![]() ![]() ![]() Dreams are also a symbol of ultimate storytelling freedom: rather than a setting where traditional narrative rules do not apply, they are a space where an ambitious, resourceful writer can rewrite those rules entirely.īefore he was a relentlessly prolific author of adult and children’s fiction, and a British expatriate living in Minnesota, amassing literary awards the way couch cushions accumulate loose change, Gaiman made his name writing comic books, at a time when the medium wasn’t known for its creative liberation. ![]() Hayes sing show tunes in a place you’ve never seen before yet intuitively recognize as your childhood bedroom. They are not simply a nighttime stage where you and your Grandma Sophie and President Rutherford B. Maybe the right question to ask about Neil Gaiman isn’t “Why is he so fixated on dreams?” but “Why aren’t more of his fellow fantasy writers as obsessed with the topic as he is?” After all, dreams would seem to be the ideal subject matter for any author of speculative fiction. ![]()
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