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by Neil Gaiman (Author), Samuel R. Delany (Author), Shawn MacManus (Author), Colleen Doran (Author), Bryan Talbot (Author)
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You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consisted of cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the hell does that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe


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You may have heard somewhere that Neil Gaiman's Sandman series consistedof cool, hip, edgy, smart comic books. And you may have thought, "What the helldoes that mean?" Enter A Game of You to confound the issue even more, while at the same time standing as a fine example of such a description. This is not an easy book. The characters are dense and unique, while their observations are, as always with Gaiman, refreshingly familiar. Then there's the plot, which grinds along like a coffee mill, in the process breaking down the two worlds of this series, that of the dream and that of the dreamer. Gaiman pushes these worlds to their very extremes--one is a fantasy world with talking animals, a missing princess, and a mysterious villain called the Cuckoo; the other is an urban microcosm inhabited by a drag queen, a punk lesbian couple, and a New York doll named Barbie. In almost every way this book sits at 180 degrees from the earlier four volumes of the Sandman series--although the less it seems to belong to the series, the more it shows its heart. --Jim Pascoe
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Magic, Nov 2 2003
By The Peruvian Wunderkind (Mississauga, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
Never content with telling Sandman from one fixed perspective for too long, Gaiman again turns the collection on its head and has yet another character (this time 'Barbie,' a supporting player in the Doll's House), provide the orientation to the text for us. Gaiman seems to be at his best when Morpheus plays more of a supporting role in the narrative. As was the case in the stellar Doll's House, A Game of You focuses on human relationships. Although Morpheus is certainly an interesting character, in the end he is, as his sister Death previously remarked, "an anthropomorphic personification:" an idealized abstraction. Gaiman's human characters, however, are fully rounded: capable of the myriad -and often contradictory- emotions that make us flesh and blood. It's Gaiman's probing exploration of humanity that really sets the series apart from other graphic novels that choose to focus on the wearisome 'superheroes and bad guys' formula. How many other graphic novels, for example, detail the ups and downs of a lesbian couple or the anxieties of transvestism? This is ground breaking stuff, to be sure, and provides much needed realness to the medium.

Barbie's adventures in dreamland bear an eerie resemblance to Frodo's in the Lord of the Rings and Dorothy's in the Wizard of Oz, and for good reason. All three works are manifestations of what Joseph Campbell terms the "hero cycle:" a rite of passage that chronicles the hero's departure and eventual return. The hero cycle is a fundamental aspect of mythology, and Gaiman's skilful usage of it affords the tale a feeling of timelessness, a structural connection to the process of myth making.

The art in this series is fantastic and probably the best in the collection to date. Shawn McManus does a wonderful job of bringing out the mood of the text: note McManus' usage of nearly pure white and black cells in the first chapter to underscore the starkness of Barbie's "dream country." Somewhat jarring, however, is the fact that Colleen Doran drew the art for only the third story. Her less detailed style essentially interrupts the atmosphere created by McManus in the five other stories.

Although this is the fifth text in the Sandman series, Gaiman demonstrates he has plenty of gas left in the tank. His imagination continues to propel him to new and strange places, and I'm more than willing to sit in the passenger's seat and enjoy the view.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful, boring, aweful, Jul 28 2001
This is by far the worst Sandman novel. The story is so utterly boring, the writing is bad. I don't know what happened. The rest of the series is extremely excellent, and I recommend buying them all. Skip this one though. Uggh!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, Mar 1 2000
By Thessaly (the Dreaming) - See all my reviews
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I really don't know what to say about this volume of Sandman. It's one of the most--different. Dream is hardly in it; instead, it's about Barbie and the other tenants of her apartment in New York. And it's about identity. One of the (many, many) things I love about Sandman is that it's very deep, with important themes and so on, but the symbolism and deeper meanings will not go over your head--you like (adore!) the story enough that you want to think about it for a long time, teasing out all the meanings and "what-was-he-trying-to-say-here", and you can actually come to understand what he *was* trying to say. I love how Neil Gaiman always treats his themes so subtly, letting you understand what he means (and even when you don't, you don't feel stupid and you still follow what's going on) while never shoving things in your face.

A Game Of You is disturbing, moving, and very thought-provoking at the same time. Wonderful stuff. Also, it's got Thessaly in it. I mean, Thessaly! What more do you want? I LOVE this character. I really, really want to know more about her past...That's just me, though; if you don't like her you'll still find a lot to like in this story. The art isn't my favorite, although it's never ugly. (Like...I don't know, "Calliope" maybe, or "Passengers". Come to think of it, some Sandman art is worse than others, but it's rarely downright ugly.) And the depiction of Dream is quite beautiful.

What else to say? Don't start with this volume. It wouldn't be as bad to start with as, say, The Kindly Ones or The Wake, but still, as a new reader you'd get more of a feel for the series with Preludes and Nocturnes or The Doll's House; or, for less disturbing stuff, Dream Country or Fables and Reflections. If you haven't read Sandman, do so now. Oh yeah; as another reviewer said, don't read the introduction until after you've finished the story. (For that matter, better not to read any Sandman introduction until you've finished the story; the authors tend to give away plot points. But especially don't read this one.)

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2.0 out of 5 stars great author overrated story
I have never read Sandman before this story but from what I have heard each story can stand alone. I also want to say I read neverwhere and "Sandman: The Dream Hunters"... Read more
Published on Oct 24 2003 by peterschoppe

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally something different
In an age where almost all comics are aimed towards mass media entertainment, such as X MEN and the rest, it's refreshing to read comics with more depth and content to them. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2003 by Steve James

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites of the series
I really enjoyed this TPB. I've read the first four volumes, and this is right up there with Vol. 1 Preludes and Nocturnes, and Vol. 4 Season of the Mist. Read more
Published on Mar 7 2003 by D. Sippel

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Sandman
No other volume of the magnificent Sandman series so perfectly captures the darkly magical essence as this one. Read more
Published on Jan 18 2003 by jstrawn1682

5.0 out of 5 stars A primer of dreams, a portent of endings....
This is one of my favorite books from the Sandman series, because it is, in essense, a primer on the nature of dreams. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2002 by OAKSHAMAN

5.0 out of 5 stars serious literature
I'm not a comic book aficionado, but was persuaded to try the Sandman series. They're remarkable, but this one is a real standout -- it's a fine, serious, and at the same time... Read more
Published on Aug 3 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say that hasn't already been said?
This is simply a great book. Neil Gaiman is a genius, and I have no doubt that he is one of the names of our era that will go down in literary history. Read more
Published on Mar 30 2002 by ishmaela

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best Sandman, but still stellar
This interesting entry in the Sandman canon has great moments, fascinating artwork and the trademark Gaiman inventiveness all his fans have come to enjoy. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2001 by C.B. Derrick

4.0 out of 5 stars The best story/art combo in whole series (IMHO)
Well, lotsa people read the book and felt dissapointed, esp. the ones who loved Seasons of Mist. IMHO, this story is something that should've been published under different title... Read more
Published on April 29 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Where, oh where, has that little girl gone?
I have always found this to be an underappreciated chapter in the Sandman series. I don't think people realize what Gaiman has pulled off here. Read more
Published on Jul 14 2000 by J. Angus Macdonald

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