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Present Containing Books World's End (The Sandman #8)
| Title | : | World's End (The Sandman #8) |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | July 16th 1999 by Vertigo (first published July 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Fantasy. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics |
Chronicle Conducive To Books World's End (The Sandman #8)
A "reality storm" draws an unusual cast of characters together. They take shelter in a tavern, where they amuse each other with their life stories. Although Morpheus is never a focus in these stories, each has something to say about the nature of stories and dreams. With an introduction by Stephen King. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. Collecting The Sandman #51–56Identify Books As World's End (The Sandman #8)
| ISBN: | 1563891700 (ISBN13: 9781563891700) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sandman #8 |
| Characters: | Dream of the Endless, Ted Grant, Prez Rickard |
| Literary Awards: | British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Anthology/Collection (1996) |
Rating Containing Books World's End (The Sandman #8)
Ratings: 4.47 From 41846 Users | 1102 ReviewsPiece Containing Books World's End (The Sandman #8)
My favourite "The Sandman" volume. "A Tale of Two Cities" is very haunting, and has been on my mind for years since I read it.A reality storm brings people from different times and worlds together at an inn at the end of the world to wait out the storm. This volume tells the tales of these travelers.
This eighth entry in the series is, like Dream Country, a collection of individual tales only tangentially connected to the characters and concerns of the series. Gaiman, in a brief afterward, tells us that he crafted these stories to take advantage of the talents of some of his favorite artists, and in this he has succeeded admirably. The visual styles are pleasantly varied, and many of the individual images are haunting and memorable.The tales are presented to us through a Decameron style
[9/10]Brief Lives proved to be a hard act to follow. I found myself re-reading some of the single issues in this following album in order to fully enjoy them, after an initial lukewarm reception. I was sucked back in after a while, as connections with the overall plot become evident, and as the framing story linking together the individual tales ended with a promise of troubled times ahead for the Endless.This framing story is a familiar device, of strangers seeking shelter from a storm and
I didn't think I would like this collection as well once I realized that it was more short stories or whatever. But luckily my contradictory nature kicked in again! These stories worked fairly well for me. I still miss my peeps, but a few made appearances here, so it wasn't all wasted. What I especially liked was the story-within-a-story thing going on. It was done artfully (for lack of a better word). We're not talking Boccaccio here or anything, but similar to that or, as Stephen King says in
What do you get when you wrap stories inside of stories featuring people in the stories telling stories about the people telling stories in the other stories? Neil Gaiman at his Neil Gaimaniest. This series continues to delight (and occasionally confuse), even when, or perhaps especially when, it veers away from what is loosely the main narrative. This volume is no exception, and we can go ahead and add Worlds End to the list of fantastical and imaginary places I desperately want to visit, which
One of the top three in the series so far for sure. (In my own opinion anyway)
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