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He\nstrikes a deal with the captain of the odd ship in order to save her. I\nwon't describe the ending so as to keep from spoiling it for someone else,\nbut hopefully someone can help me remember the name! Thanks!" } ] }, { "message_id": "<936791.55310.qm@smtp817.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Mo Holkar", "address": "lists at ukg.co.uk" }, "date": "2011-10-25T14:14:05+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Trying to remember short story ...", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 14:59 25/10/2011, you wrote:\nI am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think it \nwas from Endangered Species, but I am not sure). It involves a \nwoman and man on vacation at a beach house. The man sees a ship on \nthe horizon one day, and shortly after that, the girl disappears and \nhe goes searching for her. He strikes a deal with the captain of \nthe odd ship in order to save her. I won't describe the ending so \nas to keep from spoiling it for someone else, but hopefully someone \ncan help me remember the name! Thanks!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "It's called A Cabin on the Coast:\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.ACabinOnTheCoast\n\nbest,\n\nMo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/ " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Gwern Branwen", "address": "gwern0 at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-10-25T14:18:02+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Trying to remember short story ...", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Antonin Scriabin\n wrote:\nI am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think it was from\nEndangered Species, but I am not sure). It involves a woman and man on\nvacation at a beach house. The man sees a ship on the horizon one day, and\nshortly after that, the girl disappears and he goes searching for her. He\nstrikes a deal with the captain of the odd ship in order to save her. I\nwon't describe the ending so as to keep from spoiling it for someone else,\nbut hopefully someone can help me remember the name!? Thanks!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "_Endangered Species_'s first story, 'A Cabin on the Coast'." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "gwern\nhttp://www.gwern.net" } ] }, { "message_id": "<91F3A188E44145EDA2F47FEF29DE6D29@Rover>", "from": { "name": "Gerry Quinn", "address": "gerry at bindweed.com" }, "date": "2011-10-25T14:23:47+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Trying to remember short story ...", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "From: Antonin Scriabin " }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think\n it was from Endangered Species, but I am not sure). " }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "That’s “A Cabin on the Coast”. It’s the first story in Endangered Species, IIRC.\n- Gerry Quinn" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-10-25T14:25:31+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Trying to remember short story ...", "in_reply_to": "<91F3A188E44145EDA2F47FEF29DE6D29@Rover>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thanks guys. I don't have my copy of Endangered Species at the moment, so I\ncouldn't page through. Great story, by the way!" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:\n\n\n *From:* Antonin Scriabin \n\n > I am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think\n > it was from Endangered Species, but I am not sure).\n\n That’s “A Cabin on the Coast”. It’s the first story in Endangered\nSpecies, IIRC.\n\n - Gerry Quinn\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }