Author Topic: Short Story Thread (Read 972 times)

jocelyn · « **on:** February 02, 2008, 01:13:00 am »

Yeah... pretty nerdy. Anyhow we have a thread for "book" suggestions. Here is one specifically for short stories.

I just read "Girl With Curious Hair," part of a compilation of short stories by David Foster Wallace (yes, the same author whose book I suggested in the other thread.) I\'m feeling terribly unsettled after reading it; this is probably a good sign. Punkrockers, LSD, a pyromaniacal young Republican, a Keith Jarrett concert, etc... yikes.

FrankZappa · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2008, 01:18:41 am »

I always LOVED stephen Kings book called "night shift" It\'s a collection of some 40 short horror stories. That and my complete works of edgar allen poe are the best I\'ve read in a while.

I plan on getting a collection of jack londons work soon, I remember really liking his short stories as a kid.

leith · « **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2008, 01:26:59 am »

Quote from: FrankZappa;178530

I always LOVED stephen Kings book called "night shift" It\'s a collection of some 40 short horror stories. That and my complete works of edgar allen poe are the best I\'ve read in a while.

I plan on getting a collection of jack londons work soon, I remember really liking his short stories as a kid.

Night Shift is awesome. So many great stories.

jocelyn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2008, 12:39:27 pm »

Check out Jack London\'s essay "The Yellow Peril."

:rolleyes:

(Yeah, I loved Call of the Wild too.)

Blackieshamps · « **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2008, 01:19:15 pm »

"Voodoo Heart" by Scott Snyder is wonderful. its a book of 6 or 7 short stories that really moved me. I know Jim Cobb has read them also as we both know the author.

I also always loved "Jacob\'s Hands" by Aldous Huxley and Chris Isherwood

and of course, "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury is legendary

tyzack · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2008, 07:32:46 am »

I don\'t read anywhere near enough short stories, but i do have a book of asimov\'s short stories and a compilation claiming to be "100 best sci-fi shorts"

krispy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2008, 11:25:21 am »

Ray Bradbury "The illustrated man"

My favorite collection of shorts