limitations of short fiction

Anthony Ferrara · 27 Jun 2003, 20:08 · from urth-v0306.mbox · original

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From: Anthony Ferrara <ajferrara72 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) limitations of short fiction
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:08:57 -0700 (PDT)
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A great master of "world-building" in the short story form, in my opinion, is R.A. Lafferty. In a few  pages he can evoke a whole world and even a whole universe for the matter.

Anthony

Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com> wrote:

Precisely: she uses stock sf and fairy tale stuff, and because each 
item
has a bookload of association behind it (from space adventure tales to
Brothers Grimm) she is able to tap into "world-building" power without 
the
wordcount.  It's all done by association.

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A great master of "world-building" in the short story form, in my opinion, is R.A. Lafferty. In a few  pages he can evoke a whole world and even a whole universe for the matter.</D 
AnthonyMichael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com> wrote:

Precisely: she uses stock sf and fairy tale stuff, and because each itemhas a bookload of association behind it (from space adventure tales toBrothers Grimm) she is able to tap into "Do you Yahoo!?
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