tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567551.post4767298411300689783..comments2023-10-17T10:15:01.021+01:00Comments on Mantex ...: The Awakening and Other StoriesMANTEXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14711438259770578268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567551.post-78247712789912104152009-08-20T20:37:29.263+01:002009-08-20T20:37:29.263+01:00Well worth a read Skip! And 'The Awakening'...Well worth a read Skip! And 'The Awakening' is rightly regarded as something of a re-discovered classic.<br /><br />Short stories are in *commercial* decline - but people go on writing them as much as ever.<br /><br />They just don't sell as well as even the most mundane pot-boiling novel - as the shelves of any library or charity shop prove.MANTEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711438259770578268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567551.post-64959365715455324792009-08-20T19:54:24.679+01:002009-08-20T19:54:24.679+01:00Good review Roy. Made me want to read some of thes...Good review Roy. Made me want to read some of these stories. I thought short stories were in decline and had been for decades but I suppose the acclaim given recently to Alice Munroe suggests otherwise.skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.com