Season of Mists (Sandman, Book 4)
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Season of Mists (Sandman, Book 4)
by Authors:
Neil Gaiman , Kelley Jones , Harlan Ellison , Mike Dringenberg
Released: 04 January, 1994
ISBN: 1563890410
Paperback
Sales Rank: 2,793
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Customer Review #1:
 Fantastic
All of the Endless (Except one) sit down for a nice family dinner given by Destiny. As is prone to happen at family dinners, arguments happen and old wounds are reopened. Desire makes Dream feel remorse for banishing a woman to Hell because she chose not to love him. Dream decided he was wrong in his actions that took place some 2,000 years ago (The entire story is contained in the prologue to Dolls House).Dream sets out to Hell to free Nada. However, once he arrives there, he finds Lucifer closing up and moving on. He has decided not to rule Hell anymore and gives the Key to Hell to Dream. This is where the story really begins... The research that Neil, put into this series is fantastic! He takes pieces from virtually every religion and mythology in the world and stirs them up in his own special Sandman stew. Once word gets around that Dream is now ruler of Hell, many assorted deities (such as Odin and Thor of the Norse Gods, faeries, assorted demons, etc.) plead their case that Dream should give them the key to Hell. Seeing the various characters interact with each other is the most interesting part of this complex story. The ending (which I wont give away) is very surprising, yet it makes sense. The art for these issues is terrific and the characters are equally great. This series contains the first appearences of Despair, Delirium, Lucifer, and Nuala all of whom would become major players in the series.
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Customer Review #2:
 What is hell?
Gaiman takes a look at the nature of Hell in this thought provoking volume of The Sandman series. As Dream enters Hell to correct a heinous act he committed 10,000 years before, Lucifer confronts him. Dream prepared for battle finds instead Lucifer emptying Hell of its denizens and locking the gates. Finally he hands Dream the key to hell. Responsibility, a theme Gaiman often returns to throughout the run of the series, is at the center of this story. Dream is now in possession of what is referred by his sister as "the most desirable plot of psychic real estate in the whole order of created things," and now Dream must decide what should be done with it, and there is no shortage of suitors. Throughout the story (particularly in the conversation between Lucifer and Dream) Gaiman makes some excellent points about the nature of Hell and the afterlife. While I truly enjoyed the storyline I had difficulty with the simplicity of the ending, which is literally deus ex machina and the focus on the Christian concept of Hell (Lucifer) that seems to lack the overall worldview that is usually found in Sandman.
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Customer Review #3:
Gaiman is brilliantly
Uhm...this guy is like really really good. Favorite book of the series. Thank you.
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