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37 ratings, 3.84 average rating, 11 reviews
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published
September 28th 2007
by Tin House Magazine
binding
Paperback, 224 pages
isbn
0977698971
(isbn13: 9780977698974)
description
Tin House has become a forerunner of brilliant and fresh contemporary fiction, and this astonishing collection captures some of the most promis...more
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Read in December, 2007
Wow is the content quality inconsistent. It probably hurts that I'm not a big fan of fantasy/sci fi most of the time. The Budnitz, Bynum, Elliot, and Link stories were the best, but many of the others are positively inscrutable. I like eccentric and I like whimsical, but in small doses and these ladies are not subtle. Then again, this is probably not meant to be read all in one go, but dipped into over time. However, Moody's essay on Angela Carter was worth the "price of admission" alo...more
Read in January, 2008
Love the incredible cover enough to frame it. Love the stories by faves like Kelly Link and Shelley Jackson and Samantha Hunt, as well as the ladies I've meant to read and finally did here, like Lucy Corin and Rikki Ducornet. Maybe most of all loved Rick Moody's piece on his teacher and friend Angela Carter.
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Read in July, 2008
My love for this collection started off strong, but was nearly obliterated 2/3 of the way though with a couple of stories that I just couldn't get through. Still, the stories that worked, worked wonderfully, and my faith in the collection was restored by the last couple of stories. I'm very glad I stuck it out!
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
People who like elements of the fantastic embedded in realism
I love it when writers play with conventional genres and narratives, and mix them up, make them unsual and fun and unexpected. That Angela Carter was memorialized in this volume made it even more awesome. This is my favorite Tin House so far.
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Read in November, 2008
i haven't quite finished this but i dunno, i'm not very impressed. aside from aimee's story and a couple of other pieces, this felt just too much like weird for weird combined with a serious lack of "entertaining."
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Read in November, 2007
Had high hopes, was turned off by the whimsical silliness of most of the stories. Stopped before I got to Kelly Link, so I'll have to open this again someday.
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eh - these stories were good enough, but the layout tries too hard and the collection seemed a little disjointed...
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Read in February, 2008
Reading this inspired me to get involved with Tin House.
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Read in February, 2008
Great anthology so far. Lots of stuff about marriage though.
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Read in January, 2007
interesting collection. have some issues with selection.
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Read in November, 2007
Amy Bender's story knocked my socks off.
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