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Someone Like You [18 stories]
by Roald Dahl · first published 1953
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Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1953 by Alfred Knopf. The 18 stories featured are: Taste Lamb to the Slaughter Man from the South The Soldier My Lady Love, My Dove [Dip in the Pool](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504442W/Dip_in_
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…fiction writings of Roald Dahl, especially Man from the South which is the basis for the last one, Penthouse - "The Man from Hollywood" directed by Tarantino. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Rooms Someone Like You https://www.amazon.com/Someone-Like-You-Roald-Dahl/dp/014003... is a great collection of these short stories and a used copy may be had cheap!
on “In 1961, Roald Dahl Hosted His Own Version of 'The Twilight Zone'” ↗Hey! Here's some other collections of short stories you might like: - The Best Of Ruskin Bond - Roald Dahl - Someone Like You
on “Sea snakes are washing up on New Zealand’s shores” ↗…time, I was reminded of this story. Wow, they actually made what Roald Dahl described in the nineteen-fifties! Two further easter eggs that I particularly like about this story: * This story appeared in Someone Like You, published in 1953 by Alfred A. Knopf. The similarity between the publisher’s name and the character’s name Adolph Knipe is likely not a coincidence. * How very meta is the following fragment: “For…
on “The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1954) [pdf]” ↗