tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post708565314848340343..comments2024-02-16T14:10:12.166+08:00Comments on Bibliophile Stalker: Essay: You’re Not Reading Enough Short StoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-46417357880321416522008-04-14T08:04:00.000+08:002008-04-14T08:04:00.000+08:00I see you enjoyed "Devil's Cape"; if you are inter...I see you enjoyed "Devil's Cape"; if you are interested in some short stories in that same vein (superheroes), check out A Thousand Faces at www.thousand-faces.com <BR/><BR/>New issue goes online at the end of April, so there's a couple weeks left of the current one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-10543929002534918732008-04-09T13:11:00.000+08:002008-04-09T13:11:00.000+08:00Well, I finally finished reading Tales of Fantasy ...Well, I finally finished reading Tales of Fantasy and Enchantment and I just realized that when I read a really good short story, I'm inspired to write one myself. But when I read an 'eh' short story, I just shake my head. Don't know why inspiration works for me than wanting to write a better story.banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-37659814669411962552008-04-09T10:09:00.000+08:002008-04-09T10:09:00.000+08:00Charles: Oh, no I'm not reading it every day. Mo...Charles: Oh, no I'm not reading it every day. Most of the stuff I've been reading has been sitting around on a break for a while. I very rarely write something, edit it, and send it out all in one go, unless it's especially short. Longer shorts tend to get written, sit around in a folder for a few weeks or a month, and then I go back and fix them up. The good news is that I've been able to do this rather consistently in the past, so I'm sending lots of things out.<BR/>But I get what you mean.<BR/><BR/>I really liked Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", which is why I'm doing a course on him. I'm really enjoying his nonfiction from "The Shifting Realities of PKD". He's one heck of a philosopher. I'm also reading "Lies, Inc.", "Ubik" and some shorts ("We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", "Minority Report", "The Golden Man" and a few others). So I'm getting a good dose of PKD at the moment. It's good stuff though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-16902681966504063482008-04-09T09:39:00.000+08:002008-04-09T09:39:00.000+08:00I'm the only one addicted to books in my family, s...I'm the only one addicted to books in my family, so what readables my cousins do have are our Pinoy romance pocketbooks. I still have old typewritten manuscripts of me attempting to make my own Pinoy Taglish romance and I have a notebook filled with plot ideas!<BR/><BR/>The community of short story readers seems to be small. It's novels that can carry you in a conversation in forums and chatrooms. Perhaps this is why people pick up novels when they pick up books. <BR/><BR/>I didn't even finish high school, so I couldn't agree with you more that reading, more than classes, makes a writer. <BR/><BR/>Interesting that when I decided to submit to Mr Alfar's antho, I gobbled all the files in LitCritters and studied them along with the ones in Story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-10049899897135212922008-04-09T09:24:00.000+08:002008-04-09T09:24:00.000+08:00Mary: Will check out "The Sturgeon's Tale.... BTW ...<B>Mary:</B> Will check out "The Sturgeon's Tale.... BTW just finished reading <I>Twenty Epics</I> and I enjoyed your story there.<BR/><BR/><B>SMD:</B> Usually I need some distance from my own fiction (as opposed to reading them every single day) to edit them effectively but if it works for you...<BR/><BR/>Philip K. Dick in my opinion excels more in his short fiction work rather than his novels (although I did enjoy <I>Ubik</I>).Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773038335190893557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-9250538665968172342008-04-09T09:19:00.000+08:002008-04-09T09:19:00.000+08:00Well, this might sound self-centered, but most of ...Well, this might sound self-centered, but most of the shorts I've been reading have been my own. But I have a good reason: I'm editing them for submission.<BR/>On a side note, I am a fan of the short form. I love it and when it is done especially well it always stick with me. I'm actually doing an independent study course on the works of Philip K. Dick and I intentionally put in a few of his short stories because I've never read his short fiction. It's going to be awesome!<BR/>I did also read a short story collection by Paul Melko called Ten Sigmas which I found to be amazing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8903848080840259127.post-21654357254888562422008-04-09T08:39:00.000+08:002008-04-09T08:39:00.000+08:00Lately it seems like I mostly read short fiction. ...Lately it seems like I mostly read short fiction. The latest issue of Sybil's Garage has some good things in it. I'm also particularly fond of the stories in "The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories" by Cat Rambo and Jeff Vandermeer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com