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Description edit
From the mists of the past to the nightmares of the present, Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN touches the lives of kings and knaves, explorers, storytellers, monsters and children. This collection of short tales explores historical figures from Augustus Caesar to Marco Polo, from The Arabian Nights... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cain: Abel's brother, lives in Dream's realm, and repeatly kills Abel.
- Neil Gaiman: created Sandman stories.
- Dream: lord of the dream realm, one of the Endless.
- Death: Dream's sister, one of the Endless.
- Despair: Dream's sister, one of the Endless. She appears plump, pale, and naked with huge pendulous breasts.
- Delirum: Dream's youngest sister, one of the Endless.
- Desire: Dream's sister, one of the Endless, and appeared as man in a suit.
- Destiny: Dream's oldest brother
- Destruction: Dream's brother
- Orpheus: Dream's son
- Eurydice: Orpheus's wife
- Auestrias: Orpheus's friend, satyr
- Hades: Lord of the Underworld
- Persphone: Queen of the Underworld
- Gaius Caesar: emperor of Rome
- Lycius: dwarf, actor, and friend of Auhustus.
Quotes edit
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“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.”
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“It has been far too long since we sat beneath the summer moon together and talked of pleasant fripperies, of that and of this, and left others to speak sensible things of import and consequence.”
First Sentence edit
It was getting late, and I was losing it fast.
Table of Contents edit
1. Fear of Falling (Illustrated by Kent Williams; Colored by Sherilyn van Valkenburgh)
2. Three Septembers and a January (Illustrated by Shawn McManus)
3. Thermidor (Illustrated by Stan Woch & Dick Giordano)
4. The Hunt (Illustrated by Duncan Eagleson & Vince Locke)
5. August (Illustrated by Bryan Talbot & Stan Woch)
6. Soft Places (Illustrated by John Watkiss)
7. Orpheus (Illustrated by Bryan Talbot & Mark Buckingham)
8. The Parliament of Rooks (Illustrated by Jill Thompson & Vince Locke)
9. Ramadan (Illustrated by P. Craig Russell; Colored by Digital Chameleon)
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 12 in The Sandman. (standard series)
Preceded by A Game of You, and followed by Brief Lives.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Neil Gaiman (Author)
- Bryan Talbot (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Daniel Pellizzari (Translator)
- Stan Woch (Illustrator)
- P. Craig Russell (Illustrator)
- Shawn McManus (Illustrator)
- John Watkiss (Illustrator)
- Jill Thompson (Illustrator)
- Duncan Eagleson (Illustrator)
- Kent Williams (Illustrator)
- Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)
- Vince Locke (Illustrator)
- Dick Giordano (Illustrator)
- Dave McKean (Cover Artist)
- Gene Wolfe (Introduction)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vertigo
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 1563891050
Page Count: 264
Publisher: Vertigo
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 1563891050
Page Count: 264
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 741.5973
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