(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

It's clearly a list  based on what's currently new on the stands. Given
that, it isn't a bad list.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:

> Let me rephrase that 'many' to 'any'.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Well, they picked their list.  Not having read many of them, I can't
>> comment, but of course I think it's ridiculous to not include New Sun.
>>
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137003853/mind-bending-sci-fi-books-for-a-fantastical-summer
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Daniel Petersen <
>> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You're probably right, Marc.  But being plunged into all that mystery
>>> through the wonders of Short Sun is still quite exciting and inviting.  I
>>> sometimes feel people on this board are far more into solving little (and
>>> huge) puzzles than they are into a sense of wonder, awe, magic, thrill,
>>> humanity, divinity, great writing, and so on in Gene Wolfe.  I know the
>>> puzzles are integral to his art - but I just don't feel like the other
>>> aspects get much air time.
>>>
>>> DOJP
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could read Long Sun before New or Short Sun, but starting at Short
>>>> Sun just ruins so many little cool things, like the whole "I caught the
>>>> ball, I won the game" thing at the end of On Blue's Water, Horn talking
>>>> about "his" dancing toy, things that undeniably let you know there is
>>>> something of Silk running around in that narrator.
>>>>  I like the published order, but Long and New should both be read
>>>> before Short.  If you don't have a thorough understanding of the positive
>>>> outlook of Silk and his "out of character" suicidal impulse Short Sun could
>>>> never make full sense.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On *Thu, 6/23/11, Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com
>>>> >* wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction
>>>> and
>>>> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
>>>> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 9:31 AM
>>>>
>>>> You know, I actually did read On Blue's Waters, then stopped and went
>>>> back and read Long Sun before then re-reading Blue and the rest of Short
>>>> Sun.  It was indeed a very, very strange experience - but hugely enticing.
>>>>  Unfortunately it took away some of the mystery I think I would have
>>>> encountered in reading Long Sun if I had had no or little clue what was
>>>> coming.
>>>>
>>>> I think John Clute wondered in a review whether jumping right into Wolfe
>>>> at Blue might be the best way.  I've always wondered the same.
>>>>
>>>> DOJP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Andrew Mason <
>>>> andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andrew.mason53@googlemail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM,  <entonio at gmail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=entonio@gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> Ha. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better!
>>>>
>>>> > I agree. But is it better if you haven't read "Short Sun?" (I *think*
>>>> > it is anyway, but I haven't experienced it in that order.)
>>>>
>>>> You read _Short Sun_ first? Was that not a rather puzzling experience?
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