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The Second? Best of Gene Wolfe
Marc Aramini · 16 Oct 2014, 17:56
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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:56:44 -0700 Subject: (urth) The Second? Best of Gene Wolfe In-Reply-To: <CAJ8=rtitAbqNOUN1p0U-nmauZDqs1vJ2VpfgtROO0-YAz-P=ZQ at mail.gmail.com> References: <BAY172-W149B39819E447BAF94DD23DFAB0 at phx.gbl> <5440029D.6090606 at bindweed.com> <CAJ8=rtitAbqNOUN1p0U-nmauZDqs1vJ2VpfgtROO0-YAz-P=ZQ at mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <CAF1072y0wLYfQkFzcuV+_h-wOd0th7c-+76SU7xox=nRCVCZpQ at mail.gmail.com> Oh my god how could I leave off the changeling? Probably my favorite Wofe story, I just assumed it was in the first one without thinking about it. On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote: > To my amazement, when I totted up my favorites and removed those in the > first volume, I came up with exactly fifty. > > 1. Against the Lafayette Escadrille > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AgainstTheLafayetteEscadrille> > > 2. Ain't You 'Most Done? > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AintYouMostDone?> > > 3. Alien Stones > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AlienStones> > > 4. And When They Appear > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AndWhenTheyAppear> > > 5. Bluesberry Jam > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.BluesberryJam> > > 6. Build-A-Bear > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Build-A-Bear> > > 7. Copperhead > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Copperhead> > > 8. Counting Cats in Zanzibar > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.CountingCatsInZanzibar> > > 9. Dumpster World > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.DumpsterWorld> > > 10. Feather Tigers > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.FeatherTigers> > > 11. Frostfree > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Frostfree> > > 12. Golden City Far > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.GoldenCityFar> > > 13. Houston, 1943 > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Houston1943> > > 14. How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheBishopSailedToIniskeen> > > 15. How the Whip Came Back > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheWhipCameBack> > > 16. In Glory Like Their Star > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.InGloryLikeTheirStar> > > 17. King Rat > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.KingRat> > > 18. La Befana > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.LaBefana> > > 19. Loco Parentis > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.LocoParentis> > > 20. Memorare > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Memorare> > > 21. Monster > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Monster> > > 22. No Planets Strike > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.NoPlanetsStrike> > > 23. Rattler > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Rattler> > > 24. St. Brandon (Excerpt) > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.StBrandon> > > 25. Suzanne Delage > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.SuzanneDelage> > > 26. The Blue Mouse > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheBlueMouse> > > 27. The Cat <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheCat> > > 28. The Changeling > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheChangeling> > > 29. The Death of Dr. Island > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheDeathOfDrIsland> > > 30. The Death of Koshchei the Deathless > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheDeathOfKoshcheiTheDeathless> > > 31. The Fat Magician > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheFatMagician> > > 32. The Hero as Werwolf > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHeroAsWerwolf> > > 33. The HORARS of War > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHORARSofWar> > > 34. The Hour of the Sheep > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHourOfTheSheep> > > 35. The Legend of Xi Cygnus > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheLegendOfXiCygnus> > > 36. The Map <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheMap> > > 37. The Nebraskan and the Nereid > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheNebraskanAndTheNereid> > > 38. The Night Chough > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheNightChough> > > 39. The Old Woman in the Young Woman > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheOldWomanInTheYoungWoman> > > 40. The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheOldWomanWhoseRollingPinIsTheSun> > > 41. The Seraph From Its Sepulcher > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheSeraphFromItsSepulcher> > > 42. The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheTaleOfTheRoseAndTheNightingale> > > 43. The Tale of the Student and His Son > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheTaleOfTheStudentAndHisSon> > > 44. The Ziggurat > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheZiggurat> > > 45. Three Fingers > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.ThreeFingers> > > 46. Three Million Square Miles > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.ThreeMillionSquareMiles> > > 47. Tracking Song > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TrackingSong> > > 48. Trip, Trap > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TripTrap> > > 49. Under Hill > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.UnderHill> > > 50. Why I Was Hanged > <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.WhyIWasHanged> > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gerry at bindweed.com');>> wrote: > >> >> A lot of those are in 'Endangered Species', which is a very good >> collection, though... >> >> - Gerry Quinn >> >> >> >> On 16/10/2014 17:56, Robert Pirkola wrote: >> >> In *The Best of Gene Wolfe* story collection, Mr. Wolfe writes small >> blurbs about each >> story at its close. After the final story in the volume, "A Cabin on the >> Coast", Wolfe reveals >> that he himself chose the stories contained therein. He also said that >> we the reader has "every >> right to disagree, but don't tell me if you do; it won't accomplish a >> thing. Tell Tor Books instead. >> Name your favorite, and demand that it be included in a second volume." >> >> I think that this mailing list could probably discuss and come up with >> a pretty good list of >> 30 or so stories to include in such a volume. If we could come to a >> consensus (now there's >> a likely story!) we could maybe submit it to Tor as our two cents. Below >> is a link to the WolfeWiki >> page listing the stories that were included in the first volume (add >> "Christmas Inn" from >> the British version): >> >> >> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.TheBestOfGeneWolfe >> >> Here is a link to the WolfeWiki's full list of Gene Wolfe short stories: >> >> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.StoriesListByDate >> >> >> If you want to participate, select fifty (50) stories to nominate and >> post it. After everyone has >> had a reasonable amount of time to chime in, I will tally the votes and >> publish the top thirty vote >> getters. Any concerns about the list can be hashed out through >> discussion after that. >> If anyone has an idea for a system more likely to produce a list >> reflecting the opinions >> of the list, I would be open to suggestions. Otherwise, why not give it >> a go? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List >> To post, write urth at urth.net <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','urth at urth.net');> >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Urth Mailing List >> To post, write urth at urth.net >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','urth at urth.net');> >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net >> > > > > -- > Dan'l Danehy-Oakes > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20141016/b7103d64/attachment-0001.htm>
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