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Asin0061008338
CategoryBooks
SubcategoryComics & Graphic Novels
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OriginUSA
Height10
Length6.5
Width1.25
Weight2
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#852 in Science Fiction Short Stories
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Product DescriptionA collection of short works includes stories that range in setting from a battlefield to a deathbed, from a ghost-ridden cellar to a hotel convention of serial killers, and includes works by Stephen King, Clive Barker, Tad Williams, and other notable writers.From Publishers WeeklyThough he won the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction in 1991, Gaiman is best known as the writer who transformed the WWII-era DC Comics character the Sandman from a Batman-style detective/vigilante into the much darker Morpheus, aka Dream, the being who presides over the realm of Dreaming. One of seven siblings who represent various states of consciousness?Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Dream and Delirium?Morpheus is head of the allegorical family called the Endless. Here, popular fantasy writers expand upon Gaimans original concepts, with mixed results. Colin Greenlands bittersweet Masquerade and High Water and Barbara Hamblys Each Damp Thing provide insights into the backstage workings of the Endless. Tad Williamss The Writers Child is a finely crafted story about loyalty and the value of innocence. Weak spots include George Alec Effingers resurrection of a saccharine Little Nemo for Seven Nights in Slumberland, Lisa Goldsteins bland Stronger Than Desire and B.W. Cloughs vignette The Birth Day. Susanna Clarkes Stoppt-Clock Yard and a lyrical meditation on Death by songwriter Tori Amos close the anthology on a strong note; a b&w drawing by Clive Barker opens it on a garish one. Though perhaps most interesting as an example of media-crossover, this collection presents some powerful writing about, and memorable images of, the other reality wherein we while away a third of our lives.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalThis anthology features stories about The Sandman, DC Comics best-selling adult graphic novel by Neil Gaiman. Clive Barker wrote the frontispiece (not seen), and singer Tori Amos contributed the afterword. The 18 mainstream writers expand and elaborate the Sandman mythos. Readers dont need a familiarity with the Sandman comic to appreciate these stories. Recommended for short story collections.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Kirkus ReviewsTop-flight fantasy collection based on Gaimans character The Sandman, developed in a series of graphic novels for DC Comics, as reimagined by a strong group of fantasists. Long-lived comics readers will remember fondly the original ``Sandman from the 1930s and 40s, with his fedora, googly-eyed gas mask and gas gun; Frank McConnell discusses this precursor in his preface while hauling in Joyce, Nietzsche, Ibsen, Jung, and Wallace Stevens to dress up Gaimans story-parentage. Inventing his own lore for the character, Gaiman (1990s hilariously naughty Good Omens, with Terry Pratchett) wrote 75 installments of The Sandman before closing shop. Awash with watercolors and supersaturated with acid, The Sandman stories are stories about storytelling, celebrations of the outr? imagination. The central character of Gaimans work evolved into a figure variously known as Dream, or Morpheus, or the Shaper, or the Lord of Dreams and Prince of Stories, and his surreal family is called the Endless, composed of seven siblings named Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium. Drawing on Gaimans inkwell are Clive Barker (frontispiece but no story), Gene Wolfe and Nancy A. Collins, and a number of lesser lights, all in top form. George Alec Effinger invents a long tale inspired by Winsor McCays classic comic strip ``Little Nemo (``Seven Nights in Slumberland), while Colin Greenland (``Masquerade and High Water), Mark Kreighbaum (``The Gate of Gold), Susanna Clarke (``Stopt-Clock Yard), and Karen Haber (in the outstanding ``A Bone Dry Place, about a suicide crisis center) mainline directly from the ranks of the Endless. Rosettes to all, but especially t
Product Description
Product DescriptionA collection of short works includes stories that range in setting from a battlefield to a deathbed, from a ghost-ridden cellar to a hotel convention of serial killers, and includes works by Stephen King, Clive Barker, Tad Williams, and other notable writers.From Publishers WeeklyThough he won the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction in 1991, Gaiman is best known as the writer who transformed the WWII-era DC Comics character the Sandman from a Batman-style detective/vigilante into the much darker Morpheus, aka Dream, the being who presides over the realm of Dreaming. One of seven siblings who represent various states of consciousness?Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, Dream and Delirium?Morpheus is head of the allegorical family called the Endless. Here, popular fantasy writers expand upon Gaimans original concepts, with mixed results. Colin Greenlands bittersweet Masquerade and High Water and Barbara Hamblys Each Damp Thing provide insights into the backstage workings of the Endless. Tad Williamss The Writers Child is a finely crafted story about loyalty and the value of innocence. Weak spots include George Alec Effingers resurrection of a saccharine Little Nemo for Seven Nights in Slumberland, Lisa Goldsteins bland Stronger Than Desire and B.W. Cloughs vignette The Birth Day. Susanna Clarkes Stoppt-Clock Yard and a lyrical meditation on Death by songwriter Tori Amos close the anthology on a strong note; a b&w drawing by Clive Barker opens it on a garish one. Though perhaps most interesting as an example of media-crossover, this collection presents some powerful writing about, and memorable images of, the other reality wherein we while away a third of our lives.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalThis anthology features stories about The Sandman, DC Comics best-selling adult graphic novel by Neil Gaiman. Clive Barker wrote the frontispiece (not seen), and singer Tori Amos contributed the afterword. The 18 mainstream writers expand and elaborate the Sandman mythos. Readers dont need a familiarity with the Sandman comic to appreciate these stories. Recommended for short story collections.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Kirkus ReviewsTop-flight fantasy collection based on Gaimans character The Sandman, developed in a series of graphic novels for DC Comics, as reimagined by a strong group of fantasists. Long-lived comics readers will remember fondly the original ``Sandman from the 1930s and 40s, with his fedora, googly-eyed gas mask and gas gun; Frank McConnell discusses this precursor in his preface while hauling in Joyce, Nietzsche, Ibsen, Jung, and Wallace Stevens to dress up Gaimans story-parentage. Inventing his own lore for the character, Gaiman (1990s hilariously naughty Good Omens, with Terry Pratchett) wrote 75 installments of The Sandman before closing shop. Awash with watercolors and supersaturated with acid, The Sandman stories are stories about storytelling, celebrations of the outr? imagination. The central character of Gaimans work evolved into a figure variously known as Dream, or Morpheus, or the Shaper, or the Lord of Dreams and Prince of Stories, and his surreal family is called the Endless, composed of seven siblings named Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium. Drawing on Gaimans inkwell are Clive Barker (frontispiece but no story), Gene Wolfe and Nancy A. Collins, and a number of lesser lights, all in top form. George Alec Effinger invents a long tale inspired by Winsor McCays classic comic strip ``Little Nemo (``Seven Nights in Slumberland), while Colin Greenland (``Masquerade and High Water), Mark Kreighbaum (``The Gate of Gold), Susanna Clarke (``Stopt-Clock Yard), and Karen Haber (in the outstanding ``A Bone Dry Place, about a suicide crisis center) mainline directly from the ranks of the Endless. Rosettes to all, but especially t