(urth) summer project idea

[Greg Bates]

RE: Novellas and TFHoC; i've got to imagine that part of the point behind
this project is to discuss and shed light on the less-tread portion of
Wolfe's bibliography. Cerberus has been pretty heavily discussed on here.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com>wrote:

> Do you already have a list (is the Internet Spec Data Base accurate--I
> wasn't sure if you'd call, for example, the chapbooks "short
> stories"--drawing a line with the novelettes/novellas or ???)?
>
> I don't think I have a great set of the short works, but maybe I'll
> participate as I can. (I started the year reading the four or so NESFA
> Zelazny collections but got sidetracked, as usual.)
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Daniel Petersen <
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.​com <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>>wrote:
>
>> Are you going to include the three novelettes that make up Fifth Head of
>> Cerberus as instances of short stories, or just leave them to one side as a
>> one unified piece?  Just curious...
>>
>> -DOJP
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I was talking to some list members this weekend, and a very common
>>> repetitive theme was that Wolfe's short fiction has recieved short shrift
>>> on the list.  SO ... since I will have four weeks in May with very little
>>> to do except read or play video games or work out, I have come up with a
>>> project for myself from which I thought we could all benefit.
>>>
>>> I will start with the earliest chronological stories of Gene and proceed
>>> with the most basic of summaries, my impressions if I have any that I think
>>> are worthwhile, and then perhaps a series of elements that I found
>>> confusing or would like to re-examine after I have read through the story
>>> twice with notes.  I will be on the look out for repetitive patterns of
>>> occurence or words that are used with mysterious misplaced connotation.
>>> this would be for the short stories.
>>>
>>> Obviously I don't think I will have insight into every story, but
>>> perhaps my confusion could drudge up some more relevant commentary or other
>>> questions.  The problem is ... stuff like the Dickens archipelago story
>>> might be beyond my allusive skill, because while I do think I can see
>>> patterns, I am actually not the most classically rigorous amongst us -
>>> thank a biochemistry degree and a love of numbers.  I might skip entirely
>>> oft discussed ones like Seven American Nights and Suzanne Delage in favor
>>> of more obscure ones.  As of right now I believe I have every story,
>>> collected and uncollected, even the drabble project 100 word one, so if
>>> anybody has any suggestions as to something they would like in the format
>>> of my initial posts I would be amenable to incorporating it so that we
>>> could easily spring into a general discussion.
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