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Good Short Story Collections?
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:05 am
by duke
My wife and I are off to New Caledonia for a week this coming weekend. I'd like to take a book that we can read out loud to each other, and for that, short stories work best.
Does anyone have any good suggestions for short story collections I could take on the holiday? We are both thinking of one of Ray Bradbury's collections, but I'd like to hear what my fellow Watchers recommend.
Cheers
Duke
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:13 am
by balon!
Asimov's got a bunch: I, Robot, Seven Tommorrows, The Bicentennial Man. Also, I am Legend by Richard Matheson. The Lankhmar Books by Fritz Leiber.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:30 am
by Menolly
I enjoyed the
Legends anthologies, edited by Robert Silverberg.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:19 am
by Lord Mhoram
Roger Zelazny's The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth/
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:55 am
by The Laughing Man
Grimm's Fairy Tales.
or Isaac Asimov Presents: The Golden Years of Science Fiction, any edition.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:28 am
by Fist and Faith
Philip K Dick has some collections.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:28 am
by Cail
Dick has several collections. Check out Harlan Ellison as well.
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:09 pm
by danlo
Get the huge book The Essential Ellison-it will keep you amused for weeks and the cover is awesome!
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:04 am
by duke
Thanks for the suggestions guys, appreciate it.
If only the holiday was long enough to get through all the suggestions!
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:11 am
by balon!
I second the Dick suggestions. They're awesome.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:56 am
by Avatar
Cail wrote:Harlan Ellison
I have no mouth and I must scream is one of my favourite stories ever.
--A
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:39 am
by Cail
Avatar wrote:Cail wrote:Harlan Ellison
I have no mouth and I must scream is one of my favourite stories ever.
--A
Damn creepy too.
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:33 pm
by Brinn
Try "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang. Amazing, thought provoking Sci-fi.
An editorial review from Amazon.com:
This marvelous collection by one of science fiction's most thoughtful and graceful writers belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in literary science fiction.
Collected here for the first time, Ted Chiang's award-winning stories--recipients of the Nebula, Sturgeon, Campbell, and Asimov awards--offer a feast of science, speculation, humanity, and lyricism. Standouts include "Tower of Babylon," in which a miner ascends the fabled tower in order to break through the vault of heaven; "Division by Zero," a precise and heartbreaking examination of the disintegration of hope and love; and "Story of Your Life," in which a linguist learns an alien language that reshapes her view of the world. Chiang has the gift that lies at the heart of good science fiction: a human story, beautifully told, in which the science is an expression of the deeper issues that the characters must confront. Full of remarkable ideas and unforgettable moments, Stories of Your Life and Others is highly recommended.