The seventh volume follows Dream and his sister Delirium’s quest to find their missing brother Destruction and reveals the fate of Morpheus’ son, Orpheus. It is a crucial central story to the saga, linking The Doll’s House with the penultimate volume, The Kindly Ones. The fifth volume is one of Gaiman’s favorites, mainly because it divides fans. Hopes are that the new adaptation will be dream-like - comfortable and reassuring to fans and newcomers, but also fresh and surprising. Times have changed in the Dreaming, just as some attitudes have on Earth.
It will be a thematic and contemporary updating, bringing Morpheus to our time. But The Sandman series will not be a direct adaptation of the three-decades-old story. At the same time, Gaiman developed his tale for the new high-profile Netflix series. The audio series was intended as a direct adaptation of the original comic series, giving those who haven’t or are unable to read the story in its original format the chance to experience it. In 2021, Gaiman and writer-producer Dirk Maggs brought the story to life on audio in the first of three volumes of adaptations with a suitably starry cast. That could be the future of Sandman, as befits “such stuff as dreams are made on.” That provided a rich and lasting narrative and lots for fevered fans to pore over. Adams modified his sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for different media, ensuring a slightly different story experience on the page, radio, and TV. The Sandman is a rare comic property that could emulate the work of Gaiman’s friend and inspiration Douglas Adams.
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