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| The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 3 | 
 enlarge | Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
List Price: $99.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1617
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 616
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.5
Dimensions (in): 15.9 x 9.1 x 2.3
ISBN: 1401210848
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401210847
ASIN: 1401210848
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
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Product Description
The third volume collecting Neil Gaiman's seminal, award-winning series starring the Dream King in deluxe format. ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 3 presents several key SANDMAN tales in a slipcased hardcover edition, including "Brief Lives," in which the Sandman's sister Delirium prevails upon her older brother to help her find their missing sibling, Destruction. But their journey through the Waking World has dramatic repercussions for their family and also for the relationship between the Sandman and his wayward son, Orpheus. Also included is the spectacular short story "Ramadan," a tale of a young king of ancient Baghdad and the deal he strikes with The Sandman to grant his city immortality, with spectacular illustrations by P. Craig Russell (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, The Jungle Book).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Beautiful third installment in the "Absolute Sandman" series. June 24, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is a joy to read, just as wonderful as the previous two. Bryan Talbot's pencil details pop out the in larger scale volume and McKean's covers shine. "Ramadan" is in this addition with P.Craig Russell's beautiful illustrations as well as the "Brief Lives" run, the "Death Gallery" stand-alone issue, "Fear of Falling" and more. Enjoy!
 Stories aren't as good as Vol 1 and 2... June 28, 2008
6 out of 24 found this review helpful
I've never been that into comic books, but the first two volumes of the Absolute Sandman blew my mind. The storytelling is simply incredible. So, I was excited for Volume 3 to release. Now having read about 3/4's of the new volume, I find that the stories are not as entertaining as those in Vol 1 and 2. It still hits some high points and is certainly worth reading, but those high points come more infrequently than in the previous volumes. If you're a newcomer like me to the series, I'd still recommend buying it, but if your expectations were as high as mine, you may come away disappointed.
Great Comic June 23, 2008
2 out of 20 found this review helpful
Great Comic. Unfortunately, the hard cover shipped with a tear on it. Poor class on Amazon's part!
If you enjoyed the first two then you will love this edition June 27, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
If for whatever reason you get bored with the brief lives story arc, which would make no sense then there are some really good single tale stories in the Inn at the end of the World stories which is loosely tied to the Zero Hour event in the DC universe.
The Sandman: Worlds' End is loosely connected as its events are a side effect of the events in Zero Hour.In The Sandman: The Kindly Ones, which will be mentioned in Absolute Sandman 4 Destiny implies that the events of Zero Hour were caused by multiple realities colliding as a result of Dream's conflict with the Furies and its outcome.
The only negative is I have to wait 5 months to figure out how Sandman dies since i am only reading the Absolute Editions. I did buy the Wake book and the Fables and Reflections book which started me off in this addiction almost wish I haven't read these books because these editions are not cheap and it did spoil it for me since I will know what will happen next. If you have not read the Ramadhan story then you should buy it alone for that story.
big beautiful and boxed July 6, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The real reason I bought it is that even though I read The Sandman first run, I have the issues scattered throughout uncounted files and boxes. Couldn't pull them out to read them without a major overhaul. This book is big and gorgeous and once shelved, will be there when I need it. Well made compendiums are for keeping and using. This one is worth its weight. All I can hope is that when I'm old and frail, I'll still be able to lift it.
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