short story project so far

Marc Aramini · 02 Aug 2014, 12:14 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 05:14:12 -0700
Subject: (urth) short story project so far
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My first thought was something dramatic like "between the light and the
shadow: the fiction of Gene Wolfe" (implying the undistorted object itself,
but without resorting to "sun" in place of light) but I rather liked the
clever book of the short fiction/book of the long fiction.

Since I have more or less reached the 80s, this isn't entirely off topic- I
actually think the increasing influence of Kafka, while it had atmospheric
impact in a positive way for New Sun, problematizes interpretation of
Wolfe.  It makes the difficulty in discerning absurdity from elision a bit
more prominent. The Borgesian metafiction is easier to identify and more
localized (parkroads, last thrilling wonder story).  The syncretic
fairiefolk of cabin on the coast/friendship light/Monday men/twin
mounds also open up infinite frames of reference - does logic apply as
assiduously as it did in almost everything written before 1980?

On Saturday, August 2, 2014, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
> On 01/08/2014 13:31, David Stockhoff wrote:
>
> I'm in the same boat. What I need is a handy Aramini desk reference!
>
>
> It could be called 'The Wolfe Short Story Companion' or something.  Maybe
> some clever title could be invented that alludes to the companions that
> frequently attach themselves to the protagonist in Wolfe's stories.
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
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