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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a favorite "obscure" short story? [View all]cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)84. Sandkings was what made me start the Song of Ice and Fire series
I had a bunch of college friends in the 90s that were really into Game of Thrones when it was first published, but there was no way I was going to start an unfinished series, plus I wasn't really that much into fantasy fiction. But people kept talking about the series, and eventually I put it together that the author was the Sandkings guy and had to read it right away.
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the whole book is pretty good. i just bought a reprint on impulse. pretty good for 1930's.
pansypoo53219
Oct 2019
#88
Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out Of Meat" -- admittedly not obscure at all, really.
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2019
#23
I remember reading that one....It's about looking for Wyatt Earp's grave, right?
MatthewHatesTrump2
Oct 2019
#86
Not sure it qualifies as "obscure" but "The Three Most Important Things in Life" by Harlan Ellison
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#102
Another very good "obscure" short story is "Dinner Time" by Russell Edson
MatthewHatesTrump2
Nov 2019
#110