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Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale

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I have been captivated by the world of Faerie ever since I encountered it in the "Sandman" books by Neil Gaiman. This book in the spinoff series "The Books of Faerie" gives a glimpse of (my personal favorite character) Auberon as a child, before he became King. It's fascinating to see the that Auberon used to be.

There are other familiar characters here as well, such as Dymphna, Obrey and even the Amadan. As with all the books in these series, the art is beautiful and the stories are well-written and engaging. There is even a Timothy Hunter story at the end, "Dark As Day, My Lady, Bright As Night."

I highly recommend the "Sandman" books and all of their related series to my friends and fellow booklovers, and "Auberon's Tale" upholds the high standards already set. A lovely and entertaining read.

Then this book is for you. This is a good follow up to the first trade paperback in the series, but can also stand on its own. The artwork is very good overall and detailed, consistent with Sandman and Books of Magic.

This book is wonderful! It really begins to make sense of why Auberon is such a distant character in the rest of the stories
The art work is wonderful to look at and the story line is wonderful.
I had to read it a few times to fully understand, but once it clicks the book is wonderful.
I fully recomend this book to those who like the series!

Bronwyn Carlton, The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale (DC Comics, 1999)

Carlton brings us some backstory about Auberon, King of Faerie. Not a necessary addition to the Sandman universe, but an appreciated one. Like the Books of Magic, Gaiman's disappearance from the spinoffs as head writer has affected them negatively, but they're still above average.

Along with the Auberon-as-youth tale, there's a Tim Hunter piece from John Ney Rieber, which will no doubt be of interest to those following the Books of Magic. This one came off somewhat confusing (even though I had a general idea of what was going on, the specifics eluded me until the closing pages). I had originally wondered why this wasn't in one of the Books of Magic collections, and I now harbor a sneaking suspicion that it's because it's simply not as good as the Books of Magic stuff.

Still, like all things Sandman, this is worth reading. ***

.......but that is just about it, I couldn't even follow what was going on, and what they were doing, even with the pictures. The best part of this comic book (and they didn't mention that it was a comic book when I bought it, so I was very surprized) was the last few end pages, when I finally figured out what it all meant. The last pages were the BEST of the whole comic-book.

This Book Is Great! Especially If you like fairys! I read this Book And I Love It! You Should Read It!