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A review by theseventhl
The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Nancy A. Collins, Will Shetterly, George Alec Effinger, Lawrence Schimel, B.W. Clough, Colin Greenland, John M. Ford, Barbara Hambly, Delia Sherman, Steven Brust, Mark Kreighbaum, Robert Rodi, Gene Wolfe, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Edward E. Kramer, Neil Gaiman, Tad Williams, Susanna Clarke, Karen Haber, Lisa Goldstein
3.0
A lot of these stories were hit or miss for me, or didn't really add anything to the Sandman canon that wasn't already there, but it was interesting to interact with the Sandman universe via prose, which is a first for me.
Random stories to talk about: "Stopp't Clock Ward" is probably my favorite story, and a reminder to me that I need to read Susanna Clarke's books. The end of "Mender of Broken Dreams" made me extremely uncomfortable as an autistic person, and I worry about why a story that uncritically sells autistic people as broken is in this collection. Out of the stories about Wanda, "An Extra Smidgen of Eternity" is my favorite. "The Witch's Heart" was just so well-written, I didn't think I'd like it at first but it got me eventually.
Random stories to talk about: "Stopp't Clock Ward" is probably my favorite story, and a reminder to me that I need to read Susanna Clarke's books. The end of "Mender of Broken Dreams" made me extremely uncomfortable as an autistic person, and I worry about why a story that uncritically sells autistic people as broken is in this collection. Out of the stories about Wanda, "An Extra Smidgen of Eternity" is my favorite. "The Witch's Heart" was just so well-written, I didn't think I'd like it at first but it got me eventually.