(urth) The Second? Best of Gene Wolfe

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

To my amazement, when I totted up my favorites and removed those in the
first volume, I came up with exactly fifty.

1.     Against the Lafayette Escadrille
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AgainstTheLafayetteEscadrille>

2.     Ain't You 'Most Done?
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AintYouMostDone?>

3.     Alien Stones
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AlienStones>

4.     And When They Appear
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.AndWhenTheyAppear>

5.     Bluesberry Jam
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.BluesberryJam>

6.     Build-A-Bear
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Build-A-Bear>

7.     Copperhead
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Copperhead>

8.     Counting Cats in Zanzibar
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.CountingCatsInZanzibar>

9.     Dumpster World
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.DumpsterWorld>

10.  Feather Tigers
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.FeatherTigers>

11.  Frostfree
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Frostfree>

12.  Golden City Far
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.GoldenCityFar>

13.  Houston, 1943
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Houston1943>

14.  How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheBishopSailedToIniskeen>

15.  How the Whip Came Back
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheWhipCameBack>

16.  In Glory Like Their Star
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.InGloryLikeTheirStar>

17.  King Rat <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.KingRat>

18.  La Befana
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.LaBefana>

19.  Loco Parentis
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.LocoParentis>

20.  Memorare
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Memorare>

21.  Monster <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Monster>

22.  No Planets Strike
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.NoPlanetsStrike>

23.  Rattler <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.Rattler>

24.  St. Brandon (Excerpt)
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.StBrandon>

25.  Suzanne Delage
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.SuzanneDelage>

26.  The Blue Mouse
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheBlueMouse>

27.  The Cat <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheCat>

28.  The Changeling
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheChangeling>

29.  The Death of Dr. Island
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheDeathOfDrIsland>

30.  The Death of Koshchei the Deathless
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheDeathOfKoshcheiTheDeathless>

31.  The Fat Magician
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheFatMagician>

32.  The Hero as Werwolf
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHeroAsWerwolf>

33.  The HORARS of War
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHORARSofWar>

34.  The Hour of the Sheep
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheHourOfTheSheep>

35.  The Legend of Xi Cygnus
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheLegendOfXiCygnus>

36.  The Map <http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheMap>

37.  The Nebraskan and the Nereid
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheNebraskanAndTheNereid>

38.  The Night Chough
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheNightChough>

39.  The Old Woman in the Young Woman
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheOldWomanInTheYoungWoman>

40.  The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheOldWomanWhoseRollingPinIsTheSun>

41.  The Seraph From Its Sepulcher
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheSeraphFromItsSepulcher>

42.  The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It)
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheTaleOfTheRoseAndTheNightingale>

43.  The Tale of the Student and His Son
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheTaleOfTheStudentAndHisSon>

44.  The Ziggurat
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TheZiggurat>

45.  Three Fingers
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.ThreeFingers>

46.  Three Million Square Miles
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.ThreeMillionSquareMiles>

47.  Tracking Song
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TrackingSong>

48.  Trip, Trap
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.TripTrap>

49.  Under Hill
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.UnderHill>

50.  Why I Was Hanged
<http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.WhyIWasHanged>

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
> 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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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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