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    <body><![CDATA[First off, SO BUMMED that 90% of these stories have been published elsewhere. Upon reading this collection, I realized that I had already read some of these stories. Ah well. I have no complaints about the stories themselves, which only become more evocative when read in succession. &quot;Felix is, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72360497">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is just to say: I am reading the newer edition with an exciting color cover.<br/><br/>I totally liked this except for the abrupt endings.  I don't always need things neatly tied up.  I am a fan of ambiguity.  In this case I kept feeling like Bell just got up to do some chores and stopped writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54246853">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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