{"id":16,"date":"2004-03-24T20:43:32","date_gmt":"2004-03-25T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=16"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:58:22","slug":"the-sandman-book-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/16","title":{"rendered":"The Sandman Book of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sandman Book of Dreams<\/a><\/em> Neil Gaiman<\/a> and Ed Kramer, editors<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It took me several months to read this book, not because it was boring, but because I was carrying it back and forth to work to read at lunch, or if I had to go somewhere for an appointment. This means that as I finished the last story in the book, I could barely remember the first story in the book.<\/p>\n

I liked B.W. Clough’s The Birth Day<\/i>, a story of the beginning of an idea. I also liked Robert Rodi’s An Extra Smidgen of Eternity<\/i>, which is the second of two stories about Wanda from A Game of You<\/i>. I liked A Bone Dry Place<\/i> by Karen Haber, because it had several of the Endless interacting, although the story that tied everything together confused me, even on a second read. One of my favorite stories was Nancy A. Collin’s The Mender of Broken Dreams<\/i>. I quite liked the idea of the creatures of the realm of dream wondering about themselves. I of course loved Steven Brust’s Valosag and Elet<\/i>, but then I tend to love everything that Steven Brust writes, so you’ll have to consider the source. One of the stories merits is that it is written as a folktale, and since I love folktales, that made it all the more endearing.<\/p>\n

The horror tales were my least favorite. Will Shetterly’s Splatter <\/i>was set during The Doll’s House <\/i>collection in the Collectors, one of the more gruesome tales. The Writer’s Child <\/i>by Tad Williams is disturbing, although everything is alright in the end. But I don’t particularly care for horror, so you’d best not take my opinion if you like it yourself. The stories were well written, but they were not anything that I particularly enjoy so take that as you will.<\/p>\n

There was so much more that I wanted to say about these stories, but it’s been over a month since I finished the collection, so I best say this for now, lest I forget everything.<\/p>\n

These were stories written in the world of the Sandman, but they were not written by Neil Gaiman. If you liked Sandman and like short stories, then you’ll like this collection. But if you are looking for more of Neil Gaiman’s writing, or know little or nothing of The Sandman, then this collection is probably not for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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