(urth) short story project so far

[Marc Aramini]

Thanks for the support, guys!

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:31 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I'm in the same boat. What I need is a handy Aramini desk reference!
>
>
> On 8/1/2014 7:12 AM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen wrote:
>
> Marc, I haven't been able to do more than peruse a handful of the story
> commentaries you've posted here, but I've thoroughly enjoyed what I
> perused.
>
> I would read a printed book of them post-haste and with pleasure!
>
> -DOJP
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Greg Bates <gregory.a.bates at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> All I can say is that I've really enjoyed reading this series so far, and
>> I'd be all for putting it in a book format!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Well, I am about 33 percent done with Wolfe's published stories after
>>> this next one, "The Doctor of Death Island" ... I plan on skipping two
>>> numbers and returning to "The Eyeflash Miracles" and "Seven American
>>> Nights" after I consider them a bit more.
>>>
>>> I would really like to tear through the 80s more quickly than the 70s,
>>> and it should be possible since Wolfe's time on long novels and series
>>> vastly reduced the length and allusive depth of his short fiction. ...
>>> However, I feel that 7 American Nights and probably Cabin on the Coast in
>>> the early 80s marked a shift away from SF tropes to more fantastic ones,
>>> which are a bit less easy to mark "objectively" - some stories might
>>> actually have unresolvable mysteries, though I don't think anything written
>>> before 1980 actually does.
>>>
>>> The write-ups I feel are least satisfactory are "The Green Wall Said",
>>> "The Blue Mouse",  "Paul's Treehouse" - though I think the garment district
>>> uprising in "A Criminal Proceeding" and mentioned briefly in "Operation
>>> ARES" can explain who is actually rioting in that story, "Hour of Trust"
>>> (what is the name of the company running everything, whose symbol is gold
>>> stamped instruments? That write up gave me more problems than you would
>>> think) "The Island of Doctor Death an Other Stories", and perhaps the Thag
>>> stories.
>>>
>>> I am most satisfied with "The Changeling", "Many Mansions" - (those
>>> houses are luring people in and are merely dressed up as familiar, tempting
>>> human houses with mimicry, and might even be planting something,
>>> human-alien symbiotic style, inside people through the strong drink), "The
>>> HORARS of War", and "Trip, Trap" write ups.
>>>
>>> I already know exactly what type of essays I will be finishing up on
>>> Long Sun, Latro, and Home Fires, but the rest will take some time and I
>>> might not return to New Sun until the majority of the short fiction and
>>> shorter novels are done.
>>>
>>> All considered the project might be close to 2,000 pages or so when I am
>>> done.
>>> Of course it would need hefty revision and citation, but lately I have
>>> considered perhaps trying to publish it upon completion - short essays on
>>> the long fiction in front which would be my own thesis based developments,
>>> not comprehensive looks at all, and the story analysis section after that.
>>> A traditional publisher would never touch it, I imagine, and it would be
>>> far too big for a small or university press, but perhaps an ebook would
>>> work.  Anyone think that would be viable?  Should I even, say, try to split
>>> it in half?  Just thought I would see what you guys thought, as this has
>>> been a WHOLE lot of work, even though I love it.
>>>
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