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January 9th 2007
by McSweeney's
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Hardcover, 200 pages
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1932416846
(isbn13: 9781932416848)
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If issues were anniversaries, this one would have to be printed on silver plates. You could melt it in some sort of forge and then pound it on an anvi...more
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Yuri:
"I'd get home and be covered in this black warehouse dust so I'd lie down on the linoleum and let my dogs run up and lick it off which I liked because it made me feel like Jesus."
"I found a dirty cartoon folded up in a bow-hunting magazine. I laid it on my thigh and gave my cock a few tugs but gave up and walked out onto the main floor, half hoping they'd all forgotten about my involvement."
These two passages are entirely emblematic of what I've come to real...more
"I'd get home and be covered in this black warehouse dust so I'd lie down on the linoleum and let my dogs run up and lick it off which I liked because it made me feel like Jesus."
"I found a dirty cartoon folded up in a bow-hunting magazine. I laid it on my thigh and gave my cock a few tugs but gave up and walked out onto the main floor, half hoping they'd all forgotten about my involvement."
These two passages are entirely emblematic of what I've come to real...more
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Read in August, 2008
So far, I love the first story, Yuri. Of course its from the mind of a Texan. It has a wonderfully down-to-earth everyman quality of storytelling that I find in many of my mentors and friends back in Texas.
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Read in February, 2008
An umimpressive, based on what I've come to expect, collection for this quarter, unfortunately. As always, there was a bit of stuff that was a pleasure to read - Joyce Carol Oates never really lets anyone down, and while the story called "The Tower" had more than a dash of what's-lame-about-mcsweeney's-sometimes, i'd be lying if i told you i didn't enjoy reading it. That said, this one, for me, lacked a stick-to-my-ribs type of story, one that i'll remember reading in two years' time ...more
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Read in February, 2008
I liked this one. The pictures of horses were nice. Also, Yuri was entertaining. The Joyce Carol Oates story was good and I liked that it was dedicated to Leonard Cohen. Love, The Frontier rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't finish it. The last story was pretty good too, but it was mostly cute. The naming of the islands story was interesting as well. The story about Peacekeepers was a bit uneven and possibly too long, as was the Tower. The Tower was funny and interesting, but just...more
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Read in December, 2007
In an amazingly quick time of 28 hours (including work and sleep) I got this issue down. I really enjoyed the Joyce Carol Oates story, and the horses, of course. The one and only drawback to hefting a copy of McSweeney's around with you is the inevitable discourse you are required with literatti.
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Read in December, 2007
This is the first McSweeney's I have read in quite some time, actually. I have every edition of the magazine, but most casually sit in a carefully protected pile on my shelf. I decided that I wanted to dive into this one because the first story really grabbed me. Notable volume, this one is.
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Read in March, 2008
Kind of a sub-par collection here. If they'd all been like David Hollander's "The Naming of the Islands" -- a Ray Bradbury-esque David Lynch-esque series of horrific adventures had by a group of exiled convicts, sailing to find land to call their own -- I would be overwhelmed with reverence. That amazing story, and the gorgeous design of the collection itself, nearly convinced me to overlook the shortcomings of some of the other stories and rate the whole thing as awesome.
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Read in February, 2008
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As usual this book/ collection is sorta magical in lots of ways (especially the title pages, apparently from a larger series by Amy Jean Porter, which is called "Tiny Horses Say What" and that is exactly what these tiny horses are doing, so wonderfully) and some of the stories in it are amazing. Um, hi Dave, but seriously, David Hollander's "The Naming of the Islands" is an incredibly powerful and terrifying piece (for studio execs, like "The Encantadas" meets &quo...more
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Read in September, 2008
Fairly strong collection this time around (so much better than M's 27 which was very weak. The Tower by Steven Millhauser, Love, the Frontier by Emily Anderson, and The Naming of the Islands by David Hollander were particularly strong stories. Hollander's story would actually be well suited for an episode of Tales from the Crypt.
Also of note: the artwork that served as title pages for each story was done by an excellent artist named Amy Jean Porter (http://www.amyjeanporter.com/). The ...more
Also of note: the artwork that served as title pages for each story was done by an excellent artist named Amy Jean Porter (http://www.amyjeanporter.com/). The ...more
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Read in February, 2008
The first McSweeney's I received since I up and subscribed a couple months ago. A couple of clear standouts here, including the piece by Joyce Carol Oates and the stellar capper by Padget Powell (I'll now add him to my "must get to know" list). Otherwise, this collection wasn't particularly memorable.
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Read in February, 2008
Yeah, I dunno.... A patchy affair, as always, with the pretension sometimes overwhelming any actual skill or ability to engage the reader. Occasionally hilarious. Occasionally intriguing. Sometimes just outright dumb. The pictures of horses are ace.
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It's been a while since I've read a McSweeney's all the way through when I got it. It might have had to do with the fact that I was drawn like a moth towards this issue's binding. Holy fuck, gorgeous.
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Read in August, 2008
This was another solid issue of McSweeney's. I particularly liked the drawings of the tiny horses saying "what" and the story set in Bosnia -- it was intense but also very good.
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Read in January, 2008
This was a very enjoyable issue of McSweeney's. Just no-frills fiction (and one non-fiction piece). The size made it very nice to hold in the hand, too. The artwork is fantastic.
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Read in December, 2007
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this is a good one, i haven't read all of them, just 16, 18, 23, 24 and 5. parts of other ones. but this is the best one i've read so far.
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Read in September, 2008
Depressing emo shit. Why I don't actually read McSweeney's. Oh, and a little too proud of itself.
Read in January, 2008
Another good McSweeney's. The subscription is one of the best things I ever got for myself.
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Read in May, 2008
So far, another great McSweeney's... man, they find some good stories.
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Just started. I'll return with a review.
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Read in November, 2007
"Peacekeepers, 1995" is reallyreally good.
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