{"id":128,"date":"2005-09-19T18:41:01","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=128"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:58:21","slug":"the-sandman-vol-5-a-game-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/128","title":{"rendered":"The Sandman Vol 5: A Game of You"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sandman<\/a> Vol 5: A Game of You<\/a><\/em> (1992) Neil Gaiman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Barbie, who we first met in The Doll’s House<\/em>, has moved to New York City after her break-up with Ken. She hasn’t dreamed for two years, when she was pulled into the dream vortex created by Rose Walker, but Barbie’s Dreamworld is not content to remain lost. <\/p>\n

A Game of You<\/em> is also where we are introduced to Foxglove and Hazel McNamara, who appear briefly in Death: The High Cost of Living<\/em>, and are the center of Death: The Time of Your Life<\/em>. I believe that I read all three of those out of order, beginning with The Time of Your Life<\/em> and ending with A Game of You<\/em> (because that was the order I got them.)<\/p>\n

Like Season of Mists<\/em>, A Game of You<\/em> tells a single story, although multiple threads run through the story. Morpheus is almost incidental to the story, appearing only briefly. The first time I read this I was annoyed. I wanted to read more about Morpheus not about Barbie and these other characters. Reading it again later I don’t mind, and I actually found the story quite compelling, the same as the characters. Except perhaps for Thessaly, who seemed to have lost much of her compassion the more she learned.<\/p>\n

One bit that I particularly liked was where Dream remembers to tell Nuala that she did the right thing. It’s a very small bit, but the way Dream walked away and then returned to tell her that was perfect. It also shows a very different Dream from the one who treats Lyta Hall so cruelly and casually–oblivious to her pain.<\/p>\n

So despite the fact that Dream is only a minor character, I still quite like A Game of You<\/em>.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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