Just about anything by William Tenn. n/t (Reply #21)

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Thu Oct 17, 2019, 10:42 AM

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21. Just about anything by William Tenn. n/t

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115 replies	Author	Time	Post
Do you have a favorite "obscure" short story? [View all]	red dog 1	Oct 16	OP
I love Harlan Ellison's writing.	Aristus	Oct 16	#1
The Conversion of the Jews	The Wizard	Oct 16	#2
more, more!!	NJCher	Oct 16	#3
"Raft" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Oct 16	#9
"Odour of Chrysanthemums", by D. H. Lawrence. nt	Atticus	Oct 16	#4
maybe not so obscure, but "Bartleby the Scrivener"	diva77	Oct 16	#5
I hated this story nt	yellowdogintexas	Oct 22	#81
more a collection. john collier's fancies & goodnights.	pansypoo53219	Oct 16	#6
I have read some of these.	yellowdogintexas	Oct 22	#83
the whole book is pretty good. i just bought a reprint on impulse. pretty good for 1930's.	pansypoo53219	Oct 23	#88
Young Goodman Brown, Nathael Hawthorne	sarge43	Oct 16	#7
"The Wendigo," by Algernon Blackwood	Glorfindel	Oct 16	#8
De-fa-go	jpak	Oct 19	#39
eeeek!	Glorfindel	Oct 19	#40
Oh this flame and fiery height!	jpak	Oct 19	#43
"Three Bananas" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Oct 16	#10
Also DH Lawrence	RobinA	Oct 16	#11
Arthur C. Clarke (two stories):	lastlib	Oct 16	#12
Oh those are good.	miyazaki	Oct 16	#16
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. LeGuinn	Glorfindel	Oct 20	#68
I was always impressed with Ms. LeGuin,,,	lastlib	Oct 20	#69
Yes. "The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Short Stories by Ursula Le Guin"	Glorfindel	Oct 21	#71
Yes, the quintessential American short story	klook	Oct 22	#76
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Oct 16	#13
Is that Hannes Bok doing the cover...?	First Speaker	Oct 16	#15
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Oct 16	#18
The Devil's Crapper by Lawrence Walsh	yankeepants	Oct 16	#14
"It", by Theodore Sturgeon...	First Speaker	Oct 16	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	geralmar	Oct 16	#19
"The Destructors" by Graham Greene	Paladin	Oct 17	#20
Just about anything by William Tenn. n/t	malthaussen	Oct 17	#21
Anything by H.H. Munro ("Saki").	The Velveteen Ocelot	Oct 17	#22
Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out Of Meat" -- admittedly not obscure at all, really.	eppur_se_muova	Oct 18	#23
"Bears Discover Fire" is one of my favorite stories!	klook	Oct 19	#33
A one-act play, really, but	frogmarch	Oct 18	#24
"The Most Dangerous Game"	DeminPennswoods	Oct 18	#25
That one was brilliant.	DFW	Oct 19	#36
Another was "The Storm" by McKNIGHT MALMAR	ailsagirl	Oct 19	#45
"The Ransom of Red Chief"	DeminPennswoods	Oct 19	#46
Me too!	ailsagirl	Oct 20	#61
A book of short stories by Donald Ray Pollock.	AJT	Oct 18	#26
Speaking of Southern Gothic, my favorite short story of that genre is	LuvNewcastle	Oct 22	#78
Don't remember the writer, or the name	pnwest	Oct 18	#27
I love this description and I want to find this story. n/t	ms liberty	Oct 19	#41
IKR?!	pnwest	Oct 19	#42
Glorfindel identified the story, see their reply with a link to it!	ms liberty	Oct 20	#54
Thank you for the heads up! That's amazing!	pnwest	Oct 20	#62
Check out "Reunion," by Arthur C. Clarke, written in 1971	Glorfindel	Oct 20	#48
Thank you so much for finding this!	ms liberty	Oct 20	#53
It's my pleasure.	Glorfindel	Oct 20	#59
I am gobsmacked you found it! Thank you	pnwest	Oct 20	#63
I've read it! It's an Arthur C. Clarke story!	lastlib	Oct 20	#70
tough one... hills like white elephants. ..maybe	Kurt V.	Oct 18	#28
It's plenty weird, but...	FiveGoodMen	Oct 18	#29
The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster, here is a PDF	braddy	Oct 18	#30
The Body Politic	Bayard	Oct 18	#31
Tin Soldier -- Joan D. Vinge	hunter	Oct 19	#32
"Straw" by Gene Wolfe.	klook	Oct 19	#34
"Serendipity" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Oct 19	#35
Lost Legacy	DFW	Oct 19	#37
Sredni Vashtar by Saki	DFW	Oct 19	#38
Me, too. I love that story!	Glorfindel	Oct 20	#47
Sredni Vashtar the beautiful! n/t	DFW	Oct 20	#49
It's in The Chronicles of Clovis, and it's free at gutenberg.org	hunter	Oct 20	#58
A really creepy one was "The Distributor" by Richard Matheson	ailsagirl	Oct 19	#44
One very off the wall story: The Unpleasant Profession Jonathan Hoag	DFW	Oct 20	#50
"The Playground" by Ray Bradbury	Peregrine Took	Oct 20	#51
"The Door" - E.B. White	flor-de-jasmim	Oct 20	#52
Stephen King's "Night Shift."	CrispyQ	Oct 20	#55
I loved Hearts in Atlantis except for one thing.	nolabear	Oct 23	#87
A Piece of Steak Jack London	cachukis	Oct 20	#56
"My House shall be called the House of Prayer" by William Hope Hodgeson and	aka-chmeee	Oct 20	#57
Just about anything from M R James.	RGinNJ	Oct 20	#60
Stories of Your Life and Others	Polly Hennessey	Oct 20	#64
"The Kool Aid Wino" by Richard Brautigan	red dog 1	Oct 20	#65
Great story!	MatthewHatesTrump2	Oct 23	#85
"Gopher in the Gilly" by Harlan Ellison	red dog 1	Oct 20	#66
"When We Were Wolves", Jon Billman...	2naSalit	Oct 20	#67
Mother to the World by Richard Wilson	TuxedoKat	Oct 21	#72
Lot by Ward Moore. n/t	MicaelS	Oct 21	#73
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson	wnylib	Oct 21	#74
"Looking For a Legend" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Oct 22	#75
I remember reading that one....It's about looking for Wyatt Earp's grave, right?	MatthewHatesTrump2	Oct 23	#86
Builds a Fire - Jack London	Bradshaw3	Oct 22	#77
Don't know about obscure, but my first thoughts are:	petronius	Oct 22	#79
Sandkings was what made me start the Song of Ice and Fire series	cemaphonic	Oct 23	#84
This message was self-deleted by its author	petronius	Oct 22	#80
Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne nt	yellowdogintexas	Oct 22	#82
One by T. C. Boyle, I don't remember the name...	Ohiya	Oct 23	#89
"The Autopsy" by Michael Shea	MatthewHatesTrump2	Oct 25	#90
"obscure" in the sense of: I wanna FIND it!1 About the 1919 World Series	UTUSN	Oct 25	#91
Was that player "Shoeless Joe Jackson?	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 1	#95
Probably, Say-it-isn't-so wasn't the focus of the story	UTUSN	Nov 1	#97
"Africa Screams" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Oct 31	#92
"Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor	smirkymonkey	Oct 31	#93
"In a Grove"	Harker	Oct 31	#94
"Gopher in the Gilly" by Harlan Ellison	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 1	#96
"The Getaway Lunch," by Tibor Fisher	PETRUS	Nov 1	#98
"Keyboard" by Harlan Ellison	red dog 1	Nov 2	#99
The Shepard by Fredrick Forsythe	jrandom421	Nov 3	#100
I agree with you about "Driving in the Spikes"	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 5	#101
Not sure it qualifies as "obscure" but "The Three Most Important Things in Life" by Harlan Ellison	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 5	#102
"Trout Fishing in America Shorty"	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 6	#103
"In Video Veritas" by Larry Tritten	red dog 1	Nov 7	#104
"Eight O'Clock in the Morning"...Ray Nelson	Tikki	Nov 7	#105
"A Tiny Feast" by Chris Adrian	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 7	#106
"The Hospice" by Robert Aickman	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 8	#107
"Walking Hills" by D.R. McBride	red dog 1	Nov 9	#108
"Delivery" by Michael Shea	red dog 1	Nov 10	#109
Another very good "obscure" short story is "Dinner Time" by Russell Edson	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 12	#110
"The Stone Boy" by Gina Berriault (1957)	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 14	#111
"Wemer" by Jo Ann Beard	MatthewHatesTrump2	Nov 14	#112
"Who Will Love the River God" by Emily Newland	red dog 1	Nov 16	#113
"The Great Martian Pyramid Hoax" by Jerry Oltion	red dog 1	Nov 17	#114
Just now watching Hallmark 'drama' of The Gift of the Magi,	elleng	Nov 18	#115

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