tent at the Edinburgh international book festival, there was no such sense in the audience that film makers were likely to fail their favourite book. Sometimes the author responds with a little hesitation, for he or she has, after all, profited from the mistranslation. I t is common at Guardian book club discussions for readers to share with authors their dismay at the travestying of the novel in question by a film or TV adaptation.
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