Neil Gaiman's sold-out reading at Benaroya Hall is this Sunday. Over at the San Diego Tribune, he talks about his new book, Norse Mythology, which retells Norse myths in more modern prose. Here he talks about a story in which the leader of the gods leads a crusade against foreigners:

I remember being in New York the other day and reading it in the town hall and when I got to the point where Odin says, “We’re going to build a wall,” the entire hall erupted. And I thought, “Well, there you go. These stories may be old, but they are definitely relevant.”