Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is graphic historical and contemporary fantasy. Morpheus, the anthropomorphic personification of Dream, learns and changes but eventually enters the realm of his sister, Death, and is replaced by another aspect of himself.
Stories, including not only fantasies but also mainstream fiction and hard sf, begin in the realm of Dream. The Sandman: Worlds' End introduces the Inn of the Worlds' End which is visited by travelers from different universes. Anderson's fantasy novel, A Midsummer Tempest, introduces the old Phoenix Inn which is visited by travelers from different universes, including Nicholas van Rijn from Technic Civilization.
Thus, despite many differences, literature is one.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I'm not sure I wholly agree. While I do concede some stories and poems by various authors were inspired by dreams, I think that most times stories had their origins in waking thought and imagination. But Poul Anderson did write at least one story with its origins in a dream he had, "The Visitor," which he called one of the hardest stories he wrote.
Sean
Sean,
Maybe it is the other way round? Dreams and fictions are two kinds of imagination?
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I'm not sure. What I have thought is that dreams is merely how a human being thinks and remembers things, albeit in a random, rambling, uncontrolled manner. But I think imagination does play a role if we dream about something we realize is not true on waking up.
Sean
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