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\n American Housewife<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Helen Ellis<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n First learned of Ellis from the Times review of this collection. Loved this quote from her: “You ask yourself, ‘What happens if I stop writing?’ First of all, nobody cares. And you put on 10 pounds. That’s all it is.”\n\nAny writer that sp...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The Oxford Book of American Short Stories<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Joyce Carol Oates<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n Powerful and rich. Hard to write a quick, few line review of such a collection! \n\nOates states at the outset that she deliberately chose for this compilation stories by generally well-known authors that are not as often anthologized as o...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Too Much Happiness<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Alice Munro<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n One reads Munro, and then, you read her again--the story again, the page, the paragraph, a line, a phrase. And then you do...what? \n\nSit, stunned, into silence. \n\nI don\'t know if this is good! Isn\'t the point of art to make one think and...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Robert Silverberg<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n Introduced to this anthology a year ago in a short fiction readers\' group. (Great idea for a book group, no?) I rarely, if ever, am drawn to science fiction or fantasy, although I have loved Ray Bradbury\'s work for many years. \n\nThis col...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"Scanners$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Scanners Live in Vain<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Cordwainer Smith<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n My intro to Cordwainer Smith (love the pseudonym!), and what an intro! Fascinating, fun, different, and a bit of workout to get a grip on what is going on, where, and with whom. That\'s welcome; I\'m tired of reading a certain type of lite...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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