Frankly, I'm more inclined to believe Neil.
Geek Girl

Neil Gaiman says the first season covers
the first third
of the book.
http://observer.com/2016/07/everything-neil-gaiman-knows-about-good-omens-and-american-gods/
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

My interpretation is that the book's plot is used as a jumping off point, with the show greatly expanding on what's on the page. But yeah, the first season does end at the House on the Rock.
Geek Girl

Well I'm thoroughly confused then! I read an interview with Ricky Whittle and he said that the first season ends at The House on The Rock.

Hey, Neil's given it his blessing, so I'm not worried.
Geek Girl

"The pilot is almost the entirety of the book, and then they use the book as the leaping off point for the rest of the season, which is cool".
From here: http://collider.com/jonathan-tucker-american-gods-interview/
Season 1 is 10-12 episodes.

Not sure what you mean. The first season will cover about the first third of the book - not sure how many episodes there are but definitely more than 6.

they're compressing what should be at minimum a 6-hour miniseries into a single, 45 minute pilot ep?? Huh? And you guys think that's cool?

Why are you using "book
s
" in the plural sense?
There was just the one book..

I'm excited for the new interpretation as well.
Geek Girl

Oh god, that sounds SO good! I never did like the books that much; I thought the idea was much better than the execution.
Getting to new places with these characters makes me ten times more excited than I already was!

Makes sense, he's not really in the book that much until later anyway.
This bit is interesting:
The pilot is almost the entirety of the book, and then they use the book as the leaping off point for the rest of the season, which is cool. Its done entirely with Neil Gaimans blessing, so its fun to take this really well-read book and use it as a place just to start. Its like when youre in elementary school and your teacher makes you write a new story about one of the characters you like. Thats kind of what were doing. Youre like, I wish I could have seen more of Benvolio (in Romeo & Juliet), or I wish I could have followed the preacher in The Scarlet Letter. I want to know what he does when he goes home, and what his life is like. Its fun to explore these characters in a way outside of the book.
I'm getting more and more excited to see how this translates to the screen.
Geek Girl