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Books : The Dream Hunters (Sandman, Book 11)In association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9781563896293 ISBN: 156389629X Label: Vertigo Manufacturer: Vertigo Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: June 01, 2000 Publisher: Vertigo Release Date: June 01, 2000 Studio: Vertigo Sales Rank: 25543 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Sandman: The Dream Hunters won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Comic Book, Graphic Novel, or Other Illustrative Narrative as well as the 2000 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book. Sandman: The Dream Hunters was also nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Related Book. Amazon.com Review: Sandman fans should feel lucky that master fantasy writer Neil Gaiman discovered the mythical world of Japanese fables while researching his translation of Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke. At the same time, while preparing for the Sandman 10th anniversary, he met Yoshitaka Amano, his artist for the 11th Sandman book. Amano is the famed designer of the Final Fantasy game series. The product of Gaiman's immersion in Japanese art, culture, and history, Sandman: Dream Hunters is a classic Japanese tale (adapted from "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming") that he has subtly morphed into his Sandman universe. Like most fables, the story begins with a wager between two jealous animals, a fox and a badger: which of them can drive a young monk from his solitary temple? The winner will make the temple into a new fox or badger home. But as the fox adopts the form of a woman to woo the monk from his hermitage, she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, in far away Kyoto, the wealthy Master of Yin-Yang, the onmyoji, is plagued by his fears and seeks tranquility in his command of sorcery. He learns of the monk and his inner peace; he dispatches demons to plague the monk in his dreams and eventually kill him to bring his peace to the onmyoji. The fox overhears the demons on their way to the monk and begins her struggle to save the man whom at first she so envied. Dream Hunters is a beautiful package. From the ink-brush painted endpapers to the luminous page layouts--including Amano's gate-fold painting of Morpheus in a sea of reds, oranges, and violets--this book has been crafted for a sensuous reading experience. Gaiman has developed as a prose stylist in the last several years with novels and stories such as Neverwhere and Stardust, and his narrative rings with a sense of timelessness and magic that gently sustains this adult fairy tale. The only disappointment here is that the book is so brief. One could imagine this creative team being even better suited to a longer story of more epic proportions. On the final page of Dream Hunters, in fact, Amano suggest that he will collaborate further with Mr. Gaiman in the future. Readers of Dream Hunters will hope that Amano's dream comes true. --Patrick O'Kelley Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Awesome story, exquisite artwork!!!I've had my copy for awhile, and it's probably one of my most-beloved books of all time! It's really a rather short story, but a beautiful tale nonetheless. But the real selling factor here is the artwork. As one of Japan's premiere artists, Amano has won four Seiun awards and is the visual concept designer for the Final Fantasy series. His work is absolutely breathtaking, and this book is a perfect example of it. In this book you will find etheral, haunting paintings with a traditional Japanese ... Read More Rating: - AmazingThis book is simply breathtaking,in words and picture.It is so overwhelmingly beautiful and subtle at the same time. I was knocked over. Rating: - Excellent ReadI was a little surprised when I got this book, since at first glance it seemed like an art book. After taking a better look at it, it did have a story but the books main features are it's beautifully drawn art work. This book follows an oriental theme and it is very evident in the whole book. Rating:  - Very Different, Very CoolI love Gaiman, and especially his Sandman work, so I decided to check this book out. I discovered it to be something entirely different from his other work. Wheras the other Sandman literature is in the form of comics and graphic novels, this one is more like an illustrated story. And instead of taking place in North America and Europe like the other works, this one takes place in Japan and draws upon Japanese mythology and folklore for the story. It is a wonderful tale, though, and the artwork is ... Read More Rating: - Awesome~Easily one of my favorites with Amano's art, a beautiful but sad tale with Amano's incredible art to bring the mythical tale to life~ Five Stars and worth your money. Browse for similar items by category:
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