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Electric Literature No. 1 (2009)

by Electric Literature(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0982498004 (ISBN13: 9780982498002)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Electric Literature

series

Electric Literature

review 1: This is the only lit journal I read cover to cover because I design it. But the fiction is top-notch. The books are 120-140 pages of mostly text and are comprised of five stories by different — usually well-known — authors. In most issues, there is also beautiful interstitial imagery unrelated to the fiction, but part of the overall mood of each volume.Definitely give it a try. Available in print and all digital formats.Some insider info: They are coming out with a box set of the first six volumes near the end of 2011. Good Holiday shopping!
review 2: I loved the original cover. I have mixed feelings about the stories. Two of them - "Your Fate Hurtles Down At You" (Jim Shepard) and "From OLYMPIA, a novel in progress" (Michael Cunningham) - were vivid and ra... morew enough to stick. The others just didn't reach me. The very idea of this publication, however, five short stories published every other month, and made available in various mediums, is wonderful and extremely timely. I like the experimental attitude and utter lack of resistance to the new and ever-changing. It's clearly run by people who are very much awake.It'd be nice if the website had a table of contents available for each of the back issues, and maybe the first one or two sentences of each story. That would be helpful in trying to remember them and, if compelled, to bring individual stories/issues to the attention of others. Will definitely keep an eye on this one. less

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