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    <body><![CDATA[A terrific variety of stories, mostly involving the fantastic. 90% were quite good. The others, not so much.  Of course, I read it in uncorrected proof form, so maybe those were fixed. Here's hoping. <br/><br/>I'm always amazed that the cover of these collections often hype the most famous contrib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64396590">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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