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.
While the previous volume was one of my favorites, this is probably my least favorite of the series. It just seems way too random, and the things that contribute to the overall storyline are too few and far between... I get the general idea of this volume, but I still didn't enjoy most of it very much.
This is one of my favorite volumes in the series – in it, Dream and Delirium go on a journey to find their long-lost brother...
A wonderful collection of short stories that are only loosely connected to the overall narrative, but give a lot of depth to it.
Returning to previously introduced characters, this stories revolves around the dream world of Barbie, into which all people who live in her house are thrown. Maybe not one of the strongest, but still a really good volume (with really great LGBTQ presentation for its time).
In the Season of Mists, the Dream Lord deals with the succession of hell after Lucifer has quit his job. A great volume that introduces many concepts and ideas, and is also quite important if you ever consider reading the Lucifer spin-off...
The second volume dives deeper into the dreamscape, as we get to know more of the consequences of Morpheus' capture, while this volume also prepares the later ones...
For some reason or other it took me a long time to finish this one. Still the stories told were wonderful. There were just so many other books getting in the way ;)
So sad, even Dream is crying. I love Delirium in this one. She changes a lot throughout the story. Her driving skills however leave something to be desired. Why is Desire so mean?
I enjoyed this one quite a lot. The key to hell, that was a bit of a surprise :)
I've currently finished reading #29-"Thermidor", #30-"August" and #31-"Three Septembers and a January".
This is my favourite Sandman collection so far. The interplay of actual events and Dream's "helping hand" is thrilling in a hair-on-your-nape-stands-up way. I especially loved "Three Septembers..." based on Emperor Norton - the only Emperor of the United States. I'm looking forward to read the rest of the issues in this collection (#38, #39, #40, #50 and the Song of Orpheus), but as I'm reading the issues in order, it might be a while before I get to them.
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I finished the book, and I'll stick to my statement that it's my favourite Sandman collection so far. I feel that Gaiman brings back some of the magic that we've lost under the onslaught of science. He infuses real historical events with his magical dream-king in a delicious scoop of "what-if-it-really-happened-like-this?"
I think the best part of the entire Sandman series is the depth and complexity of the characters. This volume collects the adventures of Princess Barbie in dreamland, after her breakup with Ken at the end of "A Doll's House" series.
A fantastic collection of random stories of the entire family of the Endless. It was interesting to see Dream refer to Desire as his favorite sibling in the beginning of Dream's story.
Overall, an excellent follow-up to the best comic book run I have ever read.
A wonderful collection of stories that give a lot more depth to the Endless...
See my blog post on it:
http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/04/booknote-sandman-endless-nights-2003.html
