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Title: Few Gems, Mostly Paste
Review: With all the hype that "Invisible Circus" and "The Keep" have gotten, I thought that beginning with some of her short stories, would give me a better insight into the type of writer Egan is. But, I found myself very disappointed to the point where I don't think I'll read anymore of her stuff. Her stories are all written under the same style and except for the names of the characters and the places they are in, they seem to all follow the same pattern.Her stories are always about boredom, the paean of the rich, and contain enough ennui to fill a Paris Cafe. The stories about woman who have married for money are almost funny. The "what have I done with my life" and "what is my true identity" can give you a terminal case of melancholy.Because they all have the same basis bottom line, with a loud sigh, after a while they all blend into each other. They're probably a lot better if you read them one at a time as part of a magazine. But for me, blah.
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