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5.0 out of 5 stars
Warts and all
This is an incredible buy to get the first three issues. They are now on issue 33. Even as reprints, you get to read and see them just as they were, warts and all. There are 1.7 lbs and 500 pages of paper. It's not all going to be great. Less than a penny a page. And McSweeney's has always been for readers, even if they are reading facsimile advertisements as one issue...
Published on December 25, 2009 by Roger E. Sadler
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Where On the Ad Does It Mention that these are Reprints?
It's McSweeneys and to some extent it's what I would expect: a mix of very good and interesting (and occasionally not) pieces of writing. I have heard that the earliest volumes were more uneven than the later. But my problem is not with the writing but that fact that these are reprints and nowhere in the advertisement for these did I see that mentioned (clearly or...
Published on March 7, 2009 by RJ
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Warts and all,
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This review is from: McSweeney's Issues One Through Three (Paperback)
This is an incredible buy to get the first three issues. They are now on issue 33. Even as reprints, you get to read and see them just as they were, warts and all. There are 1.7 lbs and 500 pages of paper. It's not all going to be great. Less than a penny a page. And McSweeney's has always been for readers, even if they are reading facsimile advertisements as one issue was.
I have "The Better of the First Ten Issues" and now I get to read the dross. Hooray for McSweeney"s. Mistaking these as the first three actual issues is a moot issue. It never crossed my mind that these were reprints. I'm just going to start at page one with a bookmark and read until I get to page 500. And if something disappoints me I'm not afraid to skip to the next story. This book just feels wonderful in the hand.
3 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Where On the Ad Does It Mention that these are Reprints?,
By RJ (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: McSweeney's Issues One Through Three (Paperback)
It's McSweeneys and to some extent it's what I would expect: a mix of very good and interesting (and occasionally not) pieces of writing. I have heard that the earliest volumes were more uneven than the later. But my problem is not with the writing but that fact that these are reprints and nowhere in the advertisement for these did I see that mentioned (clearly or otherwise) so I bought two. I love my McSweeneys but I don't love how Amazon have advertised this particular set of mags. As soon as I have the time to work out how to get a refund I intend to pursue one. |
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McSweeney's Issues One Through Three by Dave Eggers (Paperback - August 1, 2006)
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