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Apple Pie
Micro Fiction is a nice collection of modern-day American fiction, though many of the stories left me unsatisfied, like a joke without a punchline. The stories are brief enough to live and die within new-millennium time-constraints, and some of the bizarre messages leave a lasting impression. They are remarkable for their pithiness and power, a crash course in American culture oozing with apple pie.
Micro Fiction meets the time constraints of a fast-paced, multitasking, computer-savvy, twenty-first century lifestyle. Times are changing. The world is at our fingertips. We pledge our allegiances to time management and multitasking. Novels are too long, so literature is changing as well. America has Attention Deficit Disorder, and Micro Fiction is our Ritalin.
Micro Fiction is to the novel like McDonalds' Value Menu is to the family dinner. In a country that values fast-food, fast cars, and fast service, Micro Fiction is like pulling up to a Barnes & Noble drive-thru window and ordering some fast-fiction. "Would you like some fries with that fiction?" she asks.
"Apple pie," I reply. Micro Fiction is America's new-millennium, drive-thru novel. Apple Pie is the Specialty of the Day. Welcome to quintessential American fiction.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted April 23, 2006
Micro Fiction
I really enjoyed this book. It was great to have a variety of stories to choose from. I enjoyed some more than others, but I am definitely glad that I read them all. Each of them had a different style and I loved it. Great book
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