false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167577135m/25101.jpg 25101 8 In many ways, <I>Season of Mists</I> is the pinnacle of the Sandman experience. After a brief intermission of four short stories (collected as <I>Dream Country</I>) Gaiman continued the story of the Dream King that he began in the first two volumes. Here in volume 4, we find out about the rest of Dream's Endless family (Desire, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, Death, and a seventh missing sibling). We find out the story behind Nada, Dream's first love, whom we met only in passing during Dream's visit to hell in the first book. When Dream goes back to hell to resolve unfinished business with Nada, he finds her missing along with all of the other dead souls. The answer to this mystery lies in Lucifer's most uncharacteristic decision--a delicious surprise. <p> There is something grandiose about this story, in which each chapter ends with such suspense and drive to read the next. This book is best summed up by a toast taken from the second chapter: "To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due." --<I>Jim Pascoe</I> 25854 book 1992 The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists total:7312|5:156|4:63|3:12|2:1|1:0| 7312 33101 8689 151 5 2 false true Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Sat Mar 21 19:18:24 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:29:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Feb 16 10:33:56 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 10:33:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 15:27:38 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 15:35:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:47:45 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:47:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 21:07:20 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:42:40 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Jan 19 22:03:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 22:04:04 -0800 2009 Season of Mists, the focus is back on Dream after minor appearances in the previous volume. The rest of the Endless family also make an appearance, with the exception of one missing sibling. This story arc is extremely interesting and inventive, where Lucifer decides to quit Hell and hands over h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 16:51:54 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 16:58:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 18:48:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:48:54 -0800 2009 Anyway, here's what happens:
Morpheus is convinced by his family that he was wrong to condemn Nada to an eternity in hell. He knows that Lucifer is pretty pissed off at him and may not survive a trip to hell, but he goes anyway to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 12:21:51 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 09:38:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:51:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 15:02:09 -0700 2009 A Doll's House (Vol. 2), Season of Mists, collecting issues #21-28 of Gaiman's The Sandman series, was good but not great. The overarching plot here tells the story of Lucifer's abandonment of Hell, and the subsequent clamoring of deities from various traditions to gain the key to the realm. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 12:04:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 07:08:59 -0800 2009 His last act is to give Sandman the key to hell before walking off into the s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 06 21:08:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:34:41 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 21:08:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 07:25:25 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:32:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 04:12:29 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:11:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 04:12:29 -0700 2009
Besides Dream, we also meet his Endless siblings, who include Delirium, Destiny, Despair, Desire and Dea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 09:40:19 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 10:53:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 02:27:21 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 02:27:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jul 27 11:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 11:04:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 26 15:44:12 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 15:45:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 02 17:16:35 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 14 18:06:31 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 19:58:41 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 19:58:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=25101