The best sci-fi stories are:The flaming lake, The slave and The curse.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Hi, dave george.
I haven't heard of any of those stories, and have no idea who they are by... could you give a bit more information and perhaps tell us a little more about why you like them? Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :
Also, Unaccompanied Sonata needs to be in there somewhere.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Those wouldn't happen to be three unpublished short stories by Dave George, would they?
Seriously, Teshi's got the right of it--those titles are obscure enough that without at least an author to go by it's unlikely that any of us will know who you're talking about.
What is it you like about these stories?
What other authors do you like?
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: Also, Unaccompanied Sonata needs to be in there somewhere.
Definately Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
It's interesting how there are some authors whose talent clearly lies more in the writing of short stories than of novels. Two of my favorite authors, William Sanders and Howard Waldrop, are that way, and if it weren't for A Song of Ice and Fire I'd say the same thing about Martin. LeGuin is a damned good author any way you look at it, but I think that I've been more deeply touched by her short stories than her novels.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I agree with you about LeGuin. I like Tales from Earthsea even more than the Earthsea novels.
The best short story in my opinion, though, is The Incredible Ice Cream Suit by Ray Bradbury. And it's not even Scifi!
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
For stories, I liked Press Enter by...oooh, I don't remember. Rawr.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
"Press Enter" is an incredible story. Who is that by? I've got about five anthologies that have it in it, but I'm drawing a blank.
If I had to pick a single favorite short story, it would probably be William Sander's "The Undiscovered", but it would be pretty close.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I think Press Enter is by John Varley. Correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't read it, but I've read a lot of John Varley's stuff, and I have a feeling it's by him.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
That sounds about right.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Also, "Rubber Bend" by Gene Wolfe.
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
I've just started reading Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, again and I'm adoring them...the stories are good on their own, but when you read them as a whole and in order they're so much better
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