No apologies necessary, hayden -- I thought *I* was being short-sighted.
I don't believe that's even possible.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Hayden - Nov 27, 2002 10:45:32 am PST #130 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Amber B. - Nov 27, 2002 10:47:23 am PST #131 of 10000
I'm beginning to understand this now. It's all about the journey, isn't it?
With the Sandman, I started closer to the middle (A Game of You) and then went back to catch up, which I recommend to anyone who thinks exactly like me. Otherwise, Madrigal's right: start at the beginning.
I also started with A Game of You, which worked well for me because parts of Preludes and Nocturnes are so unrelentingly grim and horror-movie like that I might not have continued on if I didn't know how good it would get.
Jossverse wise, I might recommend Tales of the Slayers over Fray. First of all, because it's a complete work in one volume, and second of all because some of the stories are wonderful, especially Joss' Medeival Slayer.
Hayden - Nov 27, 2002 10:52:15 am PST #132 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Amber thinks like me. Cool!
P.M. Marc - Nov 27, 2002 10:52:27 am PST #133 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'd still go for Fray first before Tales, because the last Tale makes little sense sans Fray.
With the Sandman, I started closer to the middle (A Game of You) and then went back to catch up, which I recommend to anyone who thinks exactly like me. Otherwise, Madrigal's right: start at the beginning.
If you can, buy all the graphic novels, and plan on not leaving your house for a weekend. Read them in one big orgy of goodness.
In the event that you need some depression, but good, read the Coming Home Spiderman stuff that JMS did. Mmm. Pain.
Hayden - Nov 27, 2002 10:56:05 am PST #134 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
If you can, buy all the graphic novels, and plan on not leaving your house for a weekend. Read them in one big orgy of goodness.
Yeah, Plei is right: do that if you can!
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 27, 2002 10:58:49 am PST #135 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I shall see when that fits in around my action-packed slothing plans.
P.M. Marc - Nov 27, 2002 10:59:00 am PST #136 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, Plei is right: do that if you can!
I should confess that I do this about once a year. I've been doing it for years now, and each time, something new grabs me.
Dana - Nov 27, 2002 11:14:12 am PST #137 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I started with the second Sandman...The Doll's House?
Preludes and Nocturnes doesn't give one a sense of what the whole will be, but other than that, nothing wrong with going in order.
Michele T. - Nov 27, 2002 11:37:28 am PST #138 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I didn't like the first Sandman book so much when I read it -- it took finding a really beautiful hardcover of A Season of Mists and getting hooked on that to get me. I always give newbies my copy of Brief Lives as starter-Sandman.
For people who've already read those books, the Lucifer spinoff is really very good as well.
juliana - Nov 27, 2002 11:53:14 am PST #139 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
If you can, buy all the graphic novels, and plan on not leaving your house for a weekend. Read them in one big orgy of goodness.
Mmmmm, Sandman.
Really, had nothing else to add. I very much like Preludes as a jumping-off point, but I have been known to be odd.