# short stories

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 26 Jun 2003*

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### David Duffy
*26 Jun 2003, 05:45*

If Wolfe is a lesser short story writer, then why are the embedded stories 
(eg Peace) so good and so central to the novels ;)

A most memorable SF/fantastic short with world building has to be Philip
Jose Farmer's "Sail On, Sail On".

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