Favorite Short Stories?
Capensis
15 May 2011
It'd be great to share, always up for more reading material (and I'm sure other people, too). Feel free to tell us why, as well.
Some of mine are:
The Yellow Wallpaper - Creepy and dark (especially the ending), but interesting as the main character progressively spirals into madness.
The Scarlet Ibis - ;______________;
Some of mine are:
The Yellow Wallpaper - Creepy and dark (especially the ending), but interesting as the main character progressively spirals into madness.
The Scarlet Ibis - ;______________;
EternalofXoleriog
16 May 2011
Any short story written by Jorge Luis Borges, with the theme being "infinity". They're a pretty good read, especially "The Library of Babel" (naming a trope on its own), and "The book of Sand". Will leave you with a headache after reading them, but they're fun to read.
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Capensis
16 May 2011
EternalofXoleriog, on 16 May 2011 - 04:19 AM, said:
Any short story written by Jorge Luis Borges, with the theme being "infinity". They're a pretty good read, especially "The Library of Babel" (naming a trope on its own), and "The book of Sand". Will leave you with a headache after reading them, but they're fun to read.
XD
XD
Neat, will look into that later.
Sort of reminds me of this one short story I read (I don't remember the name, but I'll ask the person who showed me it) where this supercomputer evolves into an all-knowing program and becomes the center of human life.
Mazin
16 May 2011
Franz Kafka's Before the Law. It's actually from one of his larger works (The Trial), but I guess people thought it was good enough to add it by itself in his short story collection.
Here:
http://records.viu.c...eforethelaw.htm
Here:
http://records.viu.c...eforethelaw.htm
Magmetor7
18 May 2011
I liked these:
By The Waters of Babylon-Stephen Vincent Benet
Miriam-Truman Capote
The Masque of Red Death-Edgar Allan Poe
The Veldt- Ray Bradbury
Zero Hour- Ray Bradbury
Do novellas count?
By The Waters of Babylon-Stephen Vincent Benet
Miriam-Truman Capote
The Masque of Red Death-Edgar Allan Poe
The Veldt- Ray Bradbury
Zero Hour- Ray Bradbury
Do novellas count?
t1nonly
28 May 2011
Putois-anatole france
The Saint-V. S. Pritchett
The Shot-Alexander Poushkin
I think i said this in the other thread
Flowers for Algernon-E.B White
I couldn't understand it
The Saint-V. S. Pritchett
The Shot-Alexander Poushkin
I think i said this in the other thread
Flowers for Algernon-E.B White
Magmetor7, on 18 May 2011 - 10:34 PM, said:
The Masque of Red Death-Edgar Allan Poe
I couldn't understand it
Magmetor7
29 May 2011
t1nonly, on 28 May 2011 - 02:16 PM, said:
I couldn't understand it
Spoiler
Mazin
04 Jul 2011
I just read Isaac Asimov's The Last Question here:
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
Capensis
04 Jul 2011
Mazin, on 04 July 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:
I just read Isaac Asimov's The Last Question here:
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
Oh, my brother showed this to me! I really enjoyed it.
sjoecool1991
07 Aug 2011
Mazin, on 04 July 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:
I just read Isaac Asimov's The Last Question here:
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
http://www.thrivenot...-last-question/
and really liked it.
I am actually a huge fan of Asimov short stories in general.
Zeloz (akabill)
08 Aug 2011
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison was a favorite of mine in High School.
SDM
20 Sep 2011
I haven't read a whole lot of short stories (with the exception of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes non-novels, but those were all serials so I don't believe they count), but of the few I did read, the one I remember most with the greatest fondness was The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
