![]() ![]() I don’t want to spoil its secrets or steal its thunder. If you haven’t read this book, and are, perhaps, standing in a bookstore or a comic shop, wondering if it’s worth your time, what I can say to convince you? Should I wax rhapsodic? Get lyrical and grandiose? Reference some of the story’s funnier jokes so I seem more clever than I really am? If you’ve already read this book, you know nothing I can say is as good as what waits for you ahead. You know it is beautiful and deep and wry and wondrous. ![]() If you’ve already read Sandman, what can I tell you that you don’t already know deep in the secret corners of your heart? You know this story is lovely and brilliant and sweet and strange. I’ll admit, I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to do here. **(What follows is an excerpt from the intro)** ![]() But rather than just my usual messy gush about how I love some story, I got permission from the publisher to re-print part of my introduction I wrote. To celebrate, I thought I'd write a review here. ![]() It's been half a year since I got the invitation, and months since I actually finished writing the introduction, but I still can't believe it. I wrote the introduction to the 30th anniversary edition of The Sandman. ![]()
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