My Favorite/Recommended Short Stories - Please tell me yours! - Page 5

Simon Wood · 04-02-2011, 11:48 PM

Some of my favs are:

Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity by David Morrell
At My Back I Always Hear by David Morrell
The Ehrengraph Defense by Lawrence Block
Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco by Seth Lindberg
Baby Cakes by Neil Gaiman
Mezzotint by MR James
The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacob
Triangle by Jeffrey Deaver
Without Jonathan by Jeffrey Deaver
The Weekend by Jeffrey Deaver
Some Things Don't Wash Off by Joel Arnold
1408 by Stephen King

TonyR · 04-03-2011, 04:38 PM

Fritz Leiber. SELECTED STORIES is available at Baen's Webscriptions site and also at Amazon's Kindle store.

Harlan Ellison. Check out his collections GENTLEMAN JUNKIE and SHATTERDAY in particular.

Joseph Epstein's collections THE GOLDIN BOYS and FABULOUS SMALL JEWS (the latter available for Kindle) are well worth a look.

There's not nearly enough of it available as ebooks, but the short fiction of Roger Zelazny, Theodore Sturgeon, Gerald Kersh, and Jorge Luis Borges.

Several volumes of Robert Silverberg's collected stories are available for Kindle. Ditto Richard Matheson's work.

To my knowledge none of Jack Finney's short fiction has been published in ebook formats, but if you enjoy good Twilight Zone-style fantasy you'll want to check out his collections THE THIRD LEVEL and I LOVE GALESBURG IN THE SPRINGTIME, both long out of print; the paperback collection ABOUT TIME includes selected stories from both these collections.

Bests to all,

Tony Rabig
[edit of self-promotion by moderation]

kennyc · 04-03-2011, 05:03 PM

Yeah, they just released those Silverberg volumes.

Ooooh! Just ran across this. The best of Fantasy and SF 60th anniversary anthology:

http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Fant...1864794&sr=1-2

Mario1up · 04-05-2011, 11:48 AM

Thanks for mentioning Saki! I hadn't heard of him before; I really like his stuff. Anybody know how many short stories he's done? I'm currently compiling 170 of his stories into epub and mobi formats. I want to make sure I get as many as I can.

FlorenceArt · 04-05-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mario1up

Thanks for mentioning Saki! I hadn't heard of him before; I really like his stuff. Anybody know how many short stories he's done? I'm currently compiling 170 of his stories into epub and mobi formats. I want to make sure I get as many as I can.

I bought his "complete works" on Books on Board and they mention 125 short stories, 3 novels and 3 plays. Either you have duplicates, or my "complete" works are not as complete as they claim.

Mario1up · 04-05-2011, 03:59 PM

Look at haytom.us. There are 170 on the stories page, if I'm counting right. One is in several chapters, though.
EDIT: Okay, before I had used a download manager to get all the stories, and I had judged by the number of files. After actually counting, I got 139.

Angst · 04-05-2011, 04:09 PM

O Henry. His works should be public domain by now. I couldn't find them on the MR book list though.

I especially liked:
-Last Leaf
-The Ransom of Red Chief (This was my mother's favorite!

I have no idea why.)
-A Retrieved Reformation
-Gift Of The Magi

Most his short stories are available online.

hrynkiw · 04-07-2011, 03:30 PM

Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson

OMG -- it's available online from Robinson's website.

"Copyright is a hot-button topic these days. Does information want to be free…or just reasonably priced? I discussed copyright at some length 25 years ago—a year before the first TCP/IP wide area network in the world went operational—two years before the first Macintosh went on sale!—in the following story. It won the 1983 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and I hope you’ll still find it illuminating today."

ebusinesstutor · 04-08-2011, 04:12 PM

Here are a few of my favorite short stories.

Nightfall - Isaac Asimov
The 9 Billion Names Of God - Arthur C Clarke
The Star - Arthur C Clarke
The Possessed - Arthur C Clarke
I Remember Babylon - Arthur C Clarke
Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein
What Good is a Glass Dagger? - Larry Niven
Not Long Before The End - Larry Niven
Inconstant Moon - Larry Niven
All The Myriad Ways - - Larry Niven
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex - Larry Niven
Home is the Hangman - Roger Zelazny
Horseman - Roger Zelazny
Last Defender of Camelot - Roger Zelazny

kennyc · 04-08-2011, 04:28 PM

Great set there! ebusinesstutor

Billjr13 · 04-08-2011, 05:15 PM

With the 25th anniversary of Stand by ME out on Blue Ray, I would like to add The Body by Stenphen King

BenG · 09-12-2011, 09:49 AM

Google Books has a preview of Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Pages are randomly missing but Samuel Delany's Driftglass seems to be intact.

http://books.google.com/books?id=usY...page&q&f=false

kennyc · 09-30-2011, 10:56 AM

Let's not let this thread languish.

Here's Bridesicle a fun read from Asimovs:

http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_1003/art/bridesicle.pdf

kennyc · 09-30-2011, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Google Books has a preview of Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Pages are randomly missing but Samuel Delany's Driftglass seems to be intact.

http://books.google.com/books?id=usY...page&q&f=false

Thanks for that Ben. I love Delany!

I have that hardback as well.

HomeInMyShoes · 09-30-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, Stephen King

I liked that one too.

I'm annoyed that Sarah Selecky's collection of short stories "This Cake is for the Party" isn't e-book available. It was nominated for the Giller Prize last year.

04-03-2011, 04:38 PM	#62
TonyR Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas Device: Kindle, Jetbook Lite, iPod Touch	Fritz Leiber. SELECTED STORIES is available at Baen's Webscriptions site and also at Amazon's Kindle store. Harlan Ellison. Check out his collections GENTLEMAN JUNKIE and SHATTERDAY in particular. Joseph Epstein's collections THE GOLDIN BOYS and FABULOUS SMALL JEWS (the latter available for Kindle) are well worth a look. There's not nearly enough of it available as ebooks, but the short fiction of Roger Zelazny, Theodore Sturgeon, Gerald Kersh, and Jorge Luis Borges. Several volumes of Robert Silverberg's collected stories are available for Kindle. Ditto Richard Matheson's work. To my knowledge none of Jack Finney's short fiction has been published in ebook formats, but if you enjoy good Twilight Zone-style fantasy you'll want to check out his collections THE THIRD LEVEL and I LOVE GALESBURG IN THE SPRINGTIME, both long out of print; the paperback collection ABOUT TIME includes selected stories from both these collections. Bests to all, Tony Rabig [edit of self-promotion by moderation] Last edited by dreams; 10-04-2011 at 03:17 PM. Reason: [edit of self-promotion by moderation]

04-03-2011, 05:03 PM	#63
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,901 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Yeah, they just released those Silverberg volumes. Ooooh! Just ran across this. The best of Fantasy and SF 60th anniversary anthology: http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Fant...1864794&sr=1-2 Last edited by kennyc; 04-03-2011 at 05:09 PM.

04-05-2011, 03:59 PM	#66
Mario1up Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 374 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3/G	Look at haytom.us. There are 170 on the stories page, if I'm counting right. One is in several chapters, though. EDIT: Okay, before I had used a download manager to get all the stories, and I had judged by the number of files. After actually counting, I got 139. Last edited by Mario1up; 04-05-2011 at 04:12 PM.

04-07-2011, 03:30 PM	#68
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson OMG -- it's available online from Robinson's website. "Copyright is a hot-button topic these days. Does information want to be free…or just reasonably priced? I discussed copyright at some length 25 years ago—a year before the first TCP/IP wide area network in the world went operational—two years before the first Macintosh went on sale!—in the following story. It won the 1983 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and I hope you’ll still find it illuminating today." Last edited by hrynkiw; 04-07-2011 at 03:37 PM.

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04-02-2011, 11:48 PM	#61
Simon Wood Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 400001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: California Device: none	Some of my favs are: Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity by David Morrell At My Back I Always Hear by David Morrell The Ehrengraph Defense by Lawrence Block Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco by Seth Lindberg Baby Cakes by Neil Gaiman Mezzotint by MR James The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacob Triangle by Jeffrey Deaver Without Jonathan by Jeffrey Deaver The Weekend by Jeffrey Deaver Some Things Don't Wash Off by Joel Arnold 1408 by Stephen King

04-05-2011, 11:48 AM	#64
Mario1up Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 374 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3/G	Thanks for mentioning Saki! I hadn't heard of him before; I really like his stuff. Anybody know how many short stories he's done? I'm currently compiling 170 of his stories into epub and mobi formats. I want to make sure I get as many as I can.

04-05-2011, 04:09 PM	#67
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,878 Karma: 52253556 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	O Henry. His works should be public domain by now. I couldn't find them on the MR book list though. I especially liked: -Last Leaf -The Ransom of Red Chief (This was my mother's favorite! I have no idea why.) -A Retrieved Reformation -Gift Of The Magi Most his short stories are available online.

04-08-2011, 04:12 PM	#69
ebusinesstutor Star Gawker Posts: 526 Karma: 6944314 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Here are a few of my favorite short stories. Nightfall - Isaac Asimov The 9 Billion Names Of God - Arthur C Clarke The Star - Arthur C Clarke The Possessed - Arthur C Clarke I Remember Babylon - Arthur C Clarke Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein What Good is a Glass Dagger? - Larry Niven Not Long Before The End - Larry Niven Inconstant Moon - Larry Niven All The Myriad Ways - - Larry Niven Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex - Larry Niven Home is the Hangman - Roger Zelazny Horseman - Roger Zelazny Last Defender of Camelot - Roger Zelazny

04-08-2011, 04:28 PM	#70
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,901 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Great set there! ebusinesstutor

04-08-2011, 05:15 PM	#71
Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	With the 25th anniversary of Stand by ME out on Blue Ray, I would like to add The Body by Stenphen King

09-12-2011, 09:49 AM	#72
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Google Books has a preview of Modern Classics of Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Pages are randomly missing but Samuel Delany's Driftglass seems to be intact. http://books.google.com/books?id=usY...page&q&f=false

09-30-2011, 10:56 AM	#73
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,901 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Let's not let this thread languish. Here's Bridesicle a fun read from Asimovs: http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_1003/art/bridesicle.pdf