Instruction Manual for Swallowing
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Instruction Manual for Swallowing
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3.96 of 5 stars
Revealing a bestiary of hybrids from the techno-crazed future and the mythological past, this surreal short story collection takes imaginative leap... read full description

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Jul 05, 2010
Craig rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I found this book because I’ve been interested in submitting something to the publishers, Comma Press, for some time. And I also thought it was one of the coolest titles of a book I’ve seen for a while. The Instructional Manual For Swallowing by Adam Marek is not your average book. It doesn’t quite fit anywhere, which is why you need to read it.

As I’m always searching for strange and wonderful short stories that match, and surpass, the likes of Etgar keret, I was really excited More...
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Feb 11, 2012
Betty added it
These stories were beautifully written and very strange. There was one about a woman pregnant with 37babies and with the help of a wacky doctor brings them to term. One dealt with mechanical wasps created by exterminators, that only exterminators, or a gifted computer geek, can destroy. The strangest was the restaurant that served zombies--you don't want to know where they get their meat. Mind messing but fantastic writing.
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Feb 06, 2008
Jafar rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I picked up this book to try a new genre. I thought it was a collection of science fiction/fantasy short stories. While there’s an element of oddity in all of the stories, not all of them seemed obviously to me to be science fiction/fantasy. I think I’m just a novice in this genre. Marek has a pretty good and wacky imagination. Some of the stories were quite intelligent. Three stars because I’m comparing it with the only other collection of fantasy/science fiction short stories that I’ve read: I More...
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Jul 30, 2011
Steven added it
Brilliant. The stories are weird, fantastic and touchingly human.
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Dec 28, 2010
Carys rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Fantastic, fantastical short stories.
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