Salman Rushdie shares his picks for the best short stories of the past year. He’s edited The Best American Short Stories 2008, which features works by A.M. Homes, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, and lots more.
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Comments [1]
Leonard asked whether the internet might enable the serialized novel form again.
Several popular published SF authors have done this as user-supported content, including Hugo award-winning author Lawrence Watt-Evans.
http://www.watt-evans.com/realmsoflight0.html
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