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The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones | Neil Gaiman, Frank McConnell
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NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision. In THE KINDLY ONES, distraught by the kidnapping and presumed death of her son, and believing Morpheus to be responsible, Lyta Hall calls the ancient wrath of the Furies down upon him. A former superheroine blames Morpheus for the death of her child and summons an ancient curse of vengeance against the Lord of Dream. The "kindly ones" enter his realm and force a sacrifice that will change the Dreaming forever. Collecting issues #57-69 of THE SANDMAN and "The Castle" story from VERTIGO JAM, THE KINDLY ONES features art by Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D'Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston and Kevin Nowlan.
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booklover3258
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Warning: This review has spoilers!

For my book review, visit my You Tube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/TgRqk4obM54

Enjoy!

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AshleyHoss820
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I may be on my own here, but I think the series could have ended with this volume…it is so masterfully done. Everything is woven together like a tapestry and when you step back, you can see how all the parts make a whole.

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AnneCecilie
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A baby boy dies. A mother seeks revenge. She knows who did it, The Lord of the Dreams. She seems out the furies to help her get her revenge. So the hunt begins.

My #DoubleSpin in September
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1y
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AnneCecilie
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I absolutely love the last sentence in Gaiman‘s afterword.

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AnneCecilie
The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones | Neil Gaiman, Frank McConnell
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This brings back memories

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AnneCecilie
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Wouldn‘t that be something

UwannaPublishme 😊🙌🏻 1y
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parasolofdoom
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wideeyedreader
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am sad now

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Clare-Dragonfly
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I‘d forgotten how powerful this volume is! And how confusing 😆 But I loved it.

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Clare-Dragonfly
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“A culture that doesn‘t value its librarians doesn‘t value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?”

ShyBookOwl Well put! 2y
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rwmg
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I had problems following this in parts because it harks back to and ties up some of the very early episodes which I don't really remember much of.

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Zoes_Human Great cover on that edition! 2y
rwmg @Zoes_Human I really like the 30th Anniversary edition covers 2y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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I LOVE Delirium 😍

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NikkiM5
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Yay to lazy Saturdays and pretending I‘m not sweating outside in Alabama 😂 Finishing the tagged tonight and I may get two bingos this month 💃🏿 edited to tag @BarkingMadRun the socks are wonderful ❤️

BarkingMadRead Yayyyyyyy 3y
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AFrostCauseReads
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There‘s still two more volumes after this one, but this one is really where the action is in all of The Sandman. I don‘t want to spoil anything (especially since I know @NikkiM5 is reading it) so I‘ll just say this:

This is what it‘s all been leading up too, the most story telling and action, the most mythos integrated, the most conflict and drama. When people ask me about The Sandman, this is the volume I always think about.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
NikkiM5 I‘m halfway through it right now and will finish it tonight. 😆 3y
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HelvetiCannnoan
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It‘s always so interesting so see Dream show how vulnerable he is, I‘ve seen this guy talk to gods and form impossible things but seeing him like this is still a sight to see

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HelvetiCannnoan
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Lady, you gotta be joking 🙃 you sent Nuala off for 3 YEARS from her own home just to see if an old flame of yours still has a taste for you 😑🙄

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HelvetiCannnoan
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Well, looks like The Sandman ain‘t the only thing I‘m getting done in the next couple weeks 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️ oh, well!

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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“Our existence deforms the universe. That‘s responsibility.”

#responsible #QuotsyMay19

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Read66
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One more to go. A very intricate storyline and brilliant artwork throughout the entire series affirms this as the classic it is acknowledged to be.

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archaeolibrarianologist
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💚😭

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xicanti
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Soon as I finished this last night, I decided it was totally my favourite. Three seconds later, I realized there was no way I could put it above BRIEF LIVES, or vice versa, so they're gonna have to be co-faves.

THE KINDLY ONES is the biggest of these books, and the deepest. Everything Gaiman's set up over the last 1500 pages pays off in a glorious puzzle of a story. I've read it 8 times and I always, always notice something new. #comics

xicanti Even though it's my co-fave on the story front, THE KINDLY ONES has my favourite art. Primary line artist Marc Hempel's work is gorgeous, and colour artist Daniel Vozzo's vibrant palette renders everything deceptively upbeat. 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Flashback to February, 2001. I ordered The Kindly Ones in the early days of Amazon and it came the day before a school dance so I concocted an elaborate sitcom-esque ruse to hide the fact that I was ditching the friends I was going with so that I could just stay home and read The Kindly Ones. #IntrovertLife #NoRegrets 6y
xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I approve of this life choice. 6y
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xicanti
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Duffy wanted to cuddle, so I'm doing a little of the ol' flop-n-read.

I always forget how loooooooooooong this book is. 13 issues. I'm on #10.

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xicanti
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I've gotta start limiting my refined sugar again since my stomach doesn't like it nearly as much as my tastebuds do, but I figured I'd have one last hot chocolate before the end comes. And of course, I read while I drank it. #newyearsreadathon #comics

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xicanti
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I like Matthew so much that I'm always amazed at how little page time he actually gets. He was originally from SWAMP THING, right? Will I meet his pre-raven self in the first volume of Alan Moore's run? #comics #newyearsreadathon

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GondorGirl
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Uhh... I put a super lowball offer on an eBay lot and managed to win... Oops! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😍😂

KnjiskiZmaj Wow!!!😍😍😍 6y
Maike Wow indeed! 😍 6y
LA_Mead Amazing! 6y
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MCYmermaid Gracious! 6y
GondorGirl I'm going to have to move my graphic novels to a different shelf. These aren't going to fit. But I paid less then 2$ a trade! 6y
celtichik Nice! 6y
TricksyTails 😍📚 Glorious!' 👏😁 6y
TricksyTails You know if you don't have enough space, I think I could find a home for all those Sandman. 😏😂 6y
laurieluna Wowza! Thats a total score! 😱 6y
tjwill Wow! 😲🤗 Score! I have been wanting to read Sandman for a long time but they are so expensive to collect since there are so many, and my public library doesn‘t have them all. 😔 6y
GondorGirl @TricksyTails I'll keep that in mind! 😂😂 6y
GondorGirl @tjwill That's why I haven't read them yet! Keep an eye on eBay... maybe you'll be lucky. 6y
tjwill @GondorGirl I‘ll have to do that! 6y
mcipher Nice!! 👏 6y
night_shift 😩😱 I'm so jealous of this stack! Great haul! 6y
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Seshat
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Of course, there's always the ladies for #favoritesiblings @Tiffy_Reads #splashintosummerreads

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Seshat
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LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓 7y
TheLondonBookworm Sandman remains my favourite comics/graphic novels of all time. Nothing has topped them yet! 7y
Seshat Thanks, @LibrarianRyan and it is my favorite as well @TheLondonBookworm 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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Four scenes from Sandman that made me #grabthekleenex. Maybe the only comic that has made me cry. Well this and that one issue of Swamp Thing. And the end of the Coyote Gospel storyline in Animal Man. Yeah, that's it. Maybe.

#splashintosummerreads

Seshat Totally. 7y
Seshat /Tearing up 7y
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Seshat
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I have a serious paucity of #pinkbooks with #pinkcovers for #17booklove #day16 a bit of pinkish in these sandman covers is as close as I have. @jess.how

howjessicareads Well 👍🏻 for the use of paucity. It negates the lack of pink. 😉 7y
Seshat Thanks, @jess.how Heh. Those Sandman covers actually look pinker in person, too. 7y
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Clare_Riley
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I think I'm a bit sad now. I've also realised that there seem to be some similarities between me and Delirium. Should that concern me?

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Seshat
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#pinkcovers #riotgrams @bookriot #day13 I have a ton of red covers but no pink ones, except maybe this.

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Seshat
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This is as #pinkbooks #pinkcovers as I could find on my shelves. I would have tagged the Rosa book but the title page was torn out (I didn't do it!) and I don't know the author's name. (My great grandmother was Swiss and French Creole, hence the old books in French and German). #novemberland #day25 @TizJ3ss

freyaheart I'm going to do this with my blue books. 7y
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Giantsizegeek
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Our office in San Francisco at EventBrite has a library where I often work. The quiet & solitude help me focus. But occasionally I glance over to the bookshelves & find something distracting...like The Kindly Ones. Would you believe I had all the comics & sold them? Now I want to read them again. 🤔

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triskeleseeker
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Loved Gaiman's Sandman series. My gateway into comics.