Two New Top Fantasies for November
I know that I usually give you a few more than this, but I have been up to my ears in alligators this month! So much cool stuff is coming out as we prepare for the Christmas season. I will get more highlights of cool fantasy and science fiction for you soon. In the meantime, being the Wizard of Oz fanatic that I am, I had to share the latest addition with you, and one more really cool fantasy book. See you all soon!
Title: Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years
Author: Gregory Maguire
Released: November 1, 2011
Pages: 592
Genre: Fantasy
If you loved Wicked, you will love this conclusion to the amazing book that put a whole new spin on the magic of The Wizard of Oz series. Here is just a taste of what you will read:
Once peaceful and prosperous, the spectacular Land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who’s knocking at the door. It’s none other than Dorothy. Yes. That Dorothy.
Yet amidst all this chaos, Elphaba’s granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now it is up to Rain to take up her broom—and her legacy—in an Oz wracked by war.
The stirring, long-awaited conclusion to the bestselling series begun with Wicked, Out of Oz is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises—the hallmarks of the unique imagination of Gregory Maguire.
Title: Absolute Sandman Volume 5
Author: Neil Gaiman
Release:November 8, 2011
Pages:520
Genre: Fantasy Graphic Novel
The Sandman is the story that put Neil on the map, and if you haven’t been following his career since then you have missed out on one of the great fantasy writers of this generation. I first read his work with the stories reproduced here when I was working in comics and was blown away by his imagery and myth-making. There had been nothing like him before and there has been nothing like him since, though he has his copy-cats these days. If you have read the other volumes, this is the one that puts it all in place. If you have never read his Sandman series, this is a great place to start. Here is a sneek at what is inside this stunning volume with art that is more a collaboration then just a compliment to the story.
THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN BOOK FIVE is the latest oversized deluxe slipcased hardcover collecting the classic Sandman stories written by Neil Gaiman
THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of The Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters. These seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true being as they star in their own tales of curiosity and wonder.
THE SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS appears in two versions here: First, as a prose novella by Gaiman with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano, and then in a comics version adapted by Gaiman’s frequent collaborator P. Craig Russell (THE SANDMAN, FABLES: THE LAST CASTLE). In this tale, a humble young monk and a magical, shape-changing fox find themselves romantically drawn together. As their love blooms, the fox learns of a devilish plot by a group of demons and a Japanese emperor to steal the monk’s life. With the aid of Morpheus, the fox must use all her cunning to foil this evil scheme and save the man that she loves.
