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published
June 17th 2008
by Vertigo
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Hardcover, Slipcase, 576 pages
isbn
1401210848
(isbn13: 9781401210847)
description
The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format.
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents s
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Read in January, 2009
This sat on my shelves for about 6 months before I read it. I was saving it for when I could really enjoy it, and I'm glad I did. The "Brief Lives" storyline is significantly longer and more personal than some of the more adventure-centric fun of earlier stories. "Brief Lives" is bookended by one-shot views of how dreams effect history, mythology and the way our stories are told and remembered. There are stories-within-stories, and the context only gets thicker after that. In...more
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Read in December, 2008
i loved this series back when it was all fresh and brand new. i've been assembling these absolute collections over birthdays and stuff the past few years with the plans of cranking through them all upon the release of the fourth volume. i sat down the other day with volume 1 and i've been in love all over again, if not even moreso than when i was reading them all fresh. blowing through the entire series straight through allows for all of the threads to come totally clear and, really, quite br...more
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Read in February, 2009
I had forgotten how good Brief Lives was, and how fully it works as the hinge of the piece. To not abandon delirium is to not abandon the realm, which leaves only one possibility -- to be destroyed, rather than to follow destruction. And world's end just feels like a spring coiling up, each turn of the key different, each increasing the pressure/tension for release.
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Read in January, 2008
The Sandman novels are among the best graphic novels available. I had read all of these seperate but have collected two of the "absolute" collections. Very beautiful collecters volumes.
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Read in November, 2008
Sandman is my favorite comic book series without a doubt. The world is incredibly rich and the characters are awesome. Read it if you haven't already.
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Twisted take on the forces that shape our universe. Most underrated author still publishing.
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
fans of dreaming, fans of the author, fans of graphic novels, people who like beautiful books
i don't know what i can't say about this that i haven't said about the first and second volume. it's still incredible. the stories, the characters, the art. . .
i still can't get over the weights of it. 7 lbs! i was showing off some of the art in this and i thought i was going to break my wrist holding it up for them to see. [to be fair, i have stupid, skinny wrists. *shrug*]
i'll be buying the next volume when it comes out and i know the only thing i'll be dissapointed i...more
i still can't get over the weights of it. 7 lbs! i was showing off some of the art in this and i thought i was going to break my wrist holding it up for them to see. [to be fair, i have stupid, skinny wrists. *shrug*]
i'll be buying the next volume when it comes out and i know the only thing i'll be dissapointed i...more
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Read in January, 2009
Such tales....such characters. I forgot how much I loved the concept of the Inn at the Wnd of All Worlds.
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I caved when we were at the comic book store the other day and dropped some serious bones on this volume...mainly because it includes Brief Lives and I knew I couldn't go wrong. Unfortunately, I forgot how intense the forward momentum gets in this stage of the narrative, and I'll probably end up dropping far more bones on Vol. 4...
and Vol. 2...and 1...
Dammit. It all just looks so GOOD.
and Vol. 2...and 1...
Dammit. It all just looks so GOOD.
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Sandman is breathtaking. Gaiman changed the entire graphic novel genre with its publication. Now it has been collected into hardcover, slipcased editions. The production values are top notch, and the stories still maintain their ability to make me gasp.
This edition is kinda pricey, but it's just wonderful.
This edition is kinda pricey, but it's just wonderful.
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Read in July, 2008
The best so far. That is to say, the ratio of amazing stories to merely good stories was the highest out of the three Absolute Sandman volumes that have been released. Can't wait for Volume 4!
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Read in July, 2008
It is KILLING me that I have to wait until this fall when volume 4 is released to keep reading these! Why, oh why, beloved boyfriend, did all of your copies have to get destroyed?
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Read in July, 2008
Volume three (of the Absolute Editions) of a modern masterpiece of mythology.
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Read in July, 2008
Excellent as always ! I cant wait to read the final volume!
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