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- English Books
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10: 000200559X
- ISBN-13: 9780002005593
- Publisher: Harper Collins Canada
- Pub date: May 26, 2005
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780002005593 | Hardcover | $32.95 | $20.76 | Amazon CA |
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Really three novellas
This is the first of Cunningham's novels that I've read, and while genre fiction is not my usual preference, I enjoyed this novel thoroughly. I think "In the Machine" and "The Children's Crusade" were the strongest entries, though that may well be because I'm not particularly a sci-fi fan (that be ... (continue)
This is the first of Cunningham's novels that I've read, and while genre fiction is not my usual preference, I enjoyed this novel thoroughly. I think "In the Machine" and "The Children's Crusade" were the strongest entries, though that may well be because I'm not particularly a sci-fi fan (that being said, though, I still shed a tear at the end of the "Like Beauty"). The idea of Walt Whitman's poetry (among other things) connecting the three stories is a clever idea, though I feel the credulity of it was being pushed, especially in the final story. The writing was amazing though, and I wm willing to forgive so many things in lieu of good writing.
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