(urth) The Second? Best of Gene Wolfe

[Marc Aramini]

Oh my god how could I leave off the changeling? Probably my favorite Wofe
story, I just assumed it was in the first one without thinking about it.

On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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