Book Review: Neil Gaiman Neverwhere  By    |   Tuesday, October
24, 2006 Filed under: Book Reviews Tags: , , ,  In North America
we take pride in our cities that date back to our original days
of settlement and think of them as old and historic. So it's a
little bit of a blow to the ego when you discover that a city
like London England has sewer systems that predate even our
oldest European settlements.  In other parts of the world cities
older then our oldest have grown up on top of the ruins of even
older settlements that exist entirely below the sub-basement
levels of the newer structures. Ancient houses stand empty,
vainly awaiting the return of inhabitants and streets and
avenues are equally devoid of the traffic that once filled them.
Forever cut off from the sun, rain, and other elements, they are
the empty shells of lost civilizations.  But are they really as
empty as we believe? Could it be possible that beneath our feet
as we go about our daily business a whole other city carries out
its affairs wit