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Dream Country

Dream Country

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Graphic novelComicsFolklore
Pages
160
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

Dream Country collects four self-contained Sandman stories (issues #17-20). In "Calliope," a blocked novelist imprisons the Greek muse Calliope to steal his ideas, until Dream intervenes. "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" follows a feline storyteller convincing other cats that dreaming together could remake the world in their favor. "Façade" follows Element Girl, a former superhero cursed with an inhuman body, as she confronts Death about ending her life. The volume closes with "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Shakespeare's own troupe performs the play for its real-life inspirations, Titania and Oberon's fairy court, on the night it was written — the only comic to win the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkMelancholicAtmosphericWhimsical

Genres

Comics Folklore Mythology Graphic Novels Dark Fantasy Drama Fantasy Short Stories Horror

Authors

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Charles Vess

Charles Vess is an artist known for his fantasy and comic book illustrations. His work can be seen in collections such as Rags & Bones and Firebirds, as well as Biblioteca Sandman vol. 03. He specializes in bringing mythical

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Colleen Doran

American writer/artist, film conceptual artist, and cartoonist

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Kelley Jones

Kelley Jones is the artist behind the iconic visuals of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. His work often explores dark fantasy and horror.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...

Characters

Dream (Morpheus)Protagonist

The anthropomorphic personification of dreams, who intervenes to free his former lover Calliope from the novelist holding her captive.

CalliopeSupporting

A Greek muse of epic poetry, held captive for years by a blocked novelist who rapes and exploits her for inspiration.

Element GirlSupporting

A former superhero cursed with an unstable, inhuman elemental body, who can no longer pass for human and wants her life to end.

William ShakespeareSupporting

The playwright, bound by a bargain with Dream, whose troupe performs the newly written A Midsummer Night's Dream for its real fairy-court inspirations.

Death of the EndlessSupporting

Dream's elder sister, the Endless embodiment of Death, whom Element Girl seeks out to ask for an end to her suffering.

All characters in Dream Country

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