The Sandman Vol. 8: Worlds' End
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- Author：Neil Gaiman
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Summary
The eighth installment of Neil Gaiman's seminal， New York Times best-selling series， The Sandman Vol。 8: Worlds' End， celebrates its 30th anniversary with an all-new edition， featuring a new cover from artist Dave McKean！
Reminiscent of the legendary Canterbury Tales， The Sandman: Worlds' End is a wonderful potpourri of engrossing tales and masterful storytelling。 Improbably caught in a June blizzard， two wayward compatriots stumble upon a mysterious inn and learn that they are in the middle of a "reality storm。" Now surrounded by a menagerie of people and creatures from different times and realities， the two stranded travelers are entertained by mesmerizing myths of infamous sea creatures， dreaming cities， ancient kings， astonishing funeral rituals and moralistic hangmen。
Collects The Sandman #51-56。
Reminiscent of the legendary Canterbury Tales， The Sandman: Worlds' End is a wonderful potpourri of engrossing tales and masterful storytelling。 Improbably caught in a June blizzard， two wayward compatriots stumble upon a mysterious inn and learn that they are in the middle of a "reality storm。" Now surrounded by a menagerie of people and creatures from different times and realities， the two stranded travelers are entertained by mesmerizing myths of infamous sea creatures， dreaming cities， ancient kings， astonishing funeral rituals and moralistic hangmen。
Collects The Sandman #51-56。
Reviews
Nick H
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How repetitive of me。 The best SANDMAN so far。 Again。 I love the whole structure of this one！ The framing device is fun， each story is wonderfully diverse and the characters who tell them are great。 Having multiple artists doing the same issue， to visually represent the layers of stories， works really well too。 Damn。 I’m getting sad that there isn’t much SANDMAN left at this point。 もう一度、一番好きなサンドマン本。世界は楽しいと色々の話が全部違うやすごい
BobNotBob
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The Inception edition - fabulous。。。
sesame
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he just never misses 。 anyway the golden boy was my favourite out of all of these stories
Jesus Flores
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Varios personajes terminan en una posada-taberna durante una tormenta。 Solo que no es una tormenta normal， es una taberna llamada "Worlds End" ubicada en un lugar indeterminado， y con personajes de distintas realidades。Y para pasar el tiempo se cuentan unos a otros historias de sus mundos。La historia del tipo que llega a una ciudad soñando， esta entre interesante y rara， intentando ser filosofica。 3。5La del Faerie Cluracan， sobre poder e intriga politica， me gusto， te entretiene。 4La de el barco Varios personajes terminan en una posada-taberna durante una tormenta。 Solo que no es una tormenta normal， es una taberna llamada "Worlds End" ubicada en un lugar indeterminado， y con personajes de distintas realidades。Y para pasar el tiempo se cuentan unos a otros historias de sus mundos。La historia del tipo que llega a una ciudad soñando， esta entre interesante y rara， intentando ser filosofica。 3。5La del Faerie Cluracan， sobre poder e intriga politica， me gusto， te entretiene。 4La de el barco， Jim Marino， la serpiente， me gusto mucho por todos los elementos navales， 3。7La de Prez Rickard， bastante meh， 2。5La de Petrefaz en la Necropolis， esa tambien se me hizo interesante， y la practica en campo， las explicaciones， la ex-maestra， si todo me fascino 5 starsPromediadas dan 3。74 。。。more
Erik
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The ending on this one hit me like a train。 I don't know precisely why， but it's heartbreakingly beautiful。 The ending on this one hit me like a train。 I don't know precisely why， but it's heartbreakingly beautiful。 。。。more
OinkFish Pigs
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It feels so weird that the Sandman is nearly over。 It feels like a week ago I just started it （not rlly）。 But anyways， if the last 2 arcs are anything close to the Sandman’s highs， then this might be my favorite piece of fiction。 As for this arc， it’s the worst so far and I don’t doubt it will rise in the rankings。 It’s still great tho。Low 9。1
Melissa ~ Bantering Books
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4。5 stars
Joseph
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World's End was a great concept and had a few good stories， but I think a few of them fell short。 Overall， I loved the framing device of World's End and was deeply moved by the ending。 The "World's End" Inn was a place of waiting and storytelling while a storm passes。 Some of the stories told were really great。 "Hob's Leviathan" was fun （I always enjoy Hob-focused storylines） and "Cerements" was creepy， yet wove an interesting story through burial techniques from around the world over time。 The World's End was a great concept and had a few good stories， but I think a few of them fell short。 Overall， I loved the framing device of World's End and was deeply moved by the ending。 The "World's End" Inn was a place of waiting and storytelling while a storm passes。 Some of the stories told were really great。 "Hob's Leviathan" was fun （I always enjoy Hob-focused storylines） and "Cerements" was creepy， yet wove an interesting story through burial techniques from around the world over time。 The remaining stories were OK， but nothing super memorable。 I did really love the way everything tied together in the end （and I think the artwork was particularly noteworthy at the end）。 Overall， a few decent stories， a few absolute gems， and a great way to tie the stories together。 。。。more
Dilliemillie
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Worlds' End might be my favorite volume of this reread。 It's stories within stories within stories， and they're all so different and interesting。 I love it！ Worlds' End might be my favorite volume of this reread。 It's stories within stories within stories， and they're all so different and interesting。 I love it！ 。。。more
Książkowa Wrona
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Ciekawy koncept， fajne jest opowiadanie historii wewnątrz historii， która jest w środku historii 🙈Lubię chyba najbardziej tę o Prezie。 Reszta okej， ale pojedyncze historie pewne raczej mi się zleją 🤷
Jess
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Not a strong connection to Dream or the other members of his family。 I enjoyed the similarities to The Canterbury Tales。 Some stories were better than others。
Shelby Fielding
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“Is there any person in the world who does not dream？ Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined？”One of Gaiman's tendencies is pretty akin to Sorkin， though that is where any similarities between the two writers stall。 But both lean towards the fascination of stamping a theme into a story with such brute force that it is hard not to grow somewhat annoyed by it。 While Sorkin does this more often， Gaiman falls victim to it occasionally， as shown here with the story-within-a-story motif he “Is there any person in the world who does not dream？ Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined？”One of Gaiman's tendencies is pretty akin to Sorkin， though that is where any similarities between the two writers stall。 But both lean towards the fascination of stamping a theme into a story with such brute force that it is hard not to grow somewhat annoyed by it。 While Sorkin does this more often， Gaiman falls victim to it occasionally， as shown here with the story-within-a-story motif he exercises more than a few times。 For that， and for that alone， this volume has always been a difficult read。 That said， the inn of the world's end and the fragility of reality echo the fluidity of stories and how they spread， how they infect， and how they become like oxygen as this element necessary to life for any living form; all of it is so effortlessly whimsical。 What Gaiman achieves with a tired format， tired only because of its usage in these stories， continues to impress。 The "fillers" of Sandman don't feel as if they snuff out the kindling flame of the story， but rather they are the fire spreading into different corners。 Sometimes the fire smolders into something calm and barely warm， and other times it shocks into something ferocious and harming。 It's remarkable， and the artists behind these stories capture an array of colored fantasy that reeks of age， time lost and time gained， uniform realities shared but separated， and so much of it is so wonderful。 I could do without the repeating of stories-within-stories， though。 。。。more
Noah Eigenfeld
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Every year or so I manage to swing back to Sandman and dust off another volume。 I gotta be honest and say this wasn’t my favorite。 The writing and art is superb as always， but some of the chapters here were strange in ways that didn’t pay off。 I was much more intrigued by the framing device， and what it means for the last two volumes in the series。
Robbie McPhee
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2。5 stars， this one was unfortunately my least favourite Sandman volume up to this point。 It certainly had its good moments， but it was harder to sit through than some of the previous ones。
Olga Rudnitska
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Counting days to TV show。🤞
Elezen Ryfe
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 i am about 98% sure the procession in the sky was for dream。
Andrii Korpalo
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Ще один яскравий приклад того， як автор уміє створювати світи， які кардинально відрізняються від нашого， але від того здаються не менш справжніми。
Mythicbook
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the premise of this volume is so simply， yet so good。
Anne
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Normally I don't care much for the one-shot stories that pop up in seemingly every other volume of Sandman。 But these were really entertaining for me。Thre's some sort of Inn called World's End and travelers from all times and places end up there because of reasons。And （of course） everyone tells their stories。 Not necessarily stories about themselves， just the most interesting story they have。 There's usually some vague connection to Dream in the stories but they aren't about Dream。This was （for Normally I don't care much for the one-shot stories that pop up in seemingly every other volume of Sandman。 But these were really entertaining for me。Thre's some sort of Inn called World's End and travelers from all times and places end up there because of reasons。And （of course） everyone tells their stories。 Not necessarily stories about themselves， just the most interesting story they have。 There's usually some vague connection to Dream in the stories but they aren't about Dream。This was （for me） pretty decent。 And unlike some of the other collections， this one held my interest from start to finish。 。。。more
Timothy Pitkin
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A pretty interesting volume as it is basically just random people who get lost in a storm and all meet at a werid place called the World's End。 It reminds me a lot of the Mansion of Mysteries series which I wonder if that was the inspiration。 All of the stories are basically how these people met with Dream。 With my favorites being the dreaming city and the Prez retelling as they are both really interesting and use a lot of high level concepts like do cities dream and what it means to be a great A pretty interesting volume as it is basically just random people who get lost in a storm and all meet at a werid place called the World's End。 It reminds me a lot of the Mansion of Mysteries series which I wonder if that was the inspiration。 All of the stories are basically how these people met with Dream。 With my favorites being the dreaming city and the Prez retelling as they are both really interesting and use a lot of high level concepts like do cities dream and what it means to be a great leader。 。。。more
Ben
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Okay， fine。 You win。 This volume is almost entirely a side quest to the main narrative， but holy bananas does it work。 I have complained about that before， about how I love Dream and the family and their interactions and whenever we get。。。 not that— I find my interest to drift。 That is not true here。 If there is one troupe I am all about it is story about stories and stories within stories。 This has both and it does it them really well， in my opinion。 It also ties it into the main narrative in a Okay， fine。 You win。 This volume is almost entirely a side quest to the main narrative， but holy bananas does it work。 I have complained about that before， about how I love Dream and the family and their interactions and whenever we get。。。 not that— I find my interest to drift。 That is not true here。 If there is one troupe I am all about it is story about stories and stories within stories。 This has both and it does it them really well， in my opinion。 It also ties it into the main narrative in a creative way that makes the final section rather emotional。 After eight volumes， I still have no idea what to expect from this series but I here for it。 On to The Kindly Ones！ 。。。more
Martin Iguaran
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Hacía tiempo que no leía un volumen de esta serie。 En este caso， nuevamente es un volumen de historias cortas， casi una antología de cuentos。 Me producen sentimientos encontrados: por un lado， creo que los volúmenes de historias cortas atrapan mejor que cualquier otro la inspiración fantástica， onírica， y desmesurada de "The Sandman"。 Por el otro， nuestro protagonista y su familia casi no aparecen， o como mucho tienen un rol anecdótico。 En este volumen， personajes de todas las épocas， razas y ha Hacía tiempo que no leía un volumen de esta serie。 En este caso， nuevamente es un volumen de historias cortas， casi una antología de cuentos。 Me producen sentimientos encontrados: por un lado， creo que los volúmenes de historias cortas atrapan mejor que cualquier otro la inspiración fantástica， onírica， y desmesurada de "The Sandman"。 Por el otro， nuestro protagonista y su familia casi no aparecen， o como mucho tienen un rol anecdótico。 En este volumen， personajes de todas las épocas， razas y hasta realidades se refugian de una tremenda tormenta en una posada y comparten sus historias， como si fueran personas sentadas alrededor de un fuego， relatando cuentos a la antigua。 No sabemos， hacia el final del volumen， en qué consiste la "tormenta" que obligó a refugiarse a los protagonistas， pero podemos asumir que es un evento de proporciones cósmicas。 En cierto modo， este volumen es la calma antes de la tormenta。 。。。more
Hunter
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This is a book of stories。 Several travelers are waiting out a storm in an Inn， and tell stories to pass the time。 Some of these stories contain stories themselves， and a couple of *those* stories contain stories。This book does little to move Morpheus’ grand narrative forward。 Indeed， it contains him only fleetingly。 And while the Sandman volumes like that have mostly meant less to me than the “mainline” ones， this one I really enjoyed。 Maybe it was because I read it in one sitting。 But I enjoye This is a book of stories。 Several travelers are waiting out a storm in an Inn， and tell stories to pass the time。 Some of these stories contain stories themselves， and a couple of *those* stories contain stories。This book does little to move Morpheus’ grand narrative forward。 Indeed， it contains him only fleetingly。 And while the Sandman volumes like that have mostly meant less to me than the “mainline” ones， this one I really enjoyed。 Maybe it was because I read it in one sitting。 But I enjoyed the glimpses into these worlds， and the imagination that it grants me。 。。。more
David Cuen
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Neil Gaiman does it again。 The universe he had created around the Sandman permeates all possible worlds and in the unlikely Inn that hosts this volume you get to see a glimpse of characters touched by Gods。 A true work of art
Alondra Miller
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5 StarsShort stories within a tale， while sitting at the Inn at the End of the World， in front of a fire。 It's storming outside; are those just worlds colliding or something more。 You can read this as a standalone。 Highly Recommended 5 StarsShort stories within a tale， while sitting at the Inn at the End of the World， in front of a fire。 It's storming outside; are those just worlds colliding or something more。 You can read this as a standalone。 Highly Recommended 。。。more
Grant
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For when the other Sandman volumes don’t operate on enough levels and you need that story within a story within a story within a story within a story fix
Hanna
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Full body chills
Ryan Wendell
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Similar to A Game of You， the plot lines felt like they had little impact on the overall story of The Sandman。
Kayce B
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