Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman (1960 - ) is a wonder of the literary world and a favorite author of Whistlestop Bookshop and its extended staff over the years. He is a breaker of categories, because his writing is respectful of the possible audience, whether that audience is 8 or 18 or 48 or 98, male or female or somewhere in-between, die-hard fantasy reader or Common Reader or suspicious of words on a page, human or alien or somewhere in-between.
Gaiman is profoundly interested in myth and fairy tales, archetypes and companions of the id, the vast range of fantastic literature (folktales to ghost stories to pulp thumpers). He can be funny or precisely delicate or heart-wrenching or sly or terrifying to such an extent that there is no place to hide from the monsters. He has worked in graphic literature (I first came to know him through the Sandman series), children's books, young adult fiction, fantasy, film, and the art of the audiobook. I mention the audio in particular because he often reads his own works, and once you have had the great fortune to hear him you are astonished that such an acting ability is from the same writer. Seems unfair, really.
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The Sandman Volume 8: The Worlds' End [30th anniversary edition]
The Sandman Volume 8: The Worlds' End [30th anniversary edition]
One of the most popular and critically acclaimed graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman's award-winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Illustrated by an exemplary selection of the medium's most gifted artists, the series is a rich blend of modern and ancient mythology in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven.
In Worlds' End, wayfarers from throughout time, myth and imagination seek shelter from the fury of a reality storm in the welcoming halls of a mysterious inn. As they wait out the tempest raging around them, the travelers share stories of the places they have been, the things they have seen...and those that they have dreamed.
Collects The Sandman #51-56.