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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. I have to say that just about every story in this collection was highly engaging, and I had strong emotional reactions to several of them, and many &quot;gotcha&quot; type moments. Gaiman is, indeed, a master storyteller. Some of my favorite bits, without giving too much away for those of you w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34782355">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Having read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=M is for Magic" title="M is for Magic">M is for Magic</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Fragile Things" title="Fragile Things">Fragile Things</a> I have encountered some of the short stories that Mr. Gaiman has written.  I found this collection to be one of the most eclectic.  Happy stories, sad stories, chilling stories, and erotic stories, but as he introduces them - all a product of smoke and m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26016897">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This anthology of short stories, and the occasional  story poem, is vintage Neil Gaiman: quirky, sometimes very funny, often dark and  disturbing.  Most have been published before, but are hard to find elsewhere and cover all of Gaiman's writing life. As Gaiman says in his introduction, &quot;most of the stories in this book are about love in some form or another,&quot; but not requited love. The stories in <em>Smoke and Mirrors</em> touch on all of Gaiman's themes: sex, death, dreams, and the end of the world. From &quot;Chivalry,&quot; about the Holy Grail and where it finally ended up, to &quot;Troll Bridge,&quot; a very adult version of &quot;The Three Billy Goats Gruff&quot;; from &quot;Bay Wolf,&quot; a story poem that melds  <em>Beowulf</em> and <em>Baywatch</em>, with interesting results, to &quot;Murder Mysteries,&quot; which is about a murder, but also about angels, God's will, and Evil, these stories leave lasting impressions. Fans of  Ray Bradbury's short stories and of Gaiman's other works will enjoy this collection. <em>--Nona Vero</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A note: I expect more than I should from this author.  I find him to be a brilliant idea man with little substance.<br/><br/>-Suggested Reading Order:<br/><br/>Murder Mystery<br/>Tastings<br/>Snow, Glass, Apples <br/>Only the End of the World Again<br/>Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar <br/>We Can ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1840975">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This anthology of short stories, and the occasional  story poem, is vintage Neil Gaiman: quirky, sometimes very funny, often dark and  disturbing.  Most have been published before, but are hard to find elsewhere and cover all of Gaiman's writing life. As Gaiman says in his introduction, &quot;most of the stories in this book are about love in some form or another,&quot; but not requited love. The stories in <em>Smoke and Mirrors</em> touch on all of Gaiman's themes: sex, death, dreams, and the end of the world. From &quot;Chivalry,&quot; about the Holy Grail and where it finally ended up, to &quot;Troll Bridge,&quot; a very adult version of &quot;The Three Billy Goats Gruff&quot;; from &quot;Bay Wolf,&quot; a story poem that melds  <em>Beowulf</em> and <em>Baywatch</em>, with interesting results, to &quot;Murder Mysteries,&quot; which is about a murder, but also about angels, God's will, and Evil, these stories leave lasting impressions. Fans of  Ray Bradbury's short stories and of Gaiman's other works will enjoy this collection. <em>--Nona Vero</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of Neil Gaiman short stories, and most of them I didn't care for. They are usually dark, and often unpleasant, gory, or bizarre--fans of dark fantasy would probably enjoy them, but they weren't to my taste. <br/><br/>However, there were a few stories that I enjoyed, and two (&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7297659">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Scénariste culte du <em>comics</em> américain avec le personnage du &quot;Sandman&quot;, auteur d'un chef-d'&#339;uvre du fantastique avec <em>Neverwhere</em> où il concilie brillamment Lewis Caroll et Boulgakov, l'Anglais Neil Gaiman est un des plus grands conteurs d'aujourd'hui. En témoigne ce recueil de textes courts, déjà parus et aujourd'hui regroupés en volume, où il fait assaut de virtuosité, concevant un univers où l'humour, la noirceur, l'érotisme et l'absurde dansent une sarabande effrénée. Au fil de ces pages &quot;imbibées de poison&quot;, on découvrira une vieille dame digne qui, ayant acheté le Saint Graal chez un antiquaire, le cède à Gallaad en échange de services ménagers et après moult tergiversations, on sera le témoin de querelles entre archanges à Los Angeles, on fera connaissance avec le mystérieux balayeur de rêves qui aère votre esprit et purifie votre imagination ainsi qu'avec un homme de ménage hollywoodien possesseur d'un curieux album de photos.   <p>À lire de toute urgence, pour découvrir un fantastique qui marie, à la manière de Tim Burton, vertige horrifique et merveilleux gothique. <em>--François  Angelier</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tant d'étagères, pour un recueil de nouvelles absolument splendide, maîtrisé et qui boursouflerait d'envie n'importe quel soufflet au fromage se prenant pour un auteur. <br/>C'est à la fois tout, dans tous les sens et à la fois il en émane une unité, une cohérence, de structure, d'idée, q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35677921">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked This eclectic collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman.  What kept me from giving this 5 stars were several stories written in verse that just didn't grab me.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am actually not a big short story person, but I love Gaiman's. They're really little treats, some quite amusing, other really rather hair-raising. Much fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman practiced his best illusion tricks to me and he done it best with his short stories. I read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Neverwhere" title=" Neverwhere"> Neverwhere</a> once and quite amaze how he tries to picture Down London as a magical realism setting that lives together with Upper London. His fantasies are beyond words.<br/><br/>I love &quot;Tro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31695651">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short stories/poems, mostly with a &quot;it's not what it seems&quot; type theme. Because it's a collection, it's always difficult to rate.  Most of the stories rate a strong 5 stars, but a few were only so-so, which dropped the rating.<br/><br/>Some of my favorite stories ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26596893">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[after reading american gods, i wanted to read some more of gaiman's work, so i picked up this book of short stories. i was actually a little underwhelmed. he writes some sci-fi/fantasy poetry stories that really didn't work for me. i still like his style, i just don't think he is as good of a short ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1214924">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This anthology of short stories, and the occasional  story poem, is vintage Neil Gaiman: quirky, sometimes very funny, often dark and  disturbing.  Most have been published before, but are hard to find elsewhere and cover all of Gaiman's writing life. As Gaiman says in his introduction, &quot;most of the stories in this book are about love in some form or another,&quot; but not requited love. The stories in <em>Smoke and Mirrors</em> touch on all of Gaiman's themes: sex, death, dreams, and the end of the world. From &quot;Chivalry,&quot; about the Holy Grail and where it finally ended up, to &quot;Troll Bridge,&quot; a very adult version of &quot;The Three Billy Goats Gruff&quot;; from &quot;Bay Wolf,&quot; a story poem that melds  <em>Beowulf</em> and <em>Baywatch</em>, with interesting results, to &quot;Murder Mysteries,&quot; which is about a murder, but also about angels, God's will, and Evil, these stories leave lasting impressions. Fans of  Ray Bradbury's short stories and of Gaiman's other works will enjoy this collection. <em>--Nona Vero</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this collection very much; no suprise, as I have enjoyed everything I've read by him thus far (&quot;American Gods&quot; is one of my all-time favorites).<br/><br/>It looks as tho SqueakyChu and I share some of the same &quot;favorites&quot; from this compilation; <br/><br/><em>Chivalry</em> wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16493385">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[This anthology of short stories, and the occasional  story poem, is vintage Neil Gaiman: quirky, sometimes very funny, often dark and  disturbing.  Most have been published before, but are hard to find elsewhere and cover all of Gaiman's writing life. As Gaiman says in his introduction, &quot;most of the stories in this book are about love in some form or another,&quot; but not requited love. The stories in <em>Smoke and Mirrors</em> touch on all of Gaiman's themes: sex, death, dreams, and the end of the world. From &quot;Chivalry,&quot; about the Holy Grail and where it finally ended up, to &quot;Troll Bridge,&quot; a very adult version of &quot;The Three Billy Goats Gruff&quot;; from &quot;Bay Wolf,&quot; a story poem that melds  <em>Beowulf</em> and <em>Baywatch</em>, with interesting results, to &quot;Murder Mysteries,&quot; which is about a murder, but also about angels, God's will, and Evil, these stories leave lasting impressions. Fans of  Ray Bradbury's short stories and of Gaiman's other works will enjoy this collection. <em>--Nona Vero</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are some really great stories here. The only reason this didn't get more stars is simply because this is a collected fictions and I didn't love all of them. The ones I did love were too short! Ha.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion . . . and anything is possible. In <em>Smoke and Mirrors</em>, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders—where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under &quot;Pest Control,&quot; and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll living beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks. Explore a new reality, obscured by smoke and darkness yet brilliantly tangible, in this extraordinary collection of short works by a master prestidigitator. It will dazzle your senses, touch your heart, and haunt your dreams. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nhw.livejournal.com/530031.html">http://nhw.livejournal.com/530031.html</a>[return][return]Lots of good stuff here; we start with the Holy Grail turning up in an Oxfam shop, and finish with Snow White, as told from the stepmother's point of view; and the Cthulhu mythos as it might have been interpreted by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81857574">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;Special e-book feature: contains three stories - &quot;&quot;Fifteen Painted Cards From a Vampire Tarot&quot;&quot;; &quot;&quot;Eaten&quot;&quot;; &quot;&quot;Apple&quot;&quot; - not available in print edition.    The distinctive storytelling genius of Neil Gaiman has been acclaimed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. Now in this new collection of stories--several of which have never before appeared in print and more than half that have never been collected--that will dazzle the senses and haunt the imagination.    Miraculous inventions and unforgettable characters inhabit these pages: an elderly widow who finds the Holy Grail in a second-hand store...a frightened little boy who bargains for his life with a troll living under a bridge by the railroad tracks...a stray cat who battles nightly against a recurring evil that threatens his unsuspecting adoptive family. In these stories, Gaiman displays the power, wit, insight and outrageous originality that has made him one of the most unique literary artists of our day.&quot;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman, a 'taster pack' if you will of his writing style. As I read through it, I will add comments for each story.<br/><br/><em>Chivalry</em>: An old lady buys the Holy Grail from Oxfam, and a knight comes along asking for it. Cutely quaint, almost doddering in writin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62009163">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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