(urth) The Second? Best of Gene Wolfe

[Gerry Quinn]

A lot of those are in 'Endangered Species', which is a very good 
collection, though...

- Gerry Quinn


On 16/10/2014 17:56, Robert Pirkola wrote:
> In *The Best of Gene Wolfe* story collection, Mr. Wolfe writes small 
> blurbs about each
> story at its close.  After the final story in the volume, "A Cabin on 
> the Coast", Wolfe reveals
> that he himself chose the stories contained therein.  He also said 
> that we the reader has "every
> right to disagree, but don't tell me if you do; it won't accomplish a 
> thing.  Tell Tor Books instead.
> Name your favorite, and demand that it be included in a second volume."
>
> I think that this mailing list could probably discuss and come up with 
> a pretty good list of
> 30 or so stories to include in such a volume.  If we could come to a 
> consensus (now there's
> a likely story!) we could maybe submit it to Tor as our two cents. 
>  Below is a link to the WolfeWiki
> page listing the stories that were included in the first volume (add 
> "Christmas Inn" from
> the British version):
>
> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.TheBestOfGeneWolfe
>
> Here is a link to the WolfeWiki's full list of Gene Wolfe short stories:
>
> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.StoriesListByDate
>
>
> If you want to participate, select fifty (50) stories to nominate and 
> post it.  After everyone has
> had a reasonable amount of time to chime in, I will tally the votes 
> and publish the top thirty vote
> getters.  Any concerns about the list can be hashed out through 
> discussion after that.
> If anyone has an idea for a system more likely to produce a list 
> reflecting the opinions
> of the list, I would be open to suggestions.  Otherwise, why not give 
> it a go?
>
>
>
>
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