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| Title | : | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot) |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | 2000 by Titan Books Ltd. (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Fantasy. Comics. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics |
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Paperback | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 4.39 | 18215 Users | 617 Reviews
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Sandman fans should feel lucky that master fantasy writer Neil Gaiman discovered the mythical world of Japanese fables while researching his translation of Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. At the same time, while preparing for the Sandman 10th anniversary, he met Yoshitaka Amano, his artist for the 11th Sandman book. Amano is the famed designer of the Final Fantasy game series. The product of Gaiman's immersion in Japanese art, culture, and history, Sandman: Dream Hunters is a classic Japanese tale (adapted from "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming") that he has subtly morphed into his Sandman universe.Like most fables, the story begins with a wager between two jealous animals, a fox and a badger: which of them can drive a young monk from his solitary temple? The winner will make the temple into a new fox or badger home. But as the fox adopts the form of a woman to woo the monk from his hermitage, she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, in far away Kyoto, the wealthy Master of Yin-Yang, the onmyoji, is plagued by his fears and seeks tranquility in his command of sorcery. He learns of the monk and his inner peace; he dispatches demons to plague the monk in his dreams and eventually kill him to bring his peace to the onmyoji. The fox overhears the demons on their way to the monk and begins her struggle to save the man whom at first she so envied.
Dream Hunters is a beautiful package. From the ink-brush painted endpapers to the luminous page layouts--including Amano's gate-fold painting of Morpheus in a sea of reds, oranges, and violets--this book has been crafted for a sensuous reading experience. Gaiman has developed as a prose stylist in the last several years with novels and stories such as Neverwhere and Stardust, and his narrative rings with a sense of timelessness and magic that gently sustains this adult fairy tale. The only disappointment here is that the book is so brief. One could imagine this creative team being even better suited to a longer story of more epic proportions. On the final page of Dream Hunters, in fact, Amano suggest that he will collaborate further with Mr. Gaiman in the future. Readers of Dream Hunters will hope that Amano's dream comes true. --Patrick O'Kelley
Details Books As The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot)
| Original Title: | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters |
| ISBN: | 1840232048 (ISBN13: 9781840232042) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Sandman #One-shot |
| Characters: | Dream of the Endless, Matthew the Raven, Cain (DC Comics), Abel (DC Comics), Mildred (Hecatae), Mordred/Morganna (Hecatae), Cynthia (Hecatae) |
| Setting: | Japan |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative (2000), Hugo Award Nominee for Best Related Work (2000), Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Comics-Related Book (2000) |
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Ratings: 4.39 From 18215 Users | 617 ReviewsWrite Up Based On Books The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (The Sandman #One-shot)
Gorgeous artwork. This tale is less a graphic novel and more an illustrated novella. I love this visit to Dream and the world of Sandman mixed with Japanese myth.A retelling of a Japanese fairy tale, with Gaiman's Sandman characters grafted onto certain roles. This is not a comic book but an illustrated novella. It's a decent story, though it isn't up to the caliber of his best Sandman stories. What distinguishes this book most is the lovely multi-page spreads of Yoshitaka Amano's artwork. Worth having if you are a Sandman or Amano fan.
I love stories like this. Strangely, I felt teleported to a time when stories are told beside a warm fire of the night.
This is not an adaptation of a single fairy tale as purported, though elements of the Japanese mythic tradition remain strong if not always exactly perfected. In particular, Gaiman captures the elusive spirit of the fox (or 'kitsune', which are as mysterious and versatile as they are pervasive in Japanese myth) exceedingly well, weaving about it a tale of fear against contentment and love against sacrifice morphed (forgive the pun) to fit seamlessly with the established Sandman canon.Yoshitaka
Gaiman ejected a cliche trash fire of a novella adorned with beautiful art.
In one word: Beautiful. This book brings together all the fantasy of The Sandman with the ancient magic of a japanese legend. If you read it long enough, you might even feel that you are reading some ancient scroll, with real ancient japanese drawings.
Oh hey, I know this story! Well, my version didn't have Cain and Abel and the Raven in it, but the monk and fox part was familiar. Not what I was expecting at all. Slightly disappointed to not get something new to me, but this was a very well-done version with lovely illustrations.
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