Adam Stephanides asked about some stories. I'll quote Joan Gordon by way of reply, adding a little:
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Mountains Like Mice
"Wolfe's first published science-fiction story, this is an initiation story showing his characteristic interest in myth."
Hmmm. It has something of the feel of "`A Story' by John V. Marsch." It is set on a terraformed Mars, iirc.
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Screen Test
"A non-science-fiction mystery story based on false assumptions."
It is a Chinese screen. Art object, not motion-picture initiation.
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Volksweapon
"A straight mystery story"
A lake in the woods. Rape, murder, guns. And a Volkswagon, of course.
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The Green Wall Said
"Crossed communications and the value of humanity."
Hmmm. A "Hollywood bowl" type dingus writes out a message from the stars, fragment by fragment.
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It's Very Clean
"Who is real and who is not, in the sexual arena."
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Thou Spark of Blood
"A spaceship murder with allusions to Macbeth."
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King under the Mountain.
"A personal relationship between a man and a computer."
The computer is deep underground.
=mantis=