7 early stories
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 07 Mar 2002
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Michael Andre-Driussi — 07 Mar 2002, 21:09

Adam Stephanides asked about some stories.  I'll quote Joan Gordon by way
of reply, adding a little:

> 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.

> Screen Test

"A non-science-fiction mystery story based on false assumptions."

It is a Chinese screen.  Art object, not motion-picture initiation.

> Volksweapon

"A straight mystery story"

A lake in the woods. Rape, murder, guns.  And a Volkswagon, of course.

> 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.

> It's Very Clean

"Who is real and who is not, in the sexual arena."

> Thou Spark of Blood

"A spaceship murder with allusions to _Macbeth_."

> King under the Mountain.

"A personal relationship between a man and a computer."

The computer is deep underground.

=mantis=

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