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Short Story
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: March 17, 2011 10:08AM

Howdy, I'm holding a short story night for someone's birthday and was just wondering if anyone could recommend something good for me to read. Previously I've done Zelazny and Conan Doyle and have kind of run out of stories short enough to be disposed of in 15 to 20 minutes.

Egon the Spengler.

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: March 17, 2011 10:32AM

Oscar Wilde?



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Re: Short Story
Posted by: ibborobb (217.196.236.---)
Date: March 17, 2011 01:45PM

Edgar Allen Poe?

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: PrinzHilde (---.dip.t-dialin.net)
Date: March 17, 2011 04:37PM

At least one collection by Wladimir Kaminer, "Russian Disco" has been translated to English. If you find more, they are highly entertaining.

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.12-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 17, 2011 04:58PM

Thank you all. It gets harder to pick stories after the third or fourth night!

E.

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: March 22, 2011 06:03AM

Try the Stanislaw Lem stories which are tthe sallies.

I can't remember the book right now, but maybe someone else can and will advise>

Also the short stories of Eric Frank Russell, Eric Tubb, And John Brunner.

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: March 25, 2011 01:49PM

Chris' were rather good... Is he ever around any more?



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Re: Short Story
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: March 28, 2011 09:15AM

Thank you again all. I've acquired the Lem: 'The Cyberiad', and will hopefully select out of that, some Fred Pohl or from my infamous pile of Conan Doyle and Zelazny.

Egon (the Eccentric).

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 28, 2011 09:25AM

Commiserates with ES for having infamous piles.

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Re: Short Story
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: March 28, 2011 10:45AM

Alas, they'd be more infamous but Wodehouse has landed there yet.

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