Outgoing Signals Vox 2008-08-20T19:00:10Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4141a65c9685e/tags/book+reviews/ Your financial contributions are appreciated. Stuff I've Been Reading: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline tag:vox.com,2008-08-20:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00fae8d75dff000b 2008-08-20T15:58:55Z 2008-08-20T19:00:10Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

I'm a tiny bit ashamed to admit how late I am in getting into the writing of George Saunders. I read Pastoralia last year and recently finished up his first short story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. Both were amazing and I really ne...

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]]> SIBR: Books I read but didn't actually understand because I'm not as smart as I thought I was tag:vox.com,2008-08-04:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968e34740003 2008-08-04T04:03:12Z 2008-08-08T16:37:46Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron 3 Volume Boxed Set

I graduated from a decent college and have gone on to tackle some of the toughest novels in the English language. I like to think I'm a relatively intelligent guy. I like to think I'm a good reader. Well, it turns out that I'm a lot dumber than...

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Tristram Shandy Swann's Way Buddy's Got Three Moms

BOOKS BOUGHT: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic--Alison Bechdel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron--Daniel Clowes Fight Club--Chuck Palahniuk (for $1) The Escapists--Brian K. Vaughan The Enchantress of Florence--Salman Rushdie BOOKS READ: The Life &...

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Hotel California The Adventures Of Augie March Gravity's Rainbow Illustrated

BOOKS BOUGHT: McSweeney's #27--Dave Eggers (editor) The Bostonians--Henry James The Baron in the Trees--Italo Calvino Invisible Cities--Italo Calvino Civilwarland in Bad Decline--George Saunders When You Are Engulfed in Flames--David Sedaris Sw...

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]]> SIBR: The Uncollected Works of J.D. Salinger (part 2) tag:vox.com,2008-06-01:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad68d6b910004 2008-06-01T16:58:28Z 2008-06-02T00:08:54Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Here are my synopses and comments on the second half of The Uncollected Works of J.D. Salinger. The post concerning the other eleven stories can be found here. I spoil the endings of quite a few of them, so tread lightly if you think you're goi...

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]]> SIBR: The Uncollected Works of J.D. Salinger (part 1) tag:vox.com,2008-05-30:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00fad68ce8660004 2008-05-30T22:25:41Z 2008-06-07T19:05:12Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I used to spend a lot of time in libraries poring through old issues of The New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post in search of J.D. Salinger's uncollected stories. These are the 22 stories the author published and then let disappear from circulat...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls Fwtbt01 Fwtbt02 Fwtbt03 Fwtbt04 Fwtbt05 If on a winter's night a traveler Death and Restoration Icelander

For Whom the Bell Tolls--Ernest Hemingway It was never my intention to read For Whom the Bell Tolls, or any other Hemingway books, for that matter. I read A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises years ago. They were enjoyable books, but they...

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]]> SIBR: Zombies, Cartoons, Vonnegut, & Crimes Gone Wrong tag:vox.com,2008-05-12:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00e398f905d10004 2008-05-12T23:57:36Z 2008-05-13T17:30:45Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Apocalypse Reader The Best American Comics 2006 Deadeye Dick The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Apocalypse Reader--Justin Taylor (editor) As the name would suggest, The Apocalypse Reader is a collection of 34 short stories dealing with the apocalypse. Justin Taylor defines the term very broadly, so readers will be disappointed if they'...

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The Maltese Falcon/The Thin Man/Red Harvest McSweeney's #25 A Child Again

I stayed away from the computer last weekend and spent most of my extra time reading. It's amazing how much I could get through when I wasn't checking my e-mail every twenty minutes. I finished up Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, read McSweeney'...

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Tree of Smoke Zeroville The Invention of Everything Else The Maltese Falcon/The Thin Man/Red Harvest Drunk by Noon

BOOKS BOUGHT: The Adventures of Augie March--Saul Bellow The Pillars of the Earth--Ken Follett (audiobook) If on a winter's night a traveler--Italo Calvino BOOKS READ: Tree of Smoke--Denis Johnson If you know me in the real world, I've probably ...

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