<div dir="ltr">I would rather have seen Eyebem and The Changeling than On the Train and Parkroads, but that's just my taste. Don't get me wrong, I can see the appeal of both stories, but just don't feel they are among Wolfe's best. It could be as you say that Wolfe considers On the Train to be good because it appeared in the New Yorker. I also miss A Solar Labyrinth and Silhouette. Oh well. I suppose the stories were not only chosen because they are his best, but because they show Wolfe's range and diversity.<br>
<br>-Aaron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Matthew Keeley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com">matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Matthew Groves<br>
<<a href="mailto:matthewalangroves@gmail.com">matthewalangroves@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Some strange choices here. Parkroads? On the Train? It's not that these<br>
> are not good; they just don't seem representative. I think novel excerpts<br>
> would have been good, such as the alzabo episode.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, but "On the Train" is (sadly) the only Wolfe story accepted by<br>
The New Yorker, so he has a soft spot for it. Or he did when he wrote<br>
the introduction to Storeys from the Old Hotel.<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
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