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Available
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Collection
Publication
Vertigo (2000), Paperback, 160 pages
Description
Providing tantalizing glimpses into the fantastical worlds he would create and nurture, NEIL GAIMAN'S MIDNIGHT DAYS collects some of the accomplished author's earliest work, including tales featuring John Constantine, Swamp Thing and the first and only meeting between The Golden Age Sandman and The Sandman of the Endless.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Black_samvara
Compilation of works, all worth seeing.
LibraryThing member xicanti
A collection of some of Neil Gaiman's early stories for DC.
I've been a fan of Gaiman's for quite a while now, and I almost always find his work interesting and engaging. These stories proved no exception, though I do think I'd have enjoyed the Swamp Thing tales a whole lot more if I knew even a
The other offerings, however, were both very enjoyable. I wouldn't say that you need to have read much, (or any), Hellblazer to appreciate the John Constantine story, and the semi-Sandman story is far enough distanced from both the modern series and the original that I don't think it would present many problems for first-timers.
If you do find yourself a bit lost, just do what I did: focus on the pacing, the use of the panels and the grasp of just what the comics medium can do. These are Gaiman's strengths, and the book shows them off to good effect.
I've been a fan of Gaiman's for quite a while now, and I almost always find his work interesting and engaging. These stories proved no exception, though I do think I'd have enjoyed the Swamp Thing tales a whole lot more if I knew even a
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little bit about that particular series. As it stands, I could appreciate the storytelling but found myself a little lost in the stories themselves.The other offerings, however, were both very enjoyable. I wouldn't say that you need to have read much, (or any), Hellblazer to appreciate the John Constantine story, and the semi-Sandman story is far enough distanced from both the modern series and the original that I don't think it would present many problems for first-timers.
If you do find yourself a bit lost, just do what I did: focus on the pacing, the use of the panels and the grasp of just what the comics medium can do. These are Gaiman's strengths, and the book shows them off to good effect.
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LibraryThing member ferrisscottr
Disappointed
Not disappointed in the work but disappointed at how much I didn't care for it.
Let me clarify that I am a fanatic for Neil Gaiman as an novelist, as a short story writer, as a narrator, as a YA author, as a speaker BUT I don't care too much for his comic book writing (I know, I know,
I understand just how great he is and what he did for the industry - it's just not my thing. I'm more of a Spiderman or Calvin & Hobbes comic guy.
So I enjoyed it but not a great deal.
If you like his comic book writing then this is a 5 star book and you must get it but if you prefer his other work (Graveyard Book, Wolves in the Walls, American Gods) then you should wait a while because he has a new novel coming out in a few months.
Not disappointed in the work but disappointed at how much I didn't care for it.
Let me clarify that I am a fanatic for Neil Gaiman as an novelist, as a short story writer, as a narrator, as a YA author, as a speaker BUT I don't care too much for his comic book writing (I know, I know,
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start throwing rocks now).I understand just how great he is and what he did for the industry - it's just not my thing. I'm more of a Spiderman or Calvin & Hobbes comic guy.
So I enjoyed it but not a great deal.
If you like his comic book writing then this is a 5 star book and you must get it but if you prefer his other work (Graveyard Book, Wolves in the Walls, American Gods) then you should wait a while because he has a new novel coming out in a few months.
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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
A selection of stories from a variety of eras and stages of Gaiman's writings, interesting look at his work and it's evolution.
LibraryThing member ManipledMutineer
Superb, especially "Hold Me" and "Sandman Midnight Theatre"
LibraryThing member Linyarai
A collection of creepy stories, I couldn't get into it and didn't enjoy it.
LibraryThing member Menshevixen
The trippiest part of this book isn't Brother Power. It's seeing Tampa get blown up by a falling satellite.
Language
Original publication date
1989-07-13 (Brothers / Shaggy God Stories)
1990-01-23 (Hold Me)
1995-07-25 (Sandman Midnight Theatre)
1998-05-06 (Welcome Back To... The House of Mystery)
Physical description
160 p.; 10.13 inches
ISBN
156389517X / 9781563895173
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