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Jan. 20th, 2019 02:17 pmIs there a word in German for the feeling you get when you're reading, for the first time, a short story anthology by an author you really like, only all the best stories are the ones you've already read?
The closest I can come in English is disappointed, but of course it's silly to be disappointed, of course the best ones were the ones that got published in major magazines and passed around, this always happens, and anyway it's not like the others aren't good, they are, and look here's another one you've already read, gosh it's good, you remembered it was good but you didn't remember it was this good, why aren't the other ones this good?
(This post brought to you by Lesley Nnneka Arimah's What Does It Mean When a Man Falls From the Sky, which as far as I can tell is still available for $1.99 from most major ebook retailers. It's good! Just, you know. *gestures vaguely*)
The closest I can come in English is disappointed, but of course it's silly to be disappointed, of course the best ones were the ones that got published in major magazines and passed around, this always happens, and anyway it's not like the others aren't good, they are, and look here's another one you've already read, gosh it's good, you remembered it was good but you didn't remember it was this good, why aren't the other ones this good?
(This post brought to you by Lesley Nnneka Arimah's What Does It Mean When a Man Falls From the Sky, which as far as I can tell is still available for $1.99 from most major ebook retailers. It's good! Just, you know. *gestures vaguely*)
