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	S. 3.85 avg rating — 28,308 ratings — published 2013 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alive in Necropolis 3.27 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alcoholics by Jim Thompson, Doug Dorst (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.36 avg rating — 897 ratings — published 1953 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Surf Guru: Stories 3.43 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSweeney's #11 by Dave Eggers (Editor), A.G. Pasquella (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brent Hoff (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Barber (Contributor), Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Candidate in Bloom by Doug Dorst (Goodreads Author), Mia Gaskin (Narrator) 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Straka's original ending found?

Also on JH's tumblr:
- Review of Ship of Theseus in McKay's Magazine, 1950.
- Straka obit from Baltimore Bugle-Dispatch.

EotvosWheel.com: JW Dominguez's guide to all things Straka. Candidate bios, rare photos, and much more. Read more of this blog post »

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“What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin.”
― Doug Dorst, S.

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“-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.
-Because the reader changes.
-EXACTLY”
― Doug Dorst, S.

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“Do you always travel with such cumbersome books?" "I don't trust anyone who wouldn't.”
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