The Sandman.

Brief Lives (Book VII of The Sandman Collected Library)

Hardcover, 256 pages

English language

Published Oct. 4, 1994 by DC Comics.

ISBN:
978-1-56389-137-3
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4 stars (662 reviews)

A comic saga that chronicles the efforts of Delirium and her brother, Dream, to journey through the world of the waking in an effort to locate their missing sibling, Destruction.

26 editions

Review of 'The Sandman' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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.

========Update========

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?"

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Subjects

  • Dreams -- Fiction.
  • Family -- Fiction.
  • Missing persons -- Fiction.