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Invisible Cities 87 reviews Italo Calvino
Harvest Books, 1978
Incredible Story Teller
+ Reads like poetry + Wonderfully Borgesian, with a regrettable dash of Gibran + Unique and thought provoking
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Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story 18 reviews Harlan Ellison
Underwood Books, 1997
Tardiness is inexcusable...
+ Free SF Reader + Repent, Harlequin said the Ticktockman + There Are Always Those Who Need To Ask
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Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was 169 reviews Barry Hughart
Del Rey, 1985
It's called Fantasy for a reason
+ A Must + amazing novel
I first read this book about 20 years ago. I read the two reviews that gave it only one star because I was curious why their reaction was so different from mine. After reading the two reviews, I believe I understand the problem.
It's called Fantasy for a reason.
It's not Literature, and ...
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions (P.S.) 84 reviews Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2008
Book Review: Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
+ What more can be said
Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors is a collection of his short stories and poems. Like his other short story/poem collection titled Fragile Things, this book too has an introduction with commentary of each of the stories and poems contained within. For me, this introduction is the best part of the ...
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Ficciones (English Translation) 70 reviews Jorge Luis Borges
Grove Press, 1994
Borges is the original Neo (The Matrix)
+ The labyrinth that consists of a single straight line + An ingenious labyrinthine narrative.... + So much more
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The Lost Books of The Odyssey: A Novel 11 reviews Zachary Mason
Starcherone Books, 2008
Surprisingly Visceral
+ to get to my grave in the sea + A Rare Find + very satisfying + A brilliant mosaic
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Invisible Cities 87 reviews Italo Calvino
Harvest Books, 1978
Incredible Story Teller
+ Reads like poetry + Wonderfully Borgesian, with a regrettable dash of Gibran + Unique and thought provoking
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Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman: The Classic Story 18 reviews Harlan Ellison
Underwood Books, 1997
Tardiness is inexcusable...
+ Free SF Reader + Repent, Harlequin said the Ticktockman + There Are Always Those Who Need To Ask
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Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was 169 reviews Barry Hughart
Del Rey, 1985
It's called Fantasy for a reason
+ A Must + amazing novel
I first read this book about 20 years ago. I read the two reviews that gave it only one star because I was curious why their reaction was so different from mine. After reading the two reviews, I believe I understand the problem.
It's called Fantasy for a reason.
It's not Literature, and ...
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions (P.S.) 84 reviews Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2008
Book Review: Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
+ What more can be said
Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors is a collection of his short stories and poems. Like his other short story/poem collection titled Fragile Things, this book too has an introduction with commentary of each of the stories and poems contained within. For me, this introduction is the best part of the ...
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The Lost Books of The Odyssey: A Novel 11 reviews Zachary Mason
Starcherone Books, 2008
Surprisingly Visceral
+ to get to my grave in the sea + A Rare Find + very satisfying + A brilliant mosaic
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Ficciones (English Translation) 70 reviews Jorge Luis Borges
Grove Press, 1994
Borges is the original Neo (The Matrix)
+ The labyrinth that consists of a single straight line + An ingenious labyrinthine narrative.... + So much more
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