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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why this issue of McSweeney's felt so much more solid than usual. The stories were just as hit and miss. Sure, there were gems like &quot;Following a Lifetime of Fabrication...&quot;, &quot;The Painting&quot;, &quot;The Govindan Ananthanarayanan Academy...&quot; and &quot;A Record of Ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57087777">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laura Hendrix's &quot;A Record of Our Debts&quot; is one of the best short stories that I've read that deals with &quot;the other&quot; and the feelings of suspicion that follow - a deceptively simple story with many layers and interpretations (I read it as a post 9/11 reaction).<br/><br/>Sweeney'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40017929">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Design: Eastern European matchbook covers. Hardbound. <br/><br/>Content: 14 stories. 3 that left a strong (positive) lasting impression. 6 that were decent, and 5 that I was fairly indifferent to. <br/><br/>The 3 standouts were a strange apocalyptic story from Nathaniel Minton, reading more like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39088356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[favourite stories were without a doubt Laura Hendrix Record of Our Debts and Roddy Doyle's The Painting. Amazing stories. Love this issue. <br/><br/>Read full review on my blog<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forgettingthetime.blogspot.com/2009/01/review-mcsweeneys-29.html">forgetting the time</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the better McSweeney's I have read. There is a story about a man painting a picture that is worth the whole issue. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a single stinker... Definitely a nice &quot;return&quot; after being disappointed by #28, the &quot;fable&quot; issue.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's a real banger in this one -- Nathaniel Minton's &quot;The Land of Our Enemies&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had never heard of McSweeney's until someone gave me a compilation of stories from their first ten volumes.  The stories were mostly good with a few average ones and several great ones, so I decided to try a subscription and, after reading this, I will probably keep it for a while.  A fine collect...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39416709">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nathaniel Minton is in this issue--need I say more?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's too bad most journals aren't on here.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pipe dream: to be on the McSweeney's magazine layout staff. Sigh.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love it]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastical stories, some of which are nice.  The biggest gem is, interestingly, the only one without supernaturalism.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably the best issue McSwy's has put out in a year or so. Maybe longer. I'm not sure what else I can tell you here. The stories are great. All of them.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I continue to enjoy the Roddy Doyle stories that pop up in issues of McSweeney's  considerably more than most of the magazine's other stories -- I think I should seek out writing by him.  This issue was decent but not great, though its illustrations are cool old matchbook covers.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel bad giving this two stars.  These always fascinate yet fail.  Most stories are pretty great on their own, but once you compile them, the self-absorption and melancholy inherent in the hip-literary-journal short story becomes overwhelming.<br/><br/>I just renewed my subscription.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully bound so it is a pleasure to hold book of short stories, all but one by an already published author.  Startling, funny, disturbing, but all very good. Have enjoyed two issues of McSweeney's since I began subscribing.  Great for a dip into before sleep.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;McSweeney's 29 , with Yannick Murphy's UFOs and Nathaniel Minton's mini-civilization under siege and Blaze Ginsberg's groundbreaking, long-awaited tale of his crush on Hilary Duff, written in the form of IMDB TV-show episode guides&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the binding and the illustrations in this one, all taken from old Eastern European matchbooks.  Some really great stories -- I especially enjoyed Roddy Doyle's &quot;The Painting.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[thank god that McSweeney's started publishing BOOK bound quarterlies instead of the gumbled mess of loose pages or multi-folding books that destroy themselves from shelvewear. ]]></body>
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