false 16790 26 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, "most of the stories in this book are about love in some form or another," but not requited love. The stories in <I>Smoke and Mirrors</I> touch on all of Gaiman's themes: sex, death, dreams, and the end of the world. From "Chivalry," about the Holy Grail and where it finally ended up, to "Troll Bridge," a very adult version of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"; from "Bay Wolf," a story poem that melds <I>Beowulf</I> and <I>Baywatch</I>, with interesting results, to "Murder Mysteries," 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. <I>--Nona Vero</I> 6277491 book 1998 Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions total:6168|5:1955|4:2664|3:1350|2:181|1:18| 6168 24861 8130 440 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 14 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 19:10:18 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 20:09:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1116806 0060934700 9780060934705 254 30 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181139211m/1116806.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1116806.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 5 2 false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 07 19:55:13 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 06:33:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 2 false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 09:42:39 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 22:28:08 -0700 2008 M is for Magic and Fragile Things 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...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 5 3 false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 11 09:03:28 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 08 09:45:14 -0700 2008
The first couple of stories were a bit too "sim...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 2 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jun 11 05:33:47 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 08:55:54 -0700 2007
-Suggested Reading Order:

Murder Mystery
Tastings
Snow, Glass, Apples
Only the End of the World Again
Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar
We Can ...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 2 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 07:16:10 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 08:30:53 -0700 2007
However, there were a few stories that I enjoyed, and two ("...more...]]> 2364469 2290325457 9782290325452 3 2 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2364469.Miroirs_et_fum_es 5 2 false Sun Oct 19 06:20:33 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 06:25:14 -0700 2008 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...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 2 3 false Thu Feb 19 10:29:36 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 11:03:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 0 2 false Fri Nov 14 18:32:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 15:24:51 -0800 2008 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 2 false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 14:50:08 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:50:40 -0700 2008 ]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 2 false Thu Aug 21 14:09:38 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 14:10:24 -0700 2008 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 1 false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 21:10:39 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 00:16:52 -0800 2008 Neverwhere 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.

I love "Tro...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 19:11:32 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 17:51:05 -0700 2008
Some of my favorite stories ...more...]]> 2364469 2290325457 9782290325452 3 2 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2364469.Miroirs_et_fum_es 4 1 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jul 03 05:02:23 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 01:39:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 597623 0755322835 9780755322831 116 23 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176147261m/597623.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/597623.Smoke_and_Mirrors 4 1 false Mon Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun May 18 11:27:30 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 11:47:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 3 1 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon May 14 19:43:58 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 19:44:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 1 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 10 06:42:25 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 08:50:12 -0700 2007
Gaiman manages to inte...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 4 1 false Fri Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 27 04:17:13 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 04:20:22 -0800 2008
It looks as tho SqueakyChu and I share some of the same "favorites" from this compilation;

Chivalry wa...more...]]> 16790 0380789027 9780380789023 5432 346 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166759020m/16790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors_Short_Fictions_and_Illusions 3 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:22:14 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:26:19 -0800 2009 597623 0755322835 9780755322831 116 23 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176147261m/597623.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/597623.Smoke_and_Mirrors 3 0 false Fri Jul 03 07:25:11 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 07:46:48 -0700 2009
Chivalry: An old lady buys the Holy Grail from Oxfam, and a knight comes along asking for it. Cutely quaint, almost doddering in writin...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1358538