For those who don't follow Neil Gaiman on Twitter (or read his blog):

This Halloween, there will be a convention of fans of Neil Gaiman's American Gods at The House On The Rock (a real-world tourist attraction where a scene from the book takes place).

Neil linked to this announcement as well as The House On The Rock blog.

Should be a very interesting gathering.

But besides the idea of the delightful weirdness and the coming together of a certain class of geek, what really speaks to me about this is that what's really the driving force behind it is a book. The love of a book. The shared reading experience. The pull of the story.

Harry Potter and Twilight aside, that's not so common in this day and age. And yet, at the same time, it's our modern global connectivity that's making it possible.