#3: Dream Country

Dream Country book. Read 1,829 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The third volume of the Sandman collection is a series of four sho...

Dream Country consists of The Sandman issues #17-20. Contents[show] Calliope This is the story of a frustrated author, Richard Madoc, whose first book has been released to critical acclaim but who simply cannot write a page of the promised follow-up. He strikes a deal with an elder writer...

For the first time, a comic book has won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short fiction, a prestigious, judged award that more often goes to short stories or novellas. The award, given by a panel of science-fiction, fantasy and horror writers, editors and critics, went to an issue of ``The Sandman,`` a monthly comic book series from DC Comics aimed at readers 16 and older. Although it doesn`t contain the profanity or sexually explicit material of some adult comics, themes of death, dreaming and fantasy gods propel ``Sandman.`` The humor is dark, and there is occasional violence and references to black magic.

SANDMAN: DREAM COUNTRY pushes you into reflecting on your aspirations. Sometimes, dreams can come at a terrible price. What are you willing to sacrifice?

This week: The Sandman trade paperback #3, Dream Country, covering issues #17-20.

This paper is a brief look at some aspects of The Sandman, in particular issue 19 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”[1].  For any here who don’t know about The Sandman, it was a series of monthly comic books which ran from Dec ‘88 until the last issue in March ‘96.  However most of us will be…

Neil Gaiman’s Dream Country, the third volume in his THE SANDMAN series, is a collection of four stand-alone stories. I think it makes for a great introduction to the world of Sandman because each story is incredibly different from the one that precedes it.

The third Sandman collection, Dream Country, is the shortest of them all, pulling together only four issues of the series, all of which tell self-contained stories set in Neil Gaiman’s darkly fantastical universe.