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Originally Posted by kennyc
Then in that case I would say, you really don't have any favorites. 
and are more interested in making lists and tallying things up than experiencing the stories, eh? A collector or a marketeer.
This thread is supposed to be about your FAVORITE short stories, not a just a list of them. |
Kenny, 100 short stories would fit in the space of 10 fat novels. I've got that many favorites short length stories. (Of course I prefer short length to novels anyway...)
Favorites not on the thread.
Masterpieces.
On The Sand Planet - Cordwainer Smith (My personal favorite of all stories, any type, anywhere)
Thunder and Roses - Theodore Sturgeon
A Saucer Full Of Loneliness - Theodore Sturgeon
The Man Who Lost the Sea - Theodore Sturgeon (too many Sturgeons? Which one should I leave out?)
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell - Cordwainer Smith
The Deathbird - Harlan Ellison
The Wall - Arthur C. Clarke
It's A Beautiful Day - Issac Asimov
The Ugly Little Boy - Issac Asimov
Daemon - Catherine L. Moore
Good time favorites.
Who Needs Insurance? - Robin Scott
The Little Black Bag - C.M. Kornbluth
The Proud Robot - Henry Kuttner
Nuisance Value - Eric Frank Russell
If This Goes On- - Robert A. Heinlein
Lost Paradise - Catherine L. Moore
Try And Change The Past - Fritz Lieber
Brain Wave (Novella version) - Poul Anderson
Rumfuddle - Jack Vance
The Streets of Ashkelon - Harry Harrison
Riders Of The Purple Wage - Philip Jose' Farmer
Surface Tension - James Blish
and I could have added 50 more, all old favs I read every 5-10 years....