The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists Paperback Author: Visit Amazon's Neil Gaiman Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo; New edition edition (February 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401230423
- ISBN-13: 978-1401230425
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
In "Sandman: Season of the Mists" Neil Gaiman does what he does best, creating a mythology that runs parallel to reality as we live it, but here, he outdoes himself by not just telling an interesting story, but by revealing a truth inherent about our dominant myth system.
That bit above is the best way anyone can sum up the sense in Sandman: Season of the Mists without removing any reason you could have for actually reading it but it doesn't matter because the book is simply fantastic.
In this work, Gaiman weaves together love, hate, obligation and elements of literary Christian theology (i.e., a very Miltonian hell) and places them in a wrapper of storytelling using a mythology that encompasses theological and mythological concepts, some of which, like faerie, law and chaos, exist purely within the realm of fantasy literature and when he is done setting the stage using these ideas and populating it with characters who run true to imaginable form, he tells a story the ending of which is an unflinching examination of a single mind-bending question: "what would happen if Satan grew tired of ruling hell?"
The answer to this question is a kaleidoscopic shock.
Gaiman is a master storyteller on many levels and unlike nearly all other writers of fantasy, his best work can be read both for the raw pleasure of a good story, on the level of storytelling technique and even on the level of philosophy and the command of all aspects of the story which Gaiman displays on every page of this book is a cause for awe. Gaiman seems powerfully inspired in writing this story.
Morpheus of the Endless has had many trials throughout the ages... but none quite as strange as the one he must face in "The Sandman, Volume Four: Season of Mists." The fourth collection of Neil Gaiman's classic Sandman series centers on sudden changes in the world of Hell, and the terrifying choice that the Lord of Dreams must make -- who does it go to?
After a disastrous meeting with the other Endless, Morpheus goes to Hell to set free his onetime lover, Nada. But when he gets there, he finds that Lucifer is tired of being the lord of Hell, and is shutting the whole place down -- and he gives ownership of it to Morpheus. In the meantime, the souls of the damned are roaming Earth, and the anguished demons have nowhere to go.
Morpheus isn't interested in ruling Hell, so soon various powers appear to claim Hell -- Norse, Japanese and Egyptian gods, a trio of powerful demons, Order, Chaos, a Faerie diplomat, and a pair of angels are sent to watch the proceedings. Threats, bribes and tricks ensue, leaving Morpheus with a seemingly-impossible choice to make.
Just a warning: This comic book, despite its brilliant storytelling, left me with a sort of squirmy feeling, because it bases itself on Christian theology that many people actually believe in (heaven, hell, Satan, angels, God, etc). But it isn't in line with those beliefs, so some parts of it come across as... uncomfortable.
However, you should always keep in mind that it is merely fiction. "Season of Mists" is epic in scope -- it encompasses different worlds, dimensions and lands in a seeemingly endless, wondrously terrifying universe. Gaiman is absolutely brilliant at conjuring the exquisite and the grotesque, the eerie and the strange -- and he manages all of those here.
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