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The Fun Parts (2013)

by Sam Lipsyte(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0374298904 (ISBN13: 9780374298906)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

FSG

review 1: Lipsyte is hilarious, he also carves out exquisitely arranged prose and has characters that exist and something close to clarity of vision that will go as close to genius as we are probably going to get these days. Whether or not these characteristics always lead to fictions that balance right is pretty superfluous when experiencing his whirlwind of quips, failures (the character’s not the writer’s), and excruciating well-chosen phrases and words. I think maybe one story was a failed experiment and the rest might benefit from being read separately than as a piece and I still prefer him at novel length, but I will heartily endorse and recommend this collection.
review 2: There were two short stories in this story collection by Sam Lipsyte that I enjoyed ab... moreout as much as I can enjoy when reading--The Dungeon Master and Ode to Oldcorn. I laughed all through both of those and I wish I could have read about the characters in The Dungeon Master for another 200 pages. It took me to my D & D memories of my own teenage years. There's also a funny story about a conversation between a drone weapon and its commander--that might be in the drone's imagination. In Lipsyte's world a drone can talk to itself or others. This is my introduction to Lipsyte and he has a real talent for quirky dialogue and eccentrics but as usual with short story collections, some I liked less. But the high of the two I mentioned made this collection well worth reading. less

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