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

[Jordon Flato]

Having billed it as a 'best of all time' list, I'd say it's pretty lame.  It
is highly likely that this is a related but separate list.  I'm hoping so.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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