- Why do you think the book is called Stardust?
- How does the bouncing around between different characters' perspectives influence your experience of the plot taking shape?
- What are the ways in which Gaiman explores desire in Stardust? Is it usually a good thing, a bad thing, or a complicated thing?
- You could say that Stardustis written in pretty accessible prose. How does this affect your experience reading it?
- If you could set a montage of Tristran's travels through Faerie to music, which songs would you pick and why?
- Which themes from fairytales does Gaiman use in Stardust? Which ones does he plop in straightforwardly and which ones does he twist?
- Would Stardust pass the Bechdel Test? Why or why not?
- What are some similarities between Tristran and his father, Dunstan? How about differences?
- The Lilim are obviously based on images of witches from folklore and fantasy. What does Gaiman change in his depiction of them?
- Why do you think we rarely see things from Yvaine/the star's perspective?
- Based on the bitter competition between the lords of Stormhold for the throne, what kind of a place do you imagine Stormhold to be?