Rostrum, take up thy pitchfork

Michael Straight · 21 Mar 2002, 17:57 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Rostrum, take up thy pitchfork
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:57:05 -0500 (EST)
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Michael Andre-Driussi wrote:

> >There's an awful lot of uncollected short stories out there, so I was
> >wondering if those of you who have tracked them down might suggest which
> >are the most worth chasing.  What are some of the best Wolfe stories not
> >found in the common anthologies (e.g., the ones I have):
>=20
> Ah, this is the trickiest part of your request.  First we have to find at
> least two people who have read a fraction of these stories, then we have =
to
> argue over rating/ranking them.  Big Job!

I'm sorry.  I had the impression that you and some of the other folks on
the list had read a lot of these stories in magazines or elsewhere and
might have a favorite to recommend.  I'd hate to go to just pick one at
random, work hard at tracking it down, only to find it as forgettable
as...that one online about the new president, the name of which I forget.

If you'd read something as wonderful as "Tracking Song" or
"Forlessen," you wouldn't need to argue about whether to recommend it!

-Rostrum

--=20

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