Neil Gaiman
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Total reviews: 37
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Gaiman continues to amaze 5 out of 5 stars.
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In this handful of only barely connected stories, Gaiman does what he does best, he tells a damn good story. While not furthering any particular storyline, he portrays his fellow man in all his nobility, pettiness, glory, and malice, and all things in between, in ways only Gaiman can.
Graphic SF Reader 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is perhaps the least interesting of the Sandman volumes so far, with each issue a different story of someone affected in one way or another by The Sandman. Even directly, in the case of Orpheus, his son, and his refusal to take any advice from any of The Endless. Stories of Ramadan, Caeasar, and even Lyta Hall's son Daniel being told a story in the House of Secrets.
One of the best in the series! 5 out of 5 stars.
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To me, this is one of the best volumes in the series. It's a collection of eight separate stories of varying lengths, almost all with an historical connection. (To more or less real people, that is.) And there's no frame story for a change. "Three Septembers and a January" is a lovely piece about Emperor Norton, the deluded mascot of San Francisco for several decades in the 19th century, while "Thermidor" is a somewhat less successful piece about Lady Johanna Constantine and her search for the living head of Orpheus (who is also the son of Dream). Much later in the volume (oddly placed) is "Orpheus," about how he lost his bride and then his head. "The Hunt" is about werewolves, sort of, and it's cute but kind of a minor work. "August" is a fascinating and well-conceived story about the first Roman emperor's habit of going out into the city in disguise one day a year, just to think. "Soft Places" is an okay story about a lost Marco Polo's meeting in the desert with Fiddler's Green. "The Parliament of Rooks" is about Cain and Abel and a visiting Eve telling stories to a small child -- again, not that great, except for Eve's own story about Adam's three women. Finally, "Ramadan," a near-masterpiece about Haroun al-Rashid, with artwork by P. Craig Russell reminiscent of Little Nemo. It's literally a flying carpet story about the sultan and his golden city of Baghdad -- and there's a jarring ending that will bring you back to the present in a hurry.
Editorial Review:
From the mists of the past to the nightmares of the present, Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN touches the lives of kings and knaves, explorers, storytellers, monsters and children. This collection of short tales explores historical figures from Augustus Caesar to Marco Polo, from The Arabian Nights to Revolutionary France.
