Bast: Eternity Game

The Sandman Presents: Bast #1-3

by Caitlín R. Kiernan, Dave McKean (Cover), Clem Robins (Leterer)

3-issue miniseries featuring The Sandman's Egyptian cat goddess Lady Bast!
As Lady Bast's legion of followers dwindles, so does her power. But when a teenage girl named Lucy finds a statue venerating the goddess, she sparks a series of events that will change her life forever.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Mythology, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

96 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is an Irish-born American published paleontologist and author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including ten novels, series of comic books, and more than two hundred and fifty published short stories, novellas, and vignettes.

Reviews

[Gheorghe Paslariu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This can be considered a sequel to A dream of a thousand cats. It has great potential and the first issue is excellent. But then it takes a different turn and it becomes more of a classic comic book story than a Gaiman one. But still enjoyable.

[Jacob Shaffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better stories from Sandman Presents, this was my number one until I read Love Street

[Αταλάντη Ευριπίδου · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caitlin R. Kiernan is one of my favourite writers. I've said this before, but I will say it again: she possesses a rare gift for language and manages to turn everything and anything into poetry. Her Bast was fantastically written: an old, fading goddess in a world that has forgotten her, trying to stay alive and regain her former glory. This is a sad story of cats and men, of old gods and silky sands. Like Kiernan's "The Girl Who Would Be Death", this is one of the best Sandman spin-offs in my opinion and one definitely worth reading.

[Léa Taranto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since this story is grounded so well in the Sandman world it was hard to put down but because it had only 3 issues with which to develop characters I felt that the secondary characters were tropes as were the starting life situations from which we discover the two main human characters. That said, tropes are tropes for a reason, especially ones so grounded in truth. IE abusive alcoholic fathers, homophobia and petty, small town mindsets and when they clash with dying ancient powers the results are bound to end up as stories worth telling

[Jack Imeshi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel right at home in the Sandman universe reading about Bast. This shortstory is well rounded, just wished we saw more of the eternals and had a more powerful, natural, meaningful enemy. Its kinda a teenager story if you think about it. Anyway better than the adventures of the two goofbals Cain and Abel anyday of the week.

[Tim Nowotny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it is because I never got deep into the dreaming but I did not like this. Bast seemed totally different from her appearance in Sandman and I found myself wondering why some of the story played out the way it did.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would have loved to see a good bast story. But, This is really rubbish tbh. No read thread, disjointed, cop out ending. Not worthy of being in the Sandman universe but none of the non Gaiman stories really are. Strange that they were sanctioned.

[Gabriela · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10
I like the plot. Tha way gods power is dependant on people beliving in them (similar to American Gods). The characters are quite well developed for such a short story.