Jo498 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Would something of the length of a Dunk & Egg novella be considered a short story? This is clearly not the place to pick nits, but I thought "novellas" were usually considerably longer than "short stories". (I would not have considered Garcia Marquez "Chronicle" a short story either.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Short stories are up to about 20,000 words. Novellas are about 20-40,000 words. After that you're dealing with a novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tyrion I Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 "Marionettes Inc." by Ray Bradbury It's still my favorite since high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 There are so, so many great ones! I would like to third Ted Chiang's "Story of your Life" and would urge anybody who is anybody to read the collection of which it is a part. My absolute favourite is Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones who walk away from Omelas". I adore George's "The Monkey Treatment" and "Unsound Variations" among others. "A House Taken Over" by Julio Cortázar. Creepy and amazing. "The Fluted Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi and would recommend the collection "Pump Six and Other Stories". Kelly Link's "Louise’s Ghost" is weird but fun. I could go on. I guess we all could :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Would something of the length of a Dunk & Egg novella be considered a short story? This is clearly not the place to pick nits, but I thought "novellas" were usually considerably longer than "short stories". (I would not have considered Garcia Marquez "Chronicle" a short story either.)D&E are novellas. first one is a nice formal example, even, with a tidy anagnoritic schwerpunkt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Not much to add. I would second "A Good Man is Hard to Find" "In the Penal Colony" and "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" for mainstream work and "The Story of Your Life" , "Terminus" and "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas" for genre. Also, "The Library of Babel" by Borges and "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Guess I'll have to pick up some stuff by Ted Chiang, then, with recommendations like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False Alarm Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 some favorites: 'O Logos, Terrence HoltTracking Song, Gene WolfeSeven American Nights, Gene WolfeA Good Man Is Hard to Find, Flannery O'ConnorThe Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule, Lucius ShepardThe Joy and Melancholy Baseball Trivia Quiz, Ken KalfusPu-239, Ken KalfusStory of your Life, Ted ChiangTower of Babylon, Ted ChiangCar Crash While Hitchhiking, Denis Johnson "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is also pretty kickass, and i think anyone who likes boxing would love "Rocket Man" by Thom Jones (and probably a lotta Jones's other stuff too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 "A House Taken Over" by Julio Cortázar. Creepy and amazing. How did I forget Cortazar? Check out all of Blow-Up and Other Stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroclasticFlow Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, anthology of short stories. Personal favorites: "The Cape" - so, so subtly evil"The Black Phone" - classic horror"Pop Art" - beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seswatha Jordan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I really like the D&E tales too but I've often wondered how they'd read if you were new to the ASOIAF universe, as a stand alone. I'd love to hear from someone that read them before the novels. I was devasted when it was announced that Dangerous Women wouldn't include a Dunk and Egg story but instead the Dance of Dragons back history.Very slim chance that read Dunk & Egg on this forum, and not ASOIAF........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, anthology of short stories. Personal favorites: "The Cape" - so, so subtly evil"The Black Phone" - classic horror"Pop Art" - beautifulI was going to mention Pop art. Wonderful weird story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway of course. Favorite SF - Frederick Pohl The Day after the Day the Martians came. http://will.tip.dhappy.org/blog/Compression%20Trees/.../book/by/Frederik%20Pohl/The%20Day%20After%20The%20Day%20The%20Martians%20Came/Frederik%20Pohl%20-%20The%20Day%20After%20The%20Day%20The%20Martians%20Came.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I really like the D&E tales too but I've often wondered how they'd read if you were new to the ASOIAF universe, as a stand alone. I'd love to hear from someone that read them before the novels.I read The Hedge Knight first in the Legends anthology and thought Dunk and Egg were great characters. Then I picked up AGoT expecting more of the same and was not disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlady B Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 How did I forget Cortazar? Check out all of Blow-Up and Other Stories.Cortazar is my favourite short story teller!! Also check out Bestiario, by far my fav book of him. Sorry, I don't know the translated titles, but in case is not thesame book you mentioned, "historias de cronopios y de famas". Kafka is also great, but really depressing...Another great collection of short stories is "stories of love madness and death" by quiroga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reckoner Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ed Greenwood's Elminster stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Circular RuinsThree Versions of Judasboth written by Jorge Luis Borges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mountain That Flies Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 If I were to give a top three, it would be (in no particular order);The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest HemingwayThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnelA Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ed Greenwood's Elminster stuff. Well, this took a turn for the worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crom Dubh Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Well, this took a turn for the worse. Insightful comment, whine explain more please. --- I second the "Gene Wolfe writes best short stories" comment. His one about the chess-gladiators was my favorite, I think. KJ Parker's short stories are also great: particularly enjoy "The Sun and I," and "The Things We do for Love." Sub Press has them both for free, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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