jdecarlo@mitre.ARPA (07/15/85)
From: jdecarlo@mitre.ARPA > From: Glen Daniels <MLY.G.DANIELS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> > Subject: Best of shorts poll > >In your opinion, what are the BEST SF shorts? I would really like >to have a consensus of votes from the SF-Lovers people, to see >which ones I should watch for that I haven't seen yet, if for no >other reason... Just thought I would add a few of my favorites (off the top of my head). Although I am certainly *no* expert. 1. Orson Scott Card, "Unaccompanied Sonata" (One of few to make me cry, and only one to make me cry every time I reread it.) 2. Alan Dean Foster, "With Friends Like These" (My favorite "Humans are the best and can do anything" story) 3. George Alec Effinger, "At the Bran Foundry" (Just great.) 4. R.A. Lafferty, "Days of Grass, Days of Straw" (ditto). For older stories, I recommend The_Science_Fiction_Hall_Of_Fame, Vol. One, edited by Robert Silverberg. More generally, (in *my* book) anything by George Alec Effinger or R. A. Lafferty. In fact, I have tried to get my hands on as much of their stuff as possible (I recommend Nine_Hundred_Grandmothers for Lafferty's stories.), but I would be in debt to anyone who could lead me to a comprehensive list of stories/novels by these two authors. John DeCarlo <jdecarlo@mitre>
mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) (07/18/85)
For short stories, nothing beat Lin Carter's Best of Fantasy
and Flashing Swords. Thieves' World #1 was hearty as well.
Regarding individual authors, I recommend the Dilvish the Damned
collection by Zelazny and the "Swords against ... " by Leiber.
BUT-
The Absolute BEST shorts I read came from Craig Shaw Gardner.
I've only seen a couple of his stories and much to my dismay I cannot
find any anthology or further works. Anyone who has read about his
remarkable wizard, Ebenezum, will agree with me. If anyone has an idea
where I can get a hold of more of his work please post it. The few I've
found came in Lin Carter's series.
Moshe Eliovson
{allegra, ihnp4}!we53!busch!mtemary@bunkerb.UUCP (Mary Shurtleff) (07/18/85)
> From: Glen Daniels <MLY.G.DANIELS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> > Subject: Best of shorts poll > >In your opinion, what are the BEST SF shorts? I would really like >to have a consensus of votes from the SF-Lovers people, to see >which ones I should watch for that I haven't seen yet, if for no >other reason... Try "Slow Sculpture", by Theodore Sturgeon. It's not a high-action, hard-science kind of story, but exceptionally well-written. I found the language and characters to be evocative and moving. M. Shurtleff ....decvax!ittvax!bunker!bunkerb!mary "Anyone for a jelly baby?"
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (07/19/85)
In article <457@busch.UUCP> mte@busch.UUCP (Moshe Eliovson) writes: > > For short stories, nothing beat Lin Carter's Best of Fantasy >and Flashing Swords. Thieves' World #1 was hearty as well. If you like Theives' World, I just found an anthology in a similar vein that people ought to really like. It is called "Liavek" and is edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull. It includes stories by people like Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, and Barry Longyear. The best story in the book was, I think, "An Act of Contrition" by our dear friend SZKB, but all of the stories are of high quality. -- :From the ex-USENET fascist: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside!
brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) (07/22/85)
> > If you like Theives' World, I just found an anthology in a similar vein > that people ought to really like. It is called "Liavek" and is edited by > Will Shetterly and Emma Bull. It includes stories by people like Gene > Wolfe, Jane Yolen, and Barry Longyear. The best story in the book was, > I think, "An Act of Contrition" by our dear friend SZKB, but all of the > stories are of high quality. > -- > :From the ex-USENET fascist: Chuq Von Rospach > {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA > > Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside! Aw, shucks. -- SKZB