Point Regarding Books Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
| Title | : | Dream Country (The Sandman #3) |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 111 pages |
| Published | : | February 5th 1999 by DC Comics (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Graphic Novels Comics |
Neil Gaiman
Hardcover | Pages: 111 pages Rating: 4.24 | 94190 Users | 1961 Reviews
Description In Pursuance Of Books Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
The third volume of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. In each of these otherwise unrelated stories, Morpheus serves only as a minor character. Here we meet the mother of Morpheus's son, find out what cats dream about, and discover the true origin behind Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. The latter won a World Fantasy Award for best short story, the first time a comic book was given that honor. collecting The Sandman #17–20Declare Books As Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
| Original Title: | The Sandman: Dream Country |
| ISBN: | 156389226X (ISBN13: 9781563892264) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sandman #3, Sandman Zinco / Norma #3 |
| Characters: | Dream of the Endless, Element Girl, Death of the Endless |
| Literary Awards: | Harvey Awards Nominee for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Material (1992), Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer (for Neil Gaiman) (1991) |
Rating Regarding Books Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
Ratings: 4.24 From 94190 Users | 1961 ReviewsWeigh Up Regarding Books Dream Country (The Sandman #3)
Ive been re-reading a lot of books that I enjoyed years ago recently and its been very rewarding for the most part, rediscovering books I loved all over again. Unfortunately Sandman - a series I really liked the first time round - is not among them and its so disappointing! What I remember of Sandman was that the first two volumes werent that great (and that checks out) but that the series starts to take off in this third volume, Dream Country, and it doesnt. Its basically stuck in the mud forI have to say I think that this one is probably my favourite of the Sandman Volumes so far and I read this as a part of the Booktubeathon. It was a very easy read and one which I enjoyed a lot because of the storyline. I have to say that the artwork of this series (as it changes artist every now and then or art style) is a little hit and miss, but the story works nearly all the time for me. This one focuses on a few individually self-contained stories involving either Sandman himself, or some of
Gaiman's The Sandman Vol. 3 "Dream Country" is more or less a collection of short stories that are related to the the series, but unrelated in terms of the main storyline that's been going on in the first two volumes. I hate when good storylines like that in "The Doll's House (Vol. 2)" get cut off with something unrelated like this book, but this tangent was good. I have heard Gaiman's short stories are amazing and the volumes in Dream Country are all unrelated short stories that touch on little
Note: This is part two of a rambling multi-volume re-read of the series. It will probably make better sense in context of other reviews... The third volume of Sandman is several short stand-alone stories. It also includes my my favorite story in the entire series. Where Shakespeare's troupe performs Midsummer's Night's Dream for the assembled host of Faerie. Midsummer's is my favorite of Shakespeare's plays, I should mention. I remember reading this and thinking... "What? What the serious hell?
Re-read, 3/3/20:All of these stories are wonderful, but I think I preferred the monk and the fox story best this time. A close second is Midsummer Night's Dream. For all the right reasons. :)Original review:This is a fairly short volume, but each story is tight and delightful. This is where I remember the Sandman comics coming into its own, and Morpheus himself hardly had any role in them. It's all about stories. Stories about stories. Of course, I can make the same argument about the entire run
Strangely enough this was my favourite volume so far, though it was disconnected from the rest of the storylines. Essentially standalone tales, in the words of the author's website: "Dream Country is the first story arc made up entirely of different tales. We meet the mother of Morpheus's son, and find out what cats dream about. We also discover the origins of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. (The latter issue, number 19, is the only comic book ever to have won a World Fantasy Award.)
4.5 stars
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