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Shelter Half - Carol Bly
Shelter Half
Carol Bly
The Bee-Loud Glade - Steve Himmer
The Bee-Loud Glade
Steve Himmer

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Leah, New Hampshire: The Collected Stories of Thomas Williams - Thomas Williams, John Irving
The Pledge - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joel Agee
Honeybuzzard - Angela Carter
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November
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Shelter Half - Carol Bly
Shelter Half
Carol Bly
The Bee-Loud Glade - Steve Himmer
The Bee-Loud Glade
Steve Himmer
April 2011
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reviewed: The Magicians: A Novel
Lev Grossman’s The Magicians offers a fantasy world cribbed heavily (and quite openly) from the Harry Potter and Narnia books...
The Magicians - Lev Grossman
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The Magicians - Lev Grossman
The Magicians Lev Grossman
March 2011
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The Wind from a Burning Woman - Greg Bear
The Wind from a Burning Woman Greg Bear
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Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists - Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Carroll, Kelly Link, Peter Straub
Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Carroll, Kelly Link, Peter Straub
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Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade - George Packer
Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade George Packer
January 2011
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War - Drew Gilpin Faust
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War Drew Gilpin Faust
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Pretty Monsters: Stories - Shaun Tan, Kelly Link
Pretty Monsters: Stories Shaun Tan, Kelly Link
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Death with Interruptions -
Death with Interruptions
January 2011
01
reviewed: Hull Zero Three
Full review here ... Greg Bear's Hull Zero Three is science fiction at its best: it is shaped by big ideas, is filled with te...
Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
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Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear
Hull Zero Three Greg Bear
November 2010
27
reviewed: The Word for World is Forest
Reading Le Guin’s novella “The Word for World is Forest” in 2010, it’s hard not to draw the parallels with James Cameron’s “A...
The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin
The Word for World is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin
November 2010
21
reviewed: The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans
As a “Holocaust detective story,” The Lampshade has few actual clues. Jacobson has a DNA profile made at the lab that identif...
The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans - Mark Jacobson
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The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans - Mark Jacobson
The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans Mark Jacobson
October 2010
21
reviewed: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Though I enjoyed the book very much, I found that its style kept me just on the verge of hurling it across the room. This nov...
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu
August 2010
27
reviewed: Ill Fares the Land
Judt tells the history of Anglo-American political economy from the Great Depression to the present, as the story of the rise...
Ill Fares the Land - Tony Judt
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Ill Fares the Land - Tony Judt
Ill Fares the Land Tony Judt
July 2010
27
reviewed: The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
A complex portrait of slavery arises from the accounts Ward gathers. We hear the voices of field slaves, who are viciously wo...
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves - Andrew Ward
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves - Andrew Ward
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves Andrew Ward
May 2010
12
reviewed: Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges’ Empire of Illusion is in part an angry screed, in part a Jeremiad lament, and (in small) part a vision of a bet...
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - Chris Hedges
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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle - Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle Chris Hedges
April 2010
15
reviewed: Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories
These four elegiacal stories and one novella are about death, regret, death, loneliness, and death. Set largely in rural Mich...
Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories - Thomas Lynch
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Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories - Thomas Lynch
Apparition & Late Fictions: A Novella and Stories Thomas Lynch
January 2010
05
reviewed: Every Man Dies Alone
What makes Every Man Dies Alone more terrible than Orwell and Kafka, though, is that it isn’t wholly a work of fiction. The n...
Every Man Dies Alone - Hans Fallada
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Every Man Dies Alone - Hans Fallada
Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada
November 2009
12
reviewed: In The Year Of The Long Division: Stories
The stories in In the Year of Long Division show the ultimate end of the minimalist impulse: prose becomes poetry, external d...
In The Year Of The Long Division: Stories - Dawn Raffel
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In The Year Of The Long Division: Stories - Dawn Raffel
In The Year Of The Long Division: Stories Dawn Raffel
November 2009
02
reviewed: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Equally insightful and exasperating, with a significant dose of aristocratic condescension.Full review here
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work - Alain de Botton
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work - Alain de Botton
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain de Botton
October 2009
01
reviewed: Voices from the Moon
I have a theory–thoroughly untested, and probably wrong–that you can identify a novel written by a master of the short story ...
Voices from the Moon - Andre Dubus
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Voices from the Moon - Andre Dubus
Voices from the Moon Andre Dubus
September 2009
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reviewed: Pieces for the Left Hand: 100 Anecdotes
Pieces for the Left Hand by J. Robert LennonThe 100 anecdotes collected in Pieces for the Left Hand are loosely held together...
Pieces for the Left Hand - J. Robert Lennon
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Pieces for the Left Hand - J. Robert Lennon
Pieces for the Left Hand J. Robert Lennon
September 2009
05
reviewed: Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
Troll’s Eye View is a collection of stories revisiting well-known fairy tales–Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Molly and t...
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales - Garth Nix, Michael Cadnum, Nancy Farmer, Jane Yolen, Ellen Datlow, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kelly Link, Terri Windling, Midori Snyder, Wendy Froud, Peter S. Beagle, Joseph Stanton, Neil Gaiman, Delia Sherman, Holly Black
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Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales - Garth Nix, Michael Cadnum, Nancy Farmer, Jane Yolen, Ellen Datlow, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kelly Link, Terri Windling, Midori Snyder, Wendy Froud, Peter S. Beagle, Joseph Stanton, Neil Gaiman, Delia Sherman, Holly Black
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales Garth Nix, Michael Cadnum, Nancy Farmer, Jane Yolen, Ellen Datlow, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kelly Link, Terri Windling, Midori Snyder, Wendy Froud, Peter S. Beagle, Joseph Stanton, Neil Gaiman, Delia Sherman, Holly Black
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