Now that we know that at least some of you have your copy of The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
Jason Tank is recapping the former, Mike Schilling is recapping the latter.
If you absolutely positively have to talk about some major spoiler in comments, please rot13.
It has also come up that some wish to have a place where they can yell “DIBS!” I suppose this is as good a place to yell “dibs!” as any. (One should also keep in mind that just because someone yelled “DIBS!” on your favorite book, the one that you were hoping to recap, know that you can still submit one. We’ll read and argue over that one too.) Dibs, so far, behind the cut:
Katherine wants #31, Distant Mirrors – Three Septembers and a January (this is in the collection after A Game Of You… the numbering is all hinky starting about now)
Russell Saunders wants #36, Over the Sea to Sky, and #37, I Woke Up and One of Us Was Crying (both coming up Thursday week)
Jason Tank wants #41, Chapter One of Brief Lives
Russell Saunders wants #50, Ramadan
Katherine wants #53, Hob’s Leviathan
Reformed Republican wants #54, The Golden Boy
Ken wants #55, Cerements
Ken wants #56, World’s End
Alan Scott wants #75, The Tempest (schedule permitting)
I’ll take 42, because it’s one of my favorite numbers.
Chapter 2 is yours.
Ah. I thought I was going to do #35 and #36 at one go? I can certainly do one issue next week and one the week after, but my original notion was to conclude the series with one post about both issues.
Oh! 36 and 37 are the last issues in the series, though. Should I have put you down for those instead?
CRAP! Did I get my issues all wonky? I’ll have to recheck when I get back home.
In any case, if it would be a pain in the ass to make changes, I will happily make do with what’s already been assigned.
I need to get this to you pronto, don’t it?
The Bookclub post is scheduled for tonight. I just need the (Somniloquy!) post by tomorrow night.
(And by “need”, I mean “want”.)
I can do 35 if Doc prefers 36 and 37. If that winds up being the plan (let me know!) then e-mail me Jason’s 34 when you get it, and I’ll merge/collate/post by Wednesday night.
Well, my idea when I volunteered for 35 was to include a little discussion about how I came to like this story arc the second time I read it after finding it pretty damn “meh” the first time. Trouble is, the (small) plot detail that tipped the balance for me is in 35, but you can’t really discuss it until you get to 36 (at least). I foolishly failed to realize they would be split up in the sequence of our discussion.
Mike, if you can do 35 with no trouble, that would be great and I’d be in your debt. I would thus take 36 and 37, and just allude to what I liked so much in 35. If it’s gonna be a pain in your ass, I can bust something out in time.
Done. 34 is still Jason Tank, 35 is now me, and 36-37 are Doc (as updated in this post.)
The post with Jason Tank’s recap is in the drafts folder. I took the liberty of putting a “Chapter 4” at the bottom.
It’s ready and waiting for ya.
WAIT! IT’S ONLY TUESDAY!!! WE HAVE ANOTHER FULL DAY!!!!
I hope everyone’s enjoying these behind-the scenes glimpses of the glamorous world of recapping.
Hi Jay,
I’d like to retract my request for “Three Septembers and a January” – I think I’ll be pretty busy around the time that one is called for.
I hope it’s for awesome reasons and not for cruddy ones.
Just academic stuff – all of my papers come due around then and I’d prefer to minimize distractions.