Thanks for the support, guys! <br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:31 AM, David Stockhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net" target="_blank">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">I'm in the same boat. What I need is a handy Aramini desk reference!
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<div>On 8/1/2014 7:12 AM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>I would read a printed book of them post-haste and with pleasure!
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Greg Bates <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gregory.a.bates@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregory.a.bates@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Marc Aramini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcaramini@gmail.com" target="_blank">marcaramini@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>All considered the project might be close to 2,000 pages or so when I am done. </div>
<div>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.</div>
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