Essential Short Fiction Essential Short Fiction Saturday, June 26, 2010 Soyka Comments 2 comments Sf Signal has an interesting discussion going on. What single-author, non-“Best-of” collections of sf/f/h stories should be in every fan’s library? You may choose between 1 and 10 titles. Once again, the gaps in my own reading are extensive.
Sf Signal has an interesting discussion going on.
Sf Signal has an interesting discussion going on.
Great topic! Here are my choices (in no particular order):
– DEATHBIRD STORIES by Harlan Ellison
– THE REALITY TRIP by Robert Silverberg
– DREAMS OF TERROR AND DEATH by H.P. Lovecraft (or substitute your favorite HPL collection)
– A DREAMER’S TALES by Lord Dunsany
– TALES OF ZOTHIQUE by Clark Ashton Smith
– THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY by Thomas Ligotti
– SEKENRE: BOOK OF THE SORCERER by Darrell Schweitzer (or substitute any of his other fine collections)
– BURNING CHROME by William Gibson
– THE THRONE OF BONES by Brian McNaughton
Thinking of my own list is bound to take far too much time that I should be devoting to other things…
But of course I just can’t leave well enough alone. 🙂