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    A couple days ago, my 4-year old son asked my wife this:

    "Mommy, where do my dreams go when I wake up?"
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    that's great! I love that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    First time in this thread...

    I've read Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS and ANANSI BOYS in the last year and enjoyed them both. After enjoying those books and based on favorable things posted on other sites (from many of you actually), I finally started in on THE SANDMAN. I read Volume I, PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES, and I'm now into Volume 2, THE DOLL'S HOUSE.

    There have been only limited appearances by other members of The Endless, but I'm loving this story (these stories?) regardless.

    I've already purchased Volume 3, DREAM COUNTRY, as well.

    Morpheus rocks.
    I finished DREAM COUNTRY a while ago, and I just started Volume 4, SEASON OF MISTS last night. Just based on the family meeting, this one feels like it's going to be great.
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    I just found out Gaiman wrote the screenplay adaptation for Beowulf. I would like to see it now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    I just found out Gaiman wrote the screenplay adaptation for Beowulf. I would like to see it now.
    Yup. According to Entertaint Weekly , Zemeckis (Director) said the following to Gaiman : "There is nothing that you can write that I can't film."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    I just found out Gaiman wrote the screenplay adaptation for Beowulf. I would like to see it now.
    Oh, damn, I thought I told you about that. Sorry. I read it on his Wiki page.
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    I just remembered that I was supposed to post pictures of my faux leather bound copy of Season of Mists.

    Here's the cover. You probably can't see it in the picture, but there are engraved designed on the cover behind the key.


    This is the inside page. It may be the same as the regular graphic novel.



    I also don't recall if this is in the back of the normal graphic novel, but it has old-time looking pictures of people involved in the project with amusing "biographies of each. For example, Gaiman's(not in the picture) says the following:

    1) He was not found wandering the sewers of London as a child during the winter of 1864, unable to say anything more than "Powerful big rats, gentlemen."

    2) He was never exhibited in public houses to the curious; only briefly in July, 1865, to selected gentlemen of standing from the scientific and literary community.

    3) He did not have a vestigial tail.

    4) He did indeed have what most people wouldn commonly understand as "eyes."

    5) He was not actually the pilot of the Zepplin, although he did disappear for good following the explosion.

    6) There is quite obviously no "underground kingdom beneath London inhabited by huge, intelligent rodents." And even if there were, and suggestion of Neil's involvement in the many territorial negotiations between London Above and Below can be considered a joke, and poor taste at that.

    7) He was afraid of neither mirrors nor street conjurers.

    8 ) There were no tooth-marks on the bones. "

    There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.

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    Damn Chris, those pictures look tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

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    That book is great, Chris. Hilarious biography too. Thanks for sharing.
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    Wow - that is an awesome edition Chris!! The normal edition does have the fake biogs too

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    Must.......have.....




    I think I just came a little.


    Lookit Goldie on the Morpheus one! MEEP!
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    ...Those are gorgeous. Wow.
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    I'm in love.

    WEBSITE TO ORDER IT FROM!?!?!??

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    I loved sandman... use dto have 5 of the graphic novels and someone swiped them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by feverishparade View Post
    I'm in love.

    WEBSITE TO ORDER IT FROM!?!?!??
    I think it is dcdirectonline.com that is doing them, but I don't think they do orders, so I am not sure.
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    OMG I want that so bad! Those are awesome!

    And are they already on The Absolute Sandman Volume 3? I've only got Volume 1 and haven't seen any others around.
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    Three isn't out yet, but will be soon, I think. I've not bought any of the Absolute volums, since I have most of it either in graphic novel or the original comics.
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    But 2 is out?
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    Ayup.

    [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Sandman-Vol-2/dp/140121083X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202957331&sr= 8-1"]Amazon.com: The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 2: Books: Neil Gaiman,Dave McKean,Colleen Doran,P. Craig Russell,Shawn Macmanus,Kelley Jones,Alisa Kwitney[/ame]
    There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.

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    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that I saw volume 2 in the bookstore recently.

    Chris, where on earth did you get that copy of Season of Mists? And how much was it?
    Heng Dai

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    I think it literally cost him an arm and a leg.

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    I had a copy of it when I was in highschool and let someone borrow it and never got it back. I had been looking for it for a while and couldn't find it, so I finally sent Neil Gaiman a message through his Ask Neil section of his website asking him about it and if he knew where i could find a copy of it. He directed me to http://www.alibris.com/ and I was able to find a seller through that site. It only cost me $16.81(that's with shipping), actually. This copy has more meaning to me that the original that I had, simply because Neil himself helped me find it. haha.
    There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.

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    Do you still look at the message from time and time and find yourself gradually sliding under your desk?

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    haha. He replied via his journal on his website. I'd imagine I could search and find the message somewhere on tehre, since he has an archive.
    There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.

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    Amandaaaaaaa.....



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