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I had to skip "The Sound Sweeper" as well, I just wasn't feeling it and it too was LONG. The Sturgeon was nice and dreamlike and poetic. Love that dude.

I'm not really digging this story (What the Left Hand Was Doing) . I think I'm going to skip it and start the next one, which is The Sound Sweep by J.G. Ballard. Life's too short.

A Death in the House - now that's what I'm talking about! 5/5.

So that's what Flowers for Algernon is, eh? Pretty predictable.

[***] A Death in the House • (1959) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
[****] Mariana • (1960) • short story by Fritz Leiber
[****] Day at the Beach • (1959) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
[*] What the Left Hand Was Doing • (1960) • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by Darrell T. Langart]

[***] No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
[***] The Shoreline at Sunset • (1959) • short story by Ray Bradbury
[***] The Dreamsman • (1959) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
[*****] Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes

Read so far:

[***] The Handler • (1960) • short story by Damon Knight
[***] The Other Wife • (1960) • short story by Jack Finney
[*] No Fire Burns • (1959) • short story by Avram Davidson

[**] Multum in Parvo • (1959) • short story by Jack Sharkey