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Neil gaiman's the sleeper and the spindle
Neil gaiman's the sleeper and the spindle










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Something new is going on, and readers will be carried to the end by the whirlwind force of Gaiman’s imagination. It isn’t until the travelers penetrate the castle that things tilt sideways. And then you woke again, none the worse for it.” Traveling to the cursed kingdom, the queen and dwarves encounter threatening zombie sleepers and more, but the storyline is still recognizable underneath the new details. Alert readers won’t miss the hint to the queen’s identity: “Would I sleep, as they did?” she asks one of the dwarfs, who replies, “You slept for a year. Three dwarves discover a realm in which everyone has fallen asleep, and they cross into the next country to warn its queen of the great plague that threatens her people. Always a superb spinner of tales, Gaiman presents a filigreed elaboration of Sleeping Beauty that, before long, reveals itself as something more.












Neil gaiman's the sleeper and the spindle