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    <body><![CDATA[This anthology of short stories includes famous authors and nobel-laureates that are contributing their talents for the fight against AIDS.  There are several profound stories and it's nice to know that all efforts in creating/selling this book go towards a good cause.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Collection of handpicked short stories by many talented writers from all over the world for HIV education/treatment effort.  Stories, though not about HIV-AIDS, are serious and most of them classics, for which the writers took no money for this anthology.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[07/08: Now I have 2 copies of this book!  An ARC and the normal one!<br/><br/>Lots of different styles represented in this collection.<br/><br/>&quot;The Firebird's Nest&quot; by Salman Rushdie and &quot;The Letter Scene&quot; by Susan Sontag are among my favorites.<br/><br/>Grade: B+]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful anthology, though Woody Allen's piece was totally out of place.  I laughed at it but was irritated that it was in there.  I guess he wouldn't be surprised at being called irritating, that's like &quot;his thing.&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not usually a fan of short stories...but these were sort of neat because they were from all over the world - plus all the proceeds go to AIDS programming - so yes you should buy it even if not to read it...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A solid set of short stories by a fairly impressive collection of authors. My favorites were &quot;Warm Dogs&quot; by Paul Thoreaux, &quot;The Letter Scene&quot; by Susan Sontag, and &quot;The Rejection&quot; by Woody Allen.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't get into this book -- it was way too inconsistent.  I was drawn in by the list of contributors and for the good cause, but I was disappointed by the stories inside.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Telling Tales]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short stories about AIDS.  Good list of great authors.  With such a eclectic collection of writing styles, there's bound to be some hits and misses, this was mostly hits.]]></body>
    
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