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The Sandman: World's End
The Sandman: World's End | Neil Gaiman
This collection of tales tells of travellers caught in the vortex of a reality storm. These wayfarers come from throughout time, myth and dreams to converge upon a mysterious inn, there to share stories of the places they have been and things they have seen, beside a flickering fire.
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booklover3258
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This was a great filler for the story. This volume consisted of multiple short stories that involved a bunch of strangers stuck at an inn during a very bad storm. Loved all the stories, they were all interesting. Artwork was great. The ending was interesting and hopefully is explained in the next volume or two.

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AshleyHoss820
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Stories within stories within stories within….This is heavy lifting by Gaiman. He builds and swirls together his universe. There is so much to notice in this volume. There is some foreshadowing and I already know I‘m not ready. This isn‘t my favorite, but I do appreciate the journey. Also, it wouldn‘t upset me to spend an eternity working in the World‘s End Inn and hearing the travelers‘ tales.

Clare-Dragonfly I would love to work there and hear everyone‘s tales forever! It would be like spending the rest of your life reading books n 1y
AshleyHoss820 @Clare-Dragonfly Yes!! It would be so interesting! Never a dull moment, yet a cozy familiarity too! ☺️ 1y
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AnneCecilie
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During a storm, several people find themselves led to the World‘s End inn. They come from many different wolds. They start to tell each other stories to pass the time.

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wideeyedreader
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ this one really grabbed my attention, I feel like I need to reread it already!

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Clare-Dragonfly
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Gives me chills.

@TheAromaofBooks My March #bookspin!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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rwmg
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A group of strangers (some of them very strange strangers) stranded in an inn during a storm pass the time by telling stories. And we have stories within stories within stories. Something of a tour-de-force with each story having its own style of illustration. We are left with questions which hopefully will be answered in the next volume.

Emilymdxn This is one of my all-time favourite graphic novels! 3y
rwmg @Emilymdxn It's going to be hard waiting till I can get the next volume 3y
Zoes_Human This is one of my favorites from the whole series. 3y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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I managed ✌️ (two) #BookSpinBingo for February!
Finished my #BookSpin, but unfortunately didn't get around to my #DoubleSpin

Can't wait for tomorrow 🤩

@TheAromaofBooks

Julsmarshall Well done! 3y
mavey That's great!👏🏻 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 3y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Mehso-so

I think this was the most disappointing Collection to date, or that the brilliance of the previous one is overshadowing this one.
But I honestly didn't care for all the stories within the stories, that didn't really connect to anything.
The only intrigue comes at the end, and it comes without conclusion

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
Powered_By_Plants Ahh such a shame , I had high hopes for this . Just bought it on audible . Yay for bookspin 🙌 3y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile @Powered_By_Plants The rest of the series is very good. It was just this one that was a disappointment. I'm planning on finishing all the Graphic Novels and then get the audio. I hear it's excellent. 3y
Powered_By_Plants Ahh is this in a series 🤔 , I hadn‘t realised that, thank you Will have to have check them out . I‘m still yet to read a graphic novel ! I have deathnote on the shelves but still not dived in yet. 3y
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Powered_By_Plants I've been meaning to get Deathnote, but my budget keeps telling me No! 3y
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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My #BookSpinBingo for February
At first I thought the 4th line would be an easy Bingo, then I realised that it requires reading 2 of my biggest books 🤔

#BookSpin - The Sandman Vol 8: World's End
#DoubleSpin - Clap When You Land

I've already started some of my books so let's see what this month holds.

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Tanisha_A
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Oh god, yes! 😶

Daily humour ('horror' here) by The New Yorker

tina_b.ooks This is so scary 🙀 5y
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archaeolibrarianologist
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"Step by step by step they walked across the sky, like giants, with their burden on their shoulders; pacing in unison, slow as time. ... There was true grief in each step they took across the sky, and they shouldered the casket as if they were shouldering the weight of the world."

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archaeolibrarianologist
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"Well, sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across the worlds. They are ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a very fragile thing, after all."

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archaeolibrarianologist
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Intro excerpt by Stephen King

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Violetta
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It's awfully tiresome to have six-days working week instead of usual five, but long weekend is coming! 😁 And some really big books with it!
#workingonsaturday, #buyingbooks, #bigbooks, #TBR, #inrussian

LitsyOwl Welcome!! 👋 6y
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Violetta @Librarybelle Thank you! 🙂 6y
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xicanti
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Y'all, I always forget WORLD'S END exists. I remember all the stories in it, but my mental image of the series slides right from BRIEF LIVES to THE KINDLY ONES.

This is the last short story collection in the core series, and it's basically a multidimensional story spiral. Stories spin out of stories that spun out of other stories. Some are obviously personal to the tellers. Others deepen the wider narrative. Nothing is purely simple. #comics

xicanti Its placement matters, too. Some deep shit went down in BRIEF LIVES, but this follow up steps back from that while also foreshadowing what's to come. It's an effective exercise in narrative tension, and it must've been maddening for people who had to wait a month between issues. 6y
cobwebmoth So I'm totally blaming you for the fact that I plan on using a bunch of my Hoopla credits next month on Sandman volumes.😊 6y
xicanti @cobwebmoth I happily accept this blame. 6y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Ok, so on a different subject! I love your red hair!!! 💁‍♀️ 6y
Knightingale This is my favorite of the series. 6y
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xicanti
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Every time I come across a fictional air burial, I wonder if the author learned about it from SANDMAN like I did. #comics

TobeyTheScavengerMonk ME! TOO! I wrote a short story for a class in college and did research on them to include them in the story because I totally learned about them from Sandman. 6y
xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk really, whenever I see anything that was also in Sandman I'm like, "IS THIS A DELIBERATE REFERENCE? DOES THIS WRITER LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO?" 6y
xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk (for the record, I most recently encountered fictional air burial in LOST STARS by Claudia Gray.) 6y
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xicanti
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I forgot Michael Allred pencilled an issue of SANDMAN! He's become one of my favourite artists over the last year, though I like his work best when it's coloured by Laura Allred. #comics

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xicanti
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I read somewhere (maybe THE SANDMAN COMPANION?) that this was the first un-wingdinged fuck in DC Comics. #comics

GrilledCheeseSamurai Really? I didn't know that. That's good trivia to know. 👍 6y
xicanti @GrilledCheeseSamurai if I remember it right, Gaiman put fucks in whenever he felt the story truly needed them, and Berger edited them right out. Until she let this one slide and set a precedent. 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @xicanti Very cool. 👍 the new Berger books imprint starts soon. I'm very excited for most of them! 🙌 6y
TricksyTails I was sad to see her leave DC. 6y
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Clare_Riley
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Where on earth do all of Neil Gaiman's ideas come from?! I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like in his head!!

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Clare_Riley
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As soon as I sit down to read, a dog usually appears on my lap (I have 2 - they discuss it between themselves as to whose turn it is, I'm sure!). A free(ish) heating system!

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KCorter
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"Pictures and word-balloons don't mean dumb." - Stephen King, in his introduction to Sandman: World's End.

This is exactly why I will always love graphic novels. Gaiman has created a sophicated, beautiful, wonderful story in this medium.

I swear, the introductions to the Sandman comics are almost as enjoyable as the comics themselves. I love that #TheKing played upon the wisdom of Stu Redman (one of my favorite of his characters in The Stand).

SaturnDoo I'm debating whether I should give this one a try lol...I have read 3 books by Gaiman and a couple of Graphics and I just didn't like them. Decisions decisions 😂 7y
KCorter @SaturnDoo Which have you read? I know that it took me til Volume 3 to really get into the series. I think I was initially biased against the illustrations. The story itself is phenomenal, and only improves in each issue. It's also fun that he varies the illustrators throughout the series. 7y
SaturnDoo @KCorter I read The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Neverwhere. For the most part I don't like the repetition, the characters, and lack of plot. Neverwhere really never went any where 😀 I felt like I was reading a bunch of random disjointed thoughts in which none of them related or contributed to the story. I wonder what I am not getting cause everyone loves his work. 7y
KCorter I've read The Graveyard Book and Coraline, but I can't help you with Neverwhere. I see where you're coming from though. The Graveyard Book wasn't what I would call thrilling. :p 7y
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brendanmleonard
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Committing to finally (after 15+ years) finishing the Sandman series this #scaretober! This volume is one of my favorites in the series so far - I think Gaiman is at his best when telling short stories in this world. This is not just about stories, but why we tell stories - and even features one story that has a character tell stories about telling stories. 😂 Pictured: a series of panels, including my favorite character, immortal Hob Gatling.

BookishFeminist ❤️ this series 7y
TheLibrarian I need to finished it too!! 7y
OhNoMersault Thank you for the kick in the ass. I started this series nearly a decade ago and got to collection 7 before being distracted by other GNs. I blame Fables. 7y
BeththeBookDragon I just checked out the first one from the library, but haven't started it yet 7y
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triskeleseeker
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Loved Gaiman's Sandman series and the colorful characters (some literally) within.