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Title: Fables and Reflections (Sandman, Book 6) by Neil Gaiman ISBN: 1563891050 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71
Rating: 4
Summary: More Essential Sandman
Comment: I've been reading the Sandman series in order, and have been enjoying each volume. It's hard not to rank them, but this collection of short stories probably ranks near the middle (vol. 1, 4, & 5 are my favorites, but essentially they're all worth your time and money). The stories vary in look and feel somewhat, but are all linked together by regular appearances from Dream, and cameos from his always intriguing family. The over all scope of these stories is great, covering vast areas of time and distance. While a few of the stories suffer somewhat from the regular use of a "telling" rather than "showing" style, there aren't any duds here. Two in particular, "Song of Orpheus", and "Parliament of Rooks" are a pure joy to read throughout, and worth the price of admission on their own.
Even though Gaiman works with quite a few artists here (different artist/artists for each tale), the quality is consistent, always moving the story along successfully. The efforts of P. Craig Russell, Bryan Talbot, and Shawn MacManus are especially worth mentioning.
Gaiman's Sandman series is easily one of the most consistently exceptional of all time, and volume 6, Fables and Reflections, follows right along with that high level of quality. While I'd recommend starting with volume 1 and making your way through to the end, due to the timeless quality of the stories, any one of the volumes that I've read so far (the first 6) could also be read on it's own, primarily due to the skill and power of Gaiman's writing, and his lack of dependence on continuity. If you're new to Sandman, this is not your typical comic book. This is great fiction, period. If you're dismissive of comics as juvenile or inferior, toss aside any preconceptions and invest in a volume of Sandman. You won't regret it, or forget it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Thing I've Read In A While
Comment: I used to read a lot of comics, but by far, the Sandman series is my all time favorite. I bought Fables and Reflections mostly because of one very entertaining story, that of the first and last Emporer of America. Certainly, that is not the only reason I would recomend reading this, the entire collection of stories, even the entire Sandman series is well worth your time . If you enjoy fantasy, history, comic books, Myth, etc. you should read this as soon as possible
Rating: 5
Summary: More wonderful stories
Comment: Collected from a number of non-sequential issues of the Sandman comic, Fables and Reflections does a wonderful job showing the reader the variety of story telling styles Gaiman undertakes in this wonderful series. Using real figures and events from history (The Emperor of the United States, Augustus, The French Revolution, Marco Polo) Gaiman shows the reader the effects of dreams on their lives and what shape history took because of these dreams. It also contains the story of Dream's son and the consequences of that story's ending have long term effects on the series and its eventual close. The art and subject matter are perfectly matched each time, and a better representitive of a graphic short story collection would be very difficult to find.
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Title: A Game of You (Sandman, Book 5) by Neil Gaiman, Samuel R. Delany, Shawn MacManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, George Pratt, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano ISBN: 1563890895 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Brief Lives (Sandman, Book 7) by Neil Gaiman, Jill Thompson, Vince Locke, Peter Straub ISBN: 1563891387 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Worlds' End (Sandman, Book 8) by Neil Gaiman, Stephen King ISBN: 1563891719 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Season of Mists (Sandman, Book 4) by Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Harlan Ellison, Mike Dringenberg ISBN: 1563890410 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Kindly Ones (Sandman, Book 9) by Neil Gaiman, Frank McConnell ISBN: 1563892057 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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