Sandman
by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, J. H. Williams III, Chris Bachalo · first published 2020
47% recommend53% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Fantasy graphic novel series with high-quality storytelling that delves into theology, philosophy and the human condition; reads like a TV miniseries and suits readers new to Gaiman or to graphic novels.
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That is a splendid list. I'll add: "Sandman" by Neil Gaiman. Also a graphic novel, but this series literally reinvented comics to me, and to many other readers. "Lunar Park" by Bret Easton Ellis. Probably the safest introduction to Ellis if…
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗…Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber is pretty dark and very well written. That's all I've got for darkdark fantasy. I can recommend everything Gaiman has written though you'd be better off starting with the Sandman, his best work.
on “Entitlement issues (2009)” ↗…have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events." For the fear of the world getting worse over time with technology, I would suggest reading The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Near the end there is a man who has been alive since the Medieval times. He shares his experiences with the world changing around him and it's a pretty positive approach to life.
on “Ask HN: Are we building a tech dystopia?” ↗The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Honestly it is as great as the comics.
on “Ask HN: Favorite audio book for long drives?” ↗I love Gaiman, and have ever since my first reading of "Sandman", and it's a beautifully written diatribe on the importance of the first amendment, but I've always viewed the issue as more of an encroachment issue first and foremost, and less to do with distrust of…
on “Why defend freedom of icky speech?” ↗On the fiction side, I absolutely loved Shogun by Clavell. I didn't know what to expect, and I found an epic that was captivating in many ways. I also started Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. I realize I'm about 10 years behind everyone else, and I've found it most deserving of all of the hubbub. With respect to nonfiction, I enjoyed Schroeder's recent biography of Warren Buffett,…
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011” ↗…Naked Statistics - Charles Wheelan Wiki Management - Rod Collins Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal - Ayn Rand Fiction: NOS4A2 - Joe Hill The first four books in the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman Innocence - Dean Koontz Deeply Odd - Dean Koontz Doctor Sleep - Stephen King The Black List - Brad Thor Most of The New Lovecraft Circle - an anthology of Lovecraft mythos stories…
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in 2013” ↗There's an excellent story about Norton in Neal Gaiman's Sandman: Fables and Reflections
on “Joshua Norton, Emperor of the United States” ↗…the End of the Lane. Better than his two long novels of the 2000s. A self-contained fairy tale, fun to read and well-written, but not beyond that. Gaiman's unsurpassed masterpiece, to me, is still The Sandman. Michael Swansick, Chasing the Phoenix. SF, set on a future Earth where computers and electronic communication are outlawed following problems with runaway AIs, but there's lots of high technology (e.g.…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗The Sandman is a weird thing to have missed. I guess you got into him after he started writing novels? Sandman is in my opinion Gaiman's best long form work, but for my money his best single issue is probably from…
on “How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted ‘The Sandman’ for TV” ↗American Gods is awesome. One of Neil Gaiman's best works, along with the Sandman series.
on “Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.” ↗If you are not too particular about sci-fi, I would suggest Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Its fantasy, but extremely stimulating. Its a series of 10 graphic novels, but you need not necessarily read it in order. Some are better than others, but every book has a very high level of story-telling.
on “Ask HN: What should I read next?” ↗I'm going to a very different route than my colleagues: Sandman by Neil Gaiman. It's a series of graphic novels which delves deeply into theology, philosophy, and the human condition. Since it's in the form of a graphic novel, it's much more like "reading" a TV miniseries,…
on “Ask HN: What are some great fiction reads for someone that reads non-fiction” ↗Neil Gaiman's The Sandman has three episodes dedicated to Shakespeare (and one features his son Hamnet). This is a good analysis of how isolation and genius in art relates, in the context of Shakespeare in The Sandman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhA0GVi_N4E
on “Shakespeare’s Son Died at 11. A Novel Asks How It Shaped His Art” ↗…life", then it will stick around. Still, even if you go for "the termination of life", it will out-exist Life by an instant more. (For the record, I'm just parroting Neil Gaiman's excellent work on the Sandman saga...)
on “Chrome Web Store payments deprecation” ↗