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  <title><![CDATA[Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction]]></title>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, I should just say that I will read anything written by Vonnegut, and I will like it. I was really excited for this collection and it's one of maybe 5 hardcovers I've actually bought at the time of on sale in the last five years.  I really enjoyed reading it, and I'm glad that I have th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76937070">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Nov 04 11:16:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vonnegut on the way to being Vonnegut.  The themes are familiar, individuals struggling against the corporatist state, technology, government corruption and/or ineptitude.  But the stories have a sweetness and sense of hope that seems distinctly un-Vonnegut, leading one to wonder where along the way...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76705571">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 12:18:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed most of the stories in this collection. But my highest praise goes to: &quot;Ed Luby's Key Club,&quot; &quot;Hall of Mirrors,&quot; &quot;The Nice Little People,&quot; &quot;The Petrified Ants,&quot; and &quot;Look at the Birdie.&quot; <br/><br/>Particularly, &quot;The Nice Little People...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73823556">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh! That voice! These stories, admittedly unpolished, have that same crazy, distinctive spark that we love so well. This would be an unfortunate introduction to the master, but for die hard Vonnegut fans it is one last hit. <br/><br/>48/52/09]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A mixed bag of short stories by the lat Kurt Vonnegut.  As put in the introduction, maybe there was a reason these were unpublished.  Some were good, others didn't hit me right, but they were a breath of Vonnegut's voice and spirit, if just for a moment.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[fubar was by far my favorite, even earning a top 5 favorite short story of all time ranking. some of the stories (hall of mirriors, the nice little people) started to hit flannery o'connor level of dark, but the collection as a whole was delightful.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found these stories disappointing and I think they were unpublished for a reason.  That said, if you feel the need to read everything Vonnegot ever wrote, you will find this a very fast read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful stuff if not as fully fleshed out as his published novels and stories.  A great reminder of the brilliance of this incomparable writer.  Definitely not FUBAR...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it's got some nuggets, but for the most part they are about as half as powerful as the majority of Kurt's stuff.<br/><br/>he still rocks.  even in death.  propers.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is Vonnegut, what can one say?  It is early short stories, the writing is so nostalgic at this point.  The stories were great---don't miss this collection!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While this is Kurt Vonnegut's work, it's somehow not -- it's too early, too much before he had become the author he would be. ]]></body>
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    <review id="77067001">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Nov 07 20:43:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fourteen short stories that make you sad Vonnegut is no longer here to make you smile.]]></body>
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    <review id="77031079">
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    <body><![CDATA[25 pages in and I'm loving it so far!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[YAY!  NEW VONNEGUT!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[nice to read Vonnegut again.  ]]></body>
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