https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/dream-country-neil-gaiman/ before I read the middle Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/dream-country-neil-gaiman/#comment-12758 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:23:54 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=420#comment-12758 You might have a point – maybe I’ll reread it this evening with that in mind. The shorts in “Dream Country” are very good, but there are some in “World’s End” and “Fables and Reflections” that are even better. Wait and see!

]]> https://readingtheend.com/2009/01/13/dream-country-neil-gaiman/#comment-12757 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:24:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=420#comment-12757 See, I think “Dream of a Thousand Cats” is INTENDED to come off as taking itself too seriously despite the premise. Aside from the tiny kitten whose name I can’t remember, the narrating cat who calls together her bretheren to discuss revenge against the humans is the only one who earnestly believes that dream sharing will reverse the emotional damage she sustained when her children were drowned. I think Gaiman uses the crowd of skeptical cats to sort of temper any possibility of delving too deep into pretentiousness. But I’m biased because it’s one of my favorite stories in the parts of the “Sandman” series that I’ve read…

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