There are a shitload of sci fi short stories I love, but I don't remember titles. Pick a couple Ray Bradburys at random, and you'll hit something. Asimov too.
Oh! Roald Dahl. I love his work too.
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2008 12:22:38 pm PST #3705 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:22:50 pm PST #3706 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oooh, those are all great. What about "Paul's Case" or "A Jury of Her Peers"?
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:23:19 pm PST #3707 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I love short stories. They may be my favorite vehicle.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:23:50 pm PST #3708 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
What are some of your favorite short stories?
Johnny Mnemonic. Mimsy Were the Borogoves. Nightfall by Isaac Asimov.
Susan W. - Jan 16, 2008 12:26:31 pm PST #3709 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I don't usually enjoy short stories as a reader and would have no idea how to write one, because, and I know this will sound silly, they're too short. I like more time to connect to the fictional world and characters. My favorite thing as a reader and my dream of developing as a writer is something like Sharpe or Aubrey/Maturin--20 or so novels about a good character sounds just about right to me.
Daisy Jane - Jan 16, 2008 12:27:45 pm PST #3710 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Bartleby!
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2008 12:27:52 pm PST #3711 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, Gibson has some great ones. "The Belonging Kind," "Fragments of a Hologram Rose."
-t - Jan 16, 2008 12:28:33 pm PST #3712 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah, "Lamb to the Slaughter".
I wish it was easier to track down short stories based on content.
Cashmere - Jan 16, 2008 12:29:59 pm PST #3713 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, yeah, Gibson has some great ones. "The Belonging Kind," "Fragments of a Hologram Rose."
New Rose Hotel.
Ginger - Jan 16, 2008 12:32:22 pm PST #3714 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Masque of the Red Death. The Fall of the House of Usher. Rappacini's Daughter. The Gift of the Magi. The Ransom of Red Chief. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Clarke's The Nine Billion Names of God. Avram Davidson's Or All the Seas with Oysters.