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Really great collection of short stories. They stole the plot for “The Sound of Metal” from “Testimony of Pilot” in here. Very southern gothic. Very good.
Jan 23, 2024
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a good collection of sci-fi and other fiction short stories of his that I enjoyed reading last summer. snagged a nice vintage copy at half price books for cheap. the way the book is marketed makes it seem like it’s all creepy stories but there’s a lot of thought provoking stories and some really sweet ones too
Jul 24, 2024
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I think his short stories shine brighter than his longer stuff. His essay “The lucky dog pet store“ is also very impactful. I revisit that one when I need to hype myself up/prepare to sacrifice. That’s really the one I recommend. But “the hanging stranger” is fun and spooky. It covers my greatest fear (loved ones being replaced) but adds another really sinister element. It’s unexpectedly biblical.
Jun 15, 2023
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Listen I’m Colombian so of course I read a few of Gabo’s (Gabriel Garcia Marquez for those who are unaware) oeuvre, as he is a national treasure. As much I adore Love in the Time of Cholera, I feel Strange Pilgrims (or Doce Cuentos Peregrinos) is just as amazing. It is a collection of short stories of various Latin Americans residing in Europe and my personal favourite is Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane as it perfectly encapsulates the trip between CDG and JFK. For the anglophones, both of these books were also translated by Edith Grossman who also translated the copy of Don Quixote we read at my secondary school and I feel the translator means just as much as the author and she was an incredible one in what I’ve read that she’s done.
Sep 18, 2024
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Project by ex-slint member Brian McMahan. og lineup included members of Tortoise. Need I say more?
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Something was in the water during the 1990s in Chicago and boy do I want a sip!
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