Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from his school library. One work that made a particular impression on him was J. I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had any particular aptitude in them, but because normally on the first day of school they'd hand out schoolbooks, and I'd read them-which would mean that I'd know what was coming up, because I'd read it." When he was about ten years old, he read his way through the works of Dennis Wheatley, where especially The Ka of Gifford Hillary and The Haunting of Toby Jugg made an impact on him. Gaiman was able to read at the age of four. I don't know, I think there's probably a 50/50 chance. I would not stand up and beat the drum for the existence of God in this universe. About his personal views, Gaiman has stated, "I think we can say that God exists in the DC Universe. '" Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist, and that like Judaism, Scientology is his family's religion. It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, "Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, Hampshire, where Neil was born in 1960, the Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead, where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles.
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