Paperback, 402 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2002 by HarperTorch.
There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested beneath the blanketing mist of sleep.
Surrender to him now.
A stunning collection of visions, wonders, horrors, hallucinations, and revelations from Clive Barker, Barbara Hambly, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, Nancy A. Collins, and sixteen other incomparable dreamers -- inspired by the groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel phenomenon by Neil Gaiman.
There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested beneath the blanketing mist of sleep.
Surrender to him now.
A stunning collection of visions, wonders, horrors, hallucinations, and revelations from Clive Barker, Barbara Hambly, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, Nancy A. Collins, and sixteen other incomparable dreamers -- inspired by the groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel phenomenon by Neil Gaiman.
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After reading the Vulture/New Yorker article I have chosen to remove my reviews of this man's content from my accounts. I choose to place this text here because I think it is important to juxtaposition these things. I also don't think that pretending I never read these things is particularly helpful either.
After reading the Vulture/New Yorker article I have chosen to remove my reviews of this man's content from my accounts. I choose to place this text here because I think it is important to juxtaposition these things. I also don't think that pretending I never read these things is particularly helpful either.
I don't know how Gaiman writes these unique ideas with such vivid horror and also silliness.. Also love the representation :')
Rereading Sandman for the first time in 20 years, it is so far my favorite volume, probably because it's one narrative unit centering around Dream and his family.
Previous volumes had amazing stories too, but there was a lack of unity in some of them (not to mention a lack of the main character). Yet, a lot of these previous stories were necessary to establish a lot of the things that make this one story as well as the following ones the masterpieces that they are. As, if I remember well, each volume gets better than the previous one at this point.
Can't wait to read volume 8 again. Probably in a few days.
Recently re-read the entire series, prompted (of course) by the Netflix adaptation. How immense the scope of this is, and yet the core storyline is actually pretty tight. Would recommend to anyone (though you've probably read it already, right?)
4.5 stars
YUP. this is the neil gaiman i know and love. cuz holy s*** some of the issues in this volume are INTENSE (Tale in the Sand?!?!) and others just feel so Classic Gaiman (Men of Good Fortune). I still believe that the show has done a EXCEPTIONAL job on expanding on the source material; and that is saying a lot as someone who is typically in the, "the book was better than the movie/show" camp. brb starting vol 3 right away to start reading past what was covered in season 1.
This was a fine self-contained set of stories. I like how Dream and Delirium play off each other, and it was all the more enjoyable since I had recently listened to Act II of the audio series. With that fresh in my mind, I heard James McAvoy and Kristen Schaal the whole way.
I can't even remember what these characters used to sound like in my head, and I'm not sure that's a loss.
Een flinke stap voorwaarts na het eerste volume. 'The Collectors' is bloedstollend.
I didn't enjoy this one as much as most other Sandman books. The story seemed to meander a lot, and not really resolve all that well.
This series just keeps getting better.
Best, TBD.
Superb
Finally, the end of the journey. This is where it all culminates, all small plot strings join into the grand finale. This is probably the best book of the series... or a close second!
