Who's got em?
I like stuff in the vein of SciFi, couple personal favorites are Kurt Vonnegut - "Harrison Bergeron" and Isaac Asimov - "The Last Question." Roald Dahl has some great ones too, especially if you like twist endings. Who do yall read?
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Who's got em?
I like stuff in the vein of SciFi, couple personal favorites are Kurt Vonnegut - "Harrison Bergeron" and Isaac Asimov - "The Last Question." Roald Dahl has some great ones too, especially if you like twist endings. Who do yall read?
"Rattlesnakes" by Irvine Welsh
Does Shawshank Redemption count as a short story?
Not scifi: The Big Two=Hearted River by Hemingway.
Best collection: Rock Springs by Richard Ford
Borges.
"Funes the Memorious"
and a bunch of others by him are my favorites
Rescue Party and The Nine Billion Names of God, both by Arthur C. Clarke
Surface Tension by James Blish
To Build a Fire by Jack London
Nightfall by Asimov
A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
Every chapter of The Mad Scientists’ Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, particularly the one about the satchel of stolen money hidden in the Civil War cannon
Phil Dick authored a bunch of interesting and fun short SciFi stories.
The Woodpile by Russell Banks
The Tenth of December by George Saunders was a recent highlight.
Song of the Sausage Creature
by Hunter S. Thompson
Nod to the wiseQuote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
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" If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" A. Chigur
I grew up reading Vonnegut and Dahl. Now only seem to read short fiction in Harpers each month, and it's hit and miss for me. The writers in the genre that stand out for me are Alice Munro and Tim Winton. Hard to go wrong with either.
Thomas McGuane is my favorite these days.
I am in to war and dark stuff sometimes so I like chickamagua and occurrence at owl creek by Ambrose beirce. He's been dead over 100 years so all his stuff is on Wikipedia
Enjoyed that. ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by OldLarry
I teach Joyce's Eveline every year. I think its achingly beautiful, the kids think its just dang depressing.
check the trip reports in this forum. there are some great short storys.
A few that have stuck with me over the years:
"The Lottery" - Shirley Jackson
"Along The Scenic Route" - Harlan Ellison
"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said The Tick-Tock Man" - Harlan Ellison
"The Night They Missed The Drive-In" - Joe R. Lansdale
"On The Far Side of the Cadillac Desert" - Joe R. Lansdale
At The Jim Bridger is a great collection by Ron Carlson
Off the top of my head:
A Tell Tale Heart
A Cask of Amantillado
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Necklace
To Build a Fire
The Lottery
A Good Man is Hard to Find
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Haircut
The Dead by James Joyce
A good man is hard to find by Flannery O'Conner
Pirx the Pilot by Stanislav Lem
The Three Hermits by Leo Tolstoy.
The Body by Stephen King.
You may know it as the movie, Stand by Me
The Farmer's Daughter by Jim Harrison
Trout Magic by Robert Traver
The Old Man and The Sea - Hemingway - just so capturing and well written.
Night - Wiesel - read at an early age and so raw, real, and eye opening.
...both ~100 pages = novellas?
For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.
"Logging and Pimping and 'Your pal, Jim'"
"USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky"
Both by Norman Maclean
The Sun Also Rises
By nature, I'm a sci fi kinda guy. Lots of my favorites have already been mentioned. But Evaline is perhaps my favorite short story ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggins
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away I was responsible for a chunk of a certain startup. When I had a candidate who was hesitant to accept, or sometimes even really pursue, a job offer due to the perceived risk of going to a startup (and taking a big pay cut to boot), I'd send them a copy of Dubliners with Evaline bookmarked - and suggest they read it and give me a yell afterward if they were so inclined. It was a test.
I still recommend Evaline it to folks looking at big decisions and shrinking from risk. You should suggest that your students reread it regularly. IMO it is one of the greats in the English language - right up there with poetry of the class of Prufrock, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Ozymandias, etc... All in a few short pages. The more years I put behind me, the more profound its impact is.
A few by Borges:
The Circular Ruins
The Library of Babel
The Witness
Also: HP Lovecraft "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath"
Richard Matheson "I Am Legend" (not like the movie)
Both are sci fi
+1 to "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Night"
Does "Walden" by Thoreau count? I've probably read that thing a dozen times.
Also "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky.
"Short" it is not by any standard but that is a fantastic book.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmerrey
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Short story?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bromontana
Hemingway, although choosing one would be tough. Francis Macomber or The Capital of the World if I had to choose.
A close second would be Batard by Jack London. Maybe not as subtle or deep as others but I still love it. Plus it's London so there's a dog and dogs are awesome.
Killer. I didnt know he did anything besides the Devil's Dictionary which I dig.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevin267
To be fair, you can get through most of his stuff in a sitting if you are committed and have alcohol handy. To Have and Have Not took me two happy hours in Mexico last time. May as well add that one to the list as a great quick read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
I'm reading Armageddon in Retrospect right now and there is some great stuff in there. Rekindled some interest after I saw SH 5 at a local playhouse a few weeks ago. Well done except too many wangs.
Hadn't read that before; thanks. Just read it online; good stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by spindrift
I always dug London's To Build A Fire.