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| ISBN: | 1563891700 (ISBN13: 9781563891700) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sandman #8 |
| Characters: | Dream of the Endless, Ted Grant, Prez Rickard |
| Literary Awards: | British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Anthology/Collection (1996) |
Neil Gaiman
Hardcover | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 4.47 | 41846 Users | 1102 Reviews
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A "reality storm" draws an unusual cast of characters together. They take shelter in a tavern, where they amuse each other with their life stories. Although Morpheus is never a focus in these stories, each has something to say about the nature of stories and dreams. With an introduction by Stephen King. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. Collecting The Sandman #51–56
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| Title | : | World's End (The Sandman #8) |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | July 16th 1999 by Vertigo (first published July 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Fantasy. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics |
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Ratings: 4.47 From 41846 Users | 1102 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books World's End (The Sandman #8)
Definitely one of the best, one of the roundest volumes; it is a set of six stories told at an inn, while the universe goes through a reality storm. And I don't think I can tell a lot more about the reality storm without spoilers, but definitely, the stories are worth their salt; Gaiman shows here that he's an amazing story teller, and he knows how to dive into fantasy amazingly well. As the introduction said, the best part about it is that he doesn't make it more complicated, more complex thanNot my favourite, but still plenty to enjoy! Some stories were better than others in this anthology.
Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?
Sandman: Vol 8: Worlds' End: "The Golden Boy" is a bittersweet fable of leadershipAfter Vol 7: Brief Lives, which focused on Morpheus dysfunctional family and a road trip in search of Destruction, Vol 8: Worlds End is another stand-alone story collection similar to Vol 4: Dream Country and Vol 6: Fables and Reflections. Once again the Endless retreat to the corners of the stage, making way for a cast of characters gathered at the Inn at Worlds End to tell tales to while away the time during a
Somehow I forgot to add this when I read it. I think I went from volume seven straight into eight, and gobbled it in one sitting. If I'm remembering correctly. Either way, it's The Sandman. It's fantastic!
As much as I love this series when the plot really gets going, I'm going to go out on a limb and say the pacing in Sandman is awful. There's all this stuff going on in the main story and it takes this full volume to interrupt itself and tell me a bunch of random short stories I don't really care about. I know they tie into the main story in many ways but I can't help but feel like these sort of volumes completely destroy any forward momentum the main plot about Dream has going. World's End isn't
The first time I read this trade paperback, I went straight to the story pages, completely ignoring the wonderful Stephen King introduction. It was his thoughts and praise on Neil Gaiman and his work on Sandman that would make it worthwhile to pick this trade, even if you already have the issues that comprised this arc. King wrote in his introduction that Gaimans work was a filling meal even if it was served in bite sized chunks in a short story collection like this trade or as longer arc that
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