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Post by johnrlittle on Aug 11, 2010 18:24:01 GMT -6
As long as the charaters are great i'm happy. I want to care about who i'm reading about and learn about them, if an author can do that in 80 or 500 pages i'm happy. I have read a few BMB titles lately, for example: Miranda, The Grey Zone and The Bitch Fight to name a few and loved them even though the page count was low, it makes no difference, just great stories. Oh, and I thought The Grey Zone was better than Miranda. IMO Thanks for reading both Miranda and The Gray Zone! You're not alone in liking The Gray Zone better...it seems to be about evenly split.
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Post by Douglas E Wright on Aug 11, 2010 18:52:57 GMT -6
It is my mission in life now to get some of you guys to appreciate the beauty that is the well-crafted short story. It is very hard to find well-crafted short stories and even harder to write. My favorites are Rat Food by Edo Van Belkom & David Nickels and Ms Henry's Bottles by Rick Hautala. I think I most enjoy the short stories of Richard Yates, Raymond Carver and Hemingway.
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Post by markgunnells on Aug 11, 2010 19:04:03 GMT -6
I think there are many talented short story writers out there. Clive Barker (though he has moved away from those), Brian Hodge, James Newman, Richard Christian Matheson. I don't claim to be in the same league as those guys, but I certainly try my damndest.
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Post by sweeper4football on Aug 12, 2010 3:51:05 GMT -6
As long as the charaters are great i'm happy. I want to care about who i'm reading about and learn about them, if an author can do that in 80 or 500 pages i'm happy. I have read a few BMB titles lately, for example: Miranda, The Grey Zone and The Bitch Fight to name a few and loved them even though the page count was low, it makes no difference, just great stories. Oh, and I thought The Grey Zone was better than Miranda. IMO Thanks for reading both Miranda and The Gray Zone! You're not alone in liking The Gray Zone better...it seems to be about evenly split. As soon as I started reading The Grey Zone something clicked. I was there in Egypt, great story that. I do think the story could have been made longer.
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Post by johnrlittle on Aug 12, 2010 7:51:07 GMT -6
Thanks for reading both Miranda and The Gray Zone! You're not alone in liking The Gray Zone better...it seems to be about evenly split. As soon as I started reading The Grey Zone something clicked. I was there in Egypt, great story that. I do think the story could have been made longer. One day it will be longer...it's actually the first third of a novel I've plotted out...I just need to find time to write the other two-thirds...LOL!
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Post by sdkdmd on Aug 12, 2010 11:20:37 GMT -6
All Little's are Fine, Fine with capital F's reads.
And don't forget about Dreams in Black and White
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Post by sweeper4football on Aug 12, 2010 11:25:13 GMT -6
All Little's are Fine, Fine with capital F's reads. And don't forget about Dreams in Black and White Yep, not read that yet but it's on the short list
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Post by sgambino on Aug 18, 2010 18:04:20 GMT -6
I like both. It really depends on the story and if the novellas can entertain me.
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Post by mahduk on Aug 19, 2010 20:05:31 GMT -6
I think I speak for many when I say I've read long novels that seemed to be over too soon (I mean that in a good way) and short stories or novellas that seemed to last entire lifetimes (not so complimentary there). The story's the thing. And Mark, you and I are definitely eye-to-eye on short stories. I'd like to recommend damned near anything by O. Henry if you haven't read any of his work. He was a master of the twist ending.
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