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  <title><![CDATA[Amphigorey Too]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward Gorey]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 18:54:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 18:58:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[some really weird and wonderful stuff.  found this book for $9 at the strand - hurrah!!<br/><br/>from &quot;the beastly baby&quot;: <em>Dangerous objects were left about in the hope that it would do itself an injury, preferably fatal.<br/><br/>But it never did, and instead, hacked up the carpets wit...</em>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 18 09:56:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 18 09:58:19 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My parents gave this and Amphigorey to my dorm as a &quot;hostess&quot; gift when they came for Parent's Weekend. When the dorm converted back to a regular dorm, I inherited both.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40384277]]></url>
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    <review id="17078870">
    <user id="419287">
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[small children who get too much sleep]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 05 09:09:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 05 09:09:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward Gorey's work is one of those rare things that consistently renews my faith in the awesome potential of human creativity.<br/><br/>Is that corny enough of a review for ya? Yeah, I know it sounds really gross, but it's true. Looking at his pictures makes me want to try harder to resuscitate  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17078870">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17078870]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="69803729">
    <user id="1572779">
    <name><![CDATA[Melusina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hautcharage, Luxembourg]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 08:47:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 06 05:25:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perfect, as always. Personal highlights were The Inanimate Tragedy and The Osbrick Bird. So quirky, so funny.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69803729]]></url>
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    <review id="62590758">
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    <name><![CDATA[W.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Harrisburg, PA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 08 00:50:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 09 20:20:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Splendid. Too bad there are only four of these anthologies. I want forty.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62590758]]></url>
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    <review id="50905165">
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 07:24:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 07:24:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amphigorey Too by Edward Gorey (1980)]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50905165]]></url>
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    <review id="20961806">
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    <name><![CDATA[Icats]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Littleton, CO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 25 08:03:31 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 25 08:05:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary, The Pious Infant by Mrs. Regera Dowdy, The Evil Garden by Eduard Blutig, The Eleventh Episode by Raddory Gewe, and then my personal favorite, The Inanimate Tragedy by Edward Gorey himself. In reading his stories of pure genius, part of my mind questions if I am even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20961806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2654673">
    <user id="62166">
    <name><![CDATA[Jeffrey]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Thin effete personas non gratis]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 02 21:23:28 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gorey's victorian black and white style is the shit. Surreal, frightening, hilarious just awesome. I have the PBS mystery theatre intro which is a short animation he did forever burned in my memory it's just awesome.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2654673]]></url>
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    <review id="5134539">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chantel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fans of the macabre]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 26 13:37:47 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 26 13:37:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found a bunch of books by Edward Gorey where I was staying and gorged myself on them one afternoon.  I read <em>Amphigorey</em>,  <em>Amphigorey Too</em>, and <em>Amphigorey Also</em> all in one sitting. ]]></body>
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    <review id="13135802">
    <user id="793790">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 22 01:51:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 23 01:15:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gorey's brilliance cannot be explained, follow <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/stage/7535/gorey.html">this link</a> to read &quot;The Gashlycrumb Tinies&quot; and have your mind blown apart.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13135802]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17570292">
    <user id="563742">
    <name><![CDATA[Margot]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Honolulu, HI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love me some Edward Gorey, and I read this one twice through. I find myself going too fast sometimes and not slowing down to appreciate the images.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17570292]]></url>
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    <review id="20413909">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Durham, NC]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 17 16:27:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love Edward Gorey's illustrations, and quirky nonsensical stories.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20413909]]></url>
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    <review id="8503546">
    <user id="591734">
    <name><![CDATA[Philip]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 31 20:08:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 31 20:09:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward Gorey, the grand daddy of mysterious illustrated fiction...]]></body>
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    <review id="2432733">
    <user id="50656">
    <name><![CDATA[Marissa]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 27 00:20:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward Gorey is the most charmingly morbid artist ever. I love him. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2432733]]></url>
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    <review id="10477782">
    <user id="138031">
    <name><![CDATA[Anna]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe that Edward Gorey is not a pseudonym.]]></body>
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    <review id="14839463">
    <user id="777686">
    <name><![CDATA[Theodore]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[none of these umbrellas will do!]]></body>
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    <review id="12579150">
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe better than the first one.]]></body>
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    <review id="4828261">
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    <name><![CDATA[j]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[every toilet should have a copy.]]></body>
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    <review id="12215193">
    <user id="756771">
    <name><![CDATA[Dave]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[it never gets old...]]></body>
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