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from: Dell
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.0108
EAN: 9780440204237
ISBN: 0440204232
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: April 02, 1989
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: April 02, 1989
Sales Rank: 131617
Studio: Dell
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Rating:  - Best Bang for the Buck
Perhaps I am biased by nostalgia since this was the text used way back in my high school creative writing class, but this sublime anthology is pound for pound the best collection of short fiction around. There are other excellent collections -- Scribner's Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction comes to mind -- but ASS masterpieces (as we called it back then) has a splendid mix of short story classics in addition to an absurd number of gems. On the all-time classic side, there is "Sonny's Blues," ... Read More
Rating: - Contains some of the best short stories I have ever read.
I read "Midair" standing up in the bookstore. This book contains some true classics in short story writing.
Rating:  - Great book
This book will boggle your mind. The words used to describe the situations in the short stories. There are more that many excellent stories in this book. I find it more enjoyable that a single novel. Advanced school programs use this as a learning experience. It is a 4 star book.
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