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Daughter_of_Yubyub Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 1/8/06 8:01pm Subject: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	Well, since we have a comic forum now, and this series has been consuming my soul, I suppose we should have a discussion thread for it, eh? Especially seeing as Death is on the banner. That definitely brought a smile to my face, since she's my favorite character. So yeah, much love for this series but little talent at coming up with clever ways of starting threads. -----signature----- The Timbit Evangelist Dark Lady of the JCC Yubsié, Handmaiden of the Crest EUDF Commodore\| Assistant Empress etc.- WJFC See my bio for my memberships and fanfiction
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/12/06 1:21pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	wow, finally a gaiman thread! i was shy of doing one myself... glad you did. i have mostly read his novels and short stories and maybe one volume of death: the high cost of living. i love gaiman. funniest of all is his journal. -----signature----- illegalise stupidity.
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Excellence Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 1/12/06 7:37pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman) - Date Edited: 1/12/06 7:38pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Excellence
	Saw old Neil at a book signing once, along with a mob of geek-looking lads and chatty ladies. If there was ever a time when science fantasy is patroned by geeks, that was a kodak. I don't have a Revaning clue why you'd read a sample chapter aloud to strangers, made challenging with a mellow voice, but hey . . . I didn't like his Legends 2 story. If there's one way of decsribing it, it's American. It's not natural, it doesn't flow. Appliances and furniture are described by brand name; the pace is slow and measured and right out of a classic Hollywood setting. About that American part, there's some books that do this; authors who write with a deliberate---how do I say it?---picturesque style, and while not criminal, it just didn't read plainly. Storywise, so corporate cult vs living folklore, to show the corps are still dominant. A woman who can teleport who couldn't fit enough birthday candles if the cake was X-wing size, yet can't eliminate these unmagical meddling humans. I presume there's a reason why the main man's name is called Shadow. Was his mother a shade? But better Shadow than the typical American penchant for John, Will, Richard and Smith in various spelling permutations, right? Just a short story, although it took its blasted time getting to anything exciting. I wasn't impressed but neither bored; I bought Legends 2 to get snapshot of the glitter names, and that's what I got. -----signature----- The Brits gave the world Doctor Who We owe them
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/13/06 3:36pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	sorry if you didn't like his graphic novels. i haven't read much apart from a bit of 'death'. i love his short stories, the are imaginative and funny. i especially love coraline (not a short story, i know). -----signature----- illegalise stupidity.
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Raven Title: SFF: Books and Comics Mangler Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/14/06 10:35am Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	On a slightly random note, I was thinking of Sandman earlier today and talking about it with my brother, who also loves the series. And we decided two things: 1) The most heroic moment that Dream has in the entire series is when he kills his own son out of love. 2) Lucifer is not only the most emo character in history, he's also the only character in history who is cool despite being emo. -----signature----- 1. Seek enlightenment. 2. ??? 3. Prophet.
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Daughter_of_Yubyub Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 2/28/06 7:00am Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	Orpheus' death was such an amazingly heartbreaking moment. I always loved the series, but Brief Lives was the volume when it started eating my soul. Lucifer is really emo, isn't he? It's amazing how many things Gaiman does with Sandman that usually don't work. I mean, Dream is basically a textbook whiny protaganist, but it WORKS. -----signature----- The Timbit Evangelist Dark Lady of the JCC Yubsié, Handmaiden of the Crest EUDF Commodore\| Assistant Empress etc.- WJFC See my bio for my memberships and fanfiction
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Soontir-Fel Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 2/28/06 10:33am Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	The other day I saw a Death manga. It was about how when Lucifer gave Dream the keys to hell, Death has a sleep over with Despair and Delirum. It had chibi Death. I sent a box of spite to Japan. -----signature----- Errent_Venture Wrote " Listen to Soontir-Fel for he is a man ruling over other men." Ender_Sai wrote "In other news, I confer Modly praise on Soontir and Rogue_wookie for being superior men, worth of the title of Spartan. They, may keep their penises"
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Daughter_of_Yubyub Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 2/28/06 6:38pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	But... that was produced in North America! I thought it was cute. A rather silly retelling of Season of Mists, but very cute. -----signature----- The Timbit Evangelist Dark Lady of the JCC Yubsié, Handmaiden of the Crest EUDF Commodore\| Assistant Empress etc.- WJFC See my bio for my memberships and fanfiction
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Soontir-Fel Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 2/28/06 7:48pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	Daughter_of_Yubyub posted: But... that was produced in North America! I thought it was cute. A rather silly retelling of Season of Mists, but very cute. You're dead to me now. -----signature----- Errent_Venture Wrote " Listen to Soontir-Fel for he is a man ruling over other men." Ender_Sai wrote "In other news, I confer Modly praise on Soontir and Rogue_wookie for being superior men, worth of the title of Spartan. They, may keep their penises"
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Daughter_of_Yubyub Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 2/28/06 8:20pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	Because I thought it was cute? Season of Mists did a fantastic job of telling the story seriously. I didn't pick up the manga expecting it to be serious (the cover rather gave it away, after all). I expected cute, which it delivered on. -----signature----- The Timbit Evangelist Dark Lady of the JCC Yubsié, Handmaiden of the Crest EUDF Commodore\| Assistant Empress etc.- WJFC See my bio for my memberships and fanfiction
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Twinky_Stryder Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 3/6/06 7:45am Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	I've read the Death manga, and it is just so cute. And I've just read Death: The High Cost Of Living and that's also very cool. Neil Gaiman does good work. He also worked on the English dialoge translation of Princess Mononoke. The thing i like most about Death is that she's always so cheerful and some of the stuff she says is really deep without even trying. Btw, has anyone read Good Omens? It's a book Neil Gaiman wrote with Terry Pratchett, it's a pretty good read. -----signature----- Ranger of FFUK I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me FFUK awards 2006 Best Female Poster What about the Twinky?- Ghostbusters
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somethingfamiliar Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 3/6/06 4:34pm Subject: RE: Endless discussion (Neil Gaiman's Sandman)
	My favorite parts of Sandman were his friendship with Hob and what cats dream of. -----signature----- I had all bases covered. I had the Hulkamaniacs watching DiBiase. I had Virgil in his place.
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