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Loading... House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided (The Sandman Universe)by Nalo Hopkinson (Written by), Aneke (Illustrated by), Dominike 'DOMO' Stanton (Illustrated by)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. a plague escapes from Erzulie's voodoo realm into this world, and it sends the souls of its victims into the Dreaming, from which they must be recovered and restored. there's something joyful about the colour and tone driven by the art and story of the romp that ensues. and so the comics masterpiece comes to life again for a new generation in this new incarnation called Sandman Universe. hey, all about resurrection, after all. kinda linear, though. not much nuance, not intricately woven. that's the trouble with following Neil Gaiman as a storyteller. oh well, early days yet, give it time. ( ) With every volume of this expanded Sandman Universe, the stories seem to keep getting stranger and stranger. Is that the nature of dreams, or are we trending towards a madness in the Dreaming as the major theme throughout? In this volume we are introduced to the House of Whispers, the home of deity Erzulie Freda where the party is apparently always happening as it is affected by an accidental(ish) plague of secrets and an unexpected trip to the rifted Dreamlands. Now, I can't claim a full understanding of the African lore that drives most of the story (though I am very intrigued by it, and it's on my longer list of mythologies to explore), but the story set some interesting premises populated with well-written characters that I definitely wanted to get into. In typical Dream fashion (or at least the Dream of the expanded Universe as we've come to know it), the story was rather fragmented and more random than I would have liked, but I guess that's what we get for trying to introduce a whole bunch of ideas at once. I still have a handful of the newer Sandman Universe to read, so maybe once those are done things will make a bit more sense. Until then, we must accept the randomness of the Dreaming and revel in the new characters that we're being introduced to. I liked this collection more than the The Dreaming Vol 1, mostly because this was new characters and the original characters had limited screen time allowing the story to flow. The use of the Caribbean gods that are stuck in the Dreaming due to the rifts allowed for great storytelling. The book wasn’t weighted down with trying to fit every Sandman universe supporting character in the story and showed how the disrupting to Dream’s realm causes havoc in the waking one. I finished it wanting to read more immediately in this setting. no reviews | add a review
"One of four books expanding Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman Universe. Welcome to the House of Dahomey, the houseboat of Erzulie Freda, where the souls of Voodoo followers go when they sleep but even the fearsome Erzulie is powerless when her dream river turns sour, tossing her house from one realm and into another.. the Dreaming! From her bayou, Erzulie scries upon the mortal realm and sees four human girls open a mysterious and magical journal filled with whispers and rumors that, if they spread, could cause a pandemic unlike any the Earth has seen, with the power to release Shakpana, the loa lord of infectious disease and nephew to Erzulie, who is currently banned from the human plane. Meanwhile, a mysterious infection doctors are calling "Cotard's Delusion" spreads, trapping countless souls in the Dreaming and leaving their physical bodies yearning for death."-- No library descriptions found. |
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