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July 01, 2008

Help!

Now that I'm trying to write short stories, I think I need to read more of them as well. I've read Nabokov, Wodehouse, McKillip, Thurber, Gaiman, Saki and Salinger: who else should I read? Your help will be highly prized.

Posted by didofoot at July 1, 2008 09:28 AM

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Raymond Carver, James Joyce, Nikolai Gogol.

Posted by: sean at July 1, 2008 06:49 PM

awesome. you are the king of helpfulness today. looking forward to hearing about your trip, if you're around tomorrow.

Posted by: didofoot at July 1, 2008 07:29 PM

i think i have some gogol short stories if you are into that. i also have some YA compilation short stories i think... one of which i may have loaned you already--'proms from hell'? maybe i have some short stories by banana yoshimoto too. i'd have to check to see what else i may have.

mostly i don't read short stories though since i can't stand them (i enjoyed yours, don't get me wrong!) but i can't read a whole book of them. i get distracted too easily by the shortness of the plot.

others suggestions: vonnegut, twain, poe, lovecraft (gene loves it!), brautigan (more like novellas), balzac, kipling, jack london, and h.g. wells.

i think i have books by half those people.

for others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Short_Story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Short_Story

Posted by: michele at July 2, 2008 12:30 PM

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer. I adore her writing.

Posted by: robyn at July 2, 2008 10:48 PM

Haruki Murakami

Posted by: Danny Dawson at July 4, 2008 03:11 PM

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