World Famous Comics: Sandman 8: World's End (Sandman Collected Library (Prebound))
Sandman 8: World's End (Sandman Collected Library (Prebound))
By: Neil Gaiman Publisher: San Val Average Rating: Binding: Library Binding Label: San Val Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 159 Publication Date: 1995-07
Product Description: When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe
Amazon.com Review: When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe
Another Gaiman Masterpiece. Neil Gaiman has established himself as one of the great writers in the world of graphic novels. Volume 8 of the Sandman series takes a side step to view the universe of the Endless from the point of view of a handful of (relatively) small beings stuck in an Inn at the end of the world. As the Reality Storm rages outside, these travelers share stories that reveal the depth of the characters that Gaiman has created. Although not focusing on Morpheus, aka Dream of the Endless, their stories give the reader perspective on the Lord Shaper that cannot be seen in any other way.
The last few pages are haunting and urges the reader into Volume 9 like few other literary pieces. This is a MUST BUY for graphic novel fans and fans of a wonderful story.
Storytelling at it's best This is my favorite of the Sandman series so far. On to book 9, but this one blew me out of the water. The quality and beauty of all the mini stories was mind altering. I feel like I just did drugs again for the first time.
One of my favorite things that Neil does is introduce old stories and mythology that I've never heard of. Then I can go back and investigate these characters as they existed in real life and walla!, I've learned something new.
One of the least successful of the series Rather than a continuous narrative, this volume is a collection of short pieces with distinctly different artistic treatments. The frame story is that there's an inn just outside space and time, where travelers just might find themselves marooned for awhile when a reality story hits. There not being much else to do, they take turns telling stories, Canterbury-style. Some, like "Cluracan's Tale" and "The Golden Boy," are quite good. Others, like "Hob's Leviathan," are just kind of pointless. For me, this is one of the less satisfying entries in an excellent series.
Graphic SF Reader A reality storm causes a group of travellers, all afflicted by actual storms in their own realities to be transported elsewhere, nearby to the Inn at World's End. They all take shelter there, heal injuries, and pass the time on the piss and doing some telling of stories. One of the travellers is Cluracan of Faery, having been on a diplomatic mission, and two are humans from different time periods.
The story continues... The Saga of Morpheus continues in this Graphic Novel. Gaiman is the best. A co-worker's 18 y.o. son is reading the series and he is blown away.
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