The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!), Kelley Jones, Charles Vess
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Read in February, 2004
Date read is a guess. This is my favorite of all the Sandman work--4 amazing stories that show off Neil's writing talent in their variety and depth.
First is a tale of a writer and his much-misused muse. Darkly drawn by Kelly Jones, the revenge of Dream is absolutely fitting.
Second is the story of when cats ruled the world, also penciled by Jones. How can you not like the idea, especially the thought of dreams shaping reality? Can anyone get 1000 cats to work on tandem?
Third is Neil's v...more
First is a tale of a writer and his much-misused muse. Darkly drawn by Kelly Jones, the revenge of Dream is absolutely fitting.
Second is the story of when cats ruled the world, also penciled by Jones. How can you not like the idea, especially the thought of dreams shaping reality? Can anyone get 1000 cats to work on tandem?
Third is Neil's v...more
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Read in January, 2008
so, this, of course, is the third in the Sandman series. this had a different flow and feel to it. i think it was because this graphic novel doesnt really follow the main character of the series. this is almost a book of side stories. it didnt have the brutally honest candor and dark undertones that the first two had. in that respect, i liked it better, since i could read it and not worry about debating within my own mind whether or not to continue on, reading such a dark novel. but the fact tha...more
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Read in July, 2008
I'm not at all a fan of graphic novels/stories, and will probably never read one again. But. One of my creative writing students loves sci fi and is super smart and really wanted me to read this book so I could get a sense of the writing she admires. So I did. (Also, Tori Amos mentions Gainman in a song on one of her early albums, one of the two that came out when I was in high school and still worshiped her.) Dream Country is smart, creepy, complex, moving, and well-imagined. I enj...more
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I was pretty into comics books for a while there in middle school and the beginning of high school, before I discovered that you were far more likely to get date if you were a music nerd than a comic book nerd. I dropped out of giving a shit about them for a long while, but am starting to dabble in reading in the genre again. When you get home from twelve hours with the law books, it’s hard to get excited about that Akil Amar book you’ve been meaning to read.
Sandman is of course one of...more
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The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country consist of 4 stories plus a bonus treat at the end. The first story, Calliope, is about a novelist who has become void of ideas. Desperate to write again, he makes a bargain to enslave a muse to consume her for his own inspiration. In A Dream of a Thousand Cats, a broken-hearted but brave Siamese ventures to the land of dreaming seeking out the Cat of Dreams for revelation. Warning to cat lovers, the beginning of this story is harsh and intense, but if you can m...more
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Read in January, 2004
recommends it for:
Everyone
I used to stubbornly think that graphic novels had no intellectual merits other than for amateur entertainment (I know, pedestal). This series not only blew me away visually, but caused me to see graphic novels in a new light. Everyone should read this series.
Here's what i want to say, but someone else said it first and better than i could:
"Erudite, allusive, complex and ambitious, SANDMAN is undoubtedly the finest writing the mainstream comic book industry has ever seen. It dares to ...more
Here's what i want to say, but someone else said it first and better than i could:
"Erudite, allusive, complex and ambitious, SANDMAN is undoubtedly the finest writing the mainstream comic book industry has ever seen. It dares to ...more
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Read in January, 2003
I will forever maintain that Sandman is the best comic ever written. Gaiman was originally given the task of resurrecting a not particularly interesting golden age DC superhero, and instead, managed to change comics forever.
He created the Endless- Destiny, Death, Destruction, Dream, Desire, Despair, and Delirium (who used to be delight), created a whole new mythology based on so many sources- Greek/Roman/Egyptian/Norse mythology, fairy tales, fables, DC comic book characters, and of course,...more
He created the Endless- Destiny, Death, Destruction, Dream, Desire, Despair, and Delirium (who used to be delight), created a whole new mythology based on so many sources- Greek/Roman/Egyptian/Norse mythology, fairy tales, fables, DC comic book characters, and of course,...more
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Read in October, 2007
This volume contains four independent stories. The imprisoned muse Calliope is forced to provide story ideas, a cat seeks to change the world with dreams, Shakespeare puts on a play for an unearthly audience, and a shape-shifting immortal longs for death. Moreover, Dream plays a minor role in the stories; he is not in the fourth story at all. It is also marks a transition away from the horror stories into stories of a deeply fantastical nature, drawing on mythology, history and historical figu...more
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Read in September, 2007
My most recent dive into contemporary graphic novels found me swimming in the pool with a master of the darker side of the genre.
A friend recommended "The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country," as a good introduction to the Sandman series. Whether or not it is the best first read in the series, it certainly was brilliant.
Several stories attached by the loose, but powerful, thread of the master of dreams, the immortal sandman. Amazingly drawn, lettered, colored, and conceived; I can ...more
A friend recommended "The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country," as a good introduction to the Sandman series. Whether or not it is the best first read in the series, it certainly was brilliant.
Several stories attached by the loose, but powerful, thread of the master of dreams, the immortal sandman. Amazingly drawn, lettered, colored, and conceived; I can ...more
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Read in January, 2004
recommends it for:
fantasy fans
The shortest of the Sandman graphic novels, this only contains 4 stories...but what great tales they are:
Calliope - about a writer who's keeping the Muse Calliope captive, using her to provide his own personal inspiration.
Dream Of A Thousand Cats - in which one cat tells of a world where cats rule absolutely, which could be theirs if they only dream it.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - World Fantasy Award-winning story where Shakespeare presents his play to the Dream Lord, as well as the S...more
Calliope - about a writer who's keeping the Muse Calliope captive, using her to provide his own personal inspiration.
Dream Of A Thousand Cats - in which one cat tells of a world where cats rule absolutely, which could be theirs if they only dream it.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - World Fantasy Award-winning story where Shakespeare presents his play to the Dream Lord, as well as the S...more
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Read in June, 2007
Dream Country is a series of four self-contained short stories within the Sandman universe. I couldn't finish the last of the short stories, Façade, because it dealt with the human skin, the cosmetic surgery thereof and its consequences, and I'm easily squicked by it.
The other short stories were enjoyable to read to a varying degree, but I like a dream of a thousand cats best because of the implication of the power of dream and amazingly enough, I like the sur...more
The other short stories were enjoyable to read to a varying degree, but I like a dream of a thousand cats best because of the implication of the power of dream and amazingly enough, I like the sur...more
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Read in April, 2007
This volume is, of course, as delicious as any other Sandman, but is a bit dissapointing. It is very thin, compared to the rest, and almost half of it isn't part of the comic at all, but the script for the first story of this volume, together with Neil's and other people's notes on it, which is kind of cool, but I would much rather they have put more stories there.
My favourite story in this volume is the one about the cats. I always knew they ruled the world sometime, they sure do act like i...more
My favourite story in this volume is the one about the cats. I always knew they ruled the world sometime, they sure do act like i...more
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Read in April, 2004
This is by far my favorite volume of Sandman. It has this incredible, undeniable sense of urgency that is lacking from the rest of the series; it incorporates an incredible cast of characters with great story artwork, and is really the first volume where you get a sense of the scope of Gaiman's world. It's much bigger than just a goth horror book. If you tried reading Sandman, and only made it through the first volume or 2, push through to #3. It makes it all worthwhile.
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Read in April, 2008
Sneaky Dream! So he makes a deal with Shakespeare and explains where a Mid Summer nights Dream comes from. Brilliant.
And just like A Mid Summer Nights Dream, I hated Puck. I don't know why- I just hate reading his character and I still hated that part in the Sandman. But I can't hold fault to the comic- it was still brilliant. Just like I can't hold fault to Shakespeare- the play is still brilliant even though I hate one of his characters.
And just like A Mid Summer Nights Dream, I hated Puck. I don't know why- I just hate reading his character and I still hated that part in the Sandman. But I can't hold fault to the comic- it was still brilliant. Just like I can't hold fault to Shakespeare- the play is still brilliant even though I hate one of his characters.
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Read in January, 2001
my baby cat is still missing somwhere outside and i keep thinking about the cats in the dream of a thousand cats.
"Dream the world. Not this pallid shadow of reality. Dream the world the way it truly is. A world in which all cats are queens and kings of creation. That is my message. And I shall keep moving, keep repeating it, until I die. Or until a thousand cats hear my words, and believe them, and dream, and we come again to paradise."
"Dream the world. Not this pallid shadow of reality. Dream the world the way it truly is. A world in which all cats are queens and kings of creation. That is my message. And I shall keep moving, keep repeating it, until I die. Or until a thousand cats hear my words, and believe them, and dream, and we come again to paradise."
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this was a collection of 4 short stories and one script. 2 of the stories were cool (the guy who rapes his muse in order to become a successful author, the metamorph whose faces turn to glass and fall off) but the script was lame and the midsummer night's dream rehash didn't make much sense to me since i know nothing about the original. and the story about cats ruling the world was just silly beyond reason.
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Read in January, 1992
recommends it for:
Goths, people who like comics, students who have considered literature as a major, and fantasy fans.
Dream Country is a collection of four comics, each a self-contained story and each providing fascinating context on the series' main character. The stories may seem kind of arbitrary after the serial nature of the first two collections, but each is a gem. It is here that Gaiman finally finds the mood and thematic texture that runs through much of what follows these stories.
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Read in May, 2008
The third in the series. I think I'm finally catching on to what's going on here--there are a bunch of different stories with different people, and the commonality is that Dream comes into their lives for some reason or another. This one I didn't like as much as the first two; it didn't feel as connected as the others. But even a bad Sandman is better than no Sandman.
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Read in March, 2008
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This volume lost me a little. There is one fabulous story, one pretty cool story and a couple that are take it or leave it. Definitely twisted though, bringing up some sick plot twists that maybe I would have gotten into more if they had been expanded to say a full six issues. Still, the journey of Dream is intriguing and worth going through to get to more stories.
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Read in November, 2007
Unlike Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House, this is the first of several collections of unrelated stories that punctuate the ten volumes of this series. It artfully introduces several nuggets of good background info, but I just didn’t enjoy the stories as much. Façade in particular threw me for a loop.
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