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Neil Gaiman s extraordinary, multi-award winning Sandman saga is the critically-acclaimed story of Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, and his family, The Endless. In this volume, four unrelated characters tell their stories: a beautiful muse imprisoned by an obsessive writer; a cat who takes a walk in the dream world; an indestructable woman with a death-wish; and the World Fantasy Award-winning story that explores the origins of Shakespeare s A Midsummer s Nights Dream. This collection blends the magnificent with the majestic - forging an unforgettable mythology that had not been seen before or since on the printed page.
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Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed comics writer of the 1990s and is the author of numerous books and graphic novels. He is the New York Times No. 1 best-selling author of American Gods and Anansi Boys. Kelley Jones is a regular artist on Batman for DC Comics. Past credits include Sandman, Swamp Thing, Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Batman: Bloodstorm, and Batman: Dark Joker - The Wild.
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One of the best things about the Sandman series is that it isn't actually necessary to have Dream -- or any of the other Endless -- in much of the story. Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country" demonstrates that beautifully, with four lusciously haunting, sometimes horrifying tales of magic, muses, cats and faerie royals.
In "Calliope," a struggling writer is willing to do anything if he can write his second novel, but he's got a wicked case of writer's block. So he gains possession of Calliope, the muse of literature, and rapes her so that he can write once again. Desperate to be free of her imprisonment, Calliope calls on the only one who can help her.
Then "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" shows a congregation of cats, one of whom tells a story of how her owners murdered her kittens. This led her into a journey into the Dream Country, so that she might see the truth about dreams and reality.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place as Shakespeare and his company perform the titular play on a hillside. Morpheus appears, along with the Faerie Court of Titania and Auberon, and the origins of Shakespeare's talent are revealed at last as the play goes on.
And finally, "Facade" introduces us to Element Girl/Rainie, a retired superheroine who lives a reclusive life because of her frightening appearance. When an old friend calls her, she crafts a false face to hide her appearance -- only to have it fall off during their dinner. The devastated Rainie longs to die, but it will take a visit from one of the Endless to help her...
Despite the title ("The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country"), there's not much of either the Dream Country or Morpheus in this volume. In fact, there's only one foray into the Dream Country, and Morpheus makes two cameos, one major appearance, and is completely absent from the story "Facade."
Rather, this is a chance for Neil Gaiman to flex his storytelling muscles. Each of the stories is painfully bittersweet, and are shadowed by loss, loneliness and misery. There are some moments of wrenching horror (Calliope being raped for inspiration), but Gaiman also shows off his dark, witty sense of humor as well ("'I am that merry wanderer of the night'? I am that giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life-and-limb, more like it").
And the art is absolutely gorgeous. Charles Vess's delicately-drawn, colorful pictures make the entire faerie story come to life, and the muted, shadowed art of the cats and their vision of the Dream Country is entrancing. "Calliope" is brightly colored but clouded with shadows and darkness, as if the writer's heart is overshadowing the world around him.
"The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country" has small but significant connections to both the Sandman and the Dream Country -- four haunting, bittersweet stories from a master storyteller.
In "Calliope," a struggling writer is willing to do anything if he can write his second novel, but he's got a wicked case of writer's block. So he gains possession of Calliope, the muse of literature, and rapes her so that he can write once again. Desperate to be free of her imprisonment, Calliope calls on the only one who can help her.
Then "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" shows a congregation of cats, one of whom tells a story of how her owners murdered her kittens. This led her into a journey into the Dream Country, so that she might see the truth about dreams and reality.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place as Shakespeare and his company perform the titular play on a hillside. Morpheus appears, along with the Faerie Court of Titania and Auberon, and the origins of Shakespeare's talent are revealed at last as the play goes on.
And finally, "Facade" introduces us to Element Girl/Rainie, a retired superheroine who lives a reclusive life because of her frightening appearance. When an old friend calls her, she crafts a false face to hide her appearance -- only to have it fall off during their dinner. The devastated Rainie longs to die, but it will take a visit from one of the Endless to help her...
Despite the title ("The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country"), there's not much of either the Dream Country or Morpheus in this volume. In fact, there's only one foray into the Dream Country, and Morpheus makes two cameos, one major appearance, and is completely absent from the story "Facade."
Rather, this is a chance for Neil Gaiman to flex his storytelling muscles. Each of the stories is painfully bittersweet, and are shadowed by loss, loneliness and misery. There are some moments of wrenching horror (Calliope being raped for inspiration), but Gaiman also shows off his dark, witty sense of humor as well ("'I am that merry wanderer of the night'? I am that giggling-dangerous-totally-bloody-psychotic-menace-to-life-and-limb, more like it").
And the art is absolutely gorgeous. Charles Vess's delicately-drawn, colorful pictures make the entire faerie story come to life, and the muted, shadowed art of the cats and their vision of the Dream Country is entrancing. "Calliope" is brightly colored but clouded with shadows and darkness, as if the writer's heart is overshadowing the world around him.
"The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country" has small but significant connections to both the Sandman and the Dream Country -- four haunting, bittersweet stories from a master storyteller.
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There are four stories in this collection: Calliope, A Dream of a Thousand Cats, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Façade. I totally `get' A Midsummer Night's Dream - it is amazing. The way Neil Gaiman has combined fact and fantasy into his world is amazing and original. William Shakespeare's son really died at around the age depicted in the story. I can see why it won all the awards. The story about the cats is also fascinating. However, it was beaten as my favourite by some stories in Vol 6 of the Sandman Series, especially "The Hunt". The other stories were so-so in my view. I am not one for disturbing dreams, or for reading about them. This was a treat overall, though.
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