Comments on: Short love http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3985 Kelley Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:20:07 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3985 Thanks JB, glad you're enjoying it. Thanks JB, glad you’re enjoying it.

]]> By: JB http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3922 JB Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:50:08 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3922 I agree, actually I think I prefer short stories to novels. I'm just reading your collection right now - it's awesome! I agree, actually I think I prefer short stories to novels.

I’m just reading your collection right now – it’s awesome!

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Kelley Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:50:43 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3705 Yes, Karina, the short form is more alive and well in SF than any other part of the word world, I think... And having read some of the short work that's currently being published in other genres (mystery, for example) and in the highbrow literary magazines (don't even get me started on the <em>New Yorker</em>), I think that some SF writers are doing the best, most risky and most expansive work in short stories right now. Yes, Karina, the short form is more alive and well in SF than any other part of the word world, I think… And having read some of the short work that’s currently being published in other genres (mystery, for example) and in the highbrow literary magazines (don’t even get me started on the New Yorker), I think that some SF writers are doing the best, most risky and most expansive work in short stories right now.

]]> By: karina http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3557 karina Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:10:46 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3557 The Spanish-speaking world adores its storytellers. Borges, Benedetti, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez, Onetti, Poniatowska, are praised for their short stories more often than for their novels. Same with the Italians Tabucchi and Calvino, Brazilian Clarice Lispector, and so on. I'm constantly appalled by the English notion that often regards short fiction as stepping stones towards novel-publishing. It's comforting to know that at least in the SF realm, authors and audiences alike cherish and respect this form. The Spanish-speaking world adores its storytellers. Borges, Benedetti, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez, Onetti, Poniatowska, are praised for their short stories more often than for their novels. Same with the Italians Tabucchi and Calvino, Brazilian Clarice Lispector, and so on. I’m constantly appalled by the English notion that often regards short fiction as stepping stones towards novel-publishing. It’s comforting to know that at least in the SF realm, authors and audiences alike cherish and respect this form.

]]> By: Kelley http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3555 Kelley Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:44:02 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3555 Oops! I stand happily corrected! Sorry for misreading -- I will go rewrite myself immediately... And thank you again for the nice words. Oops! I stand happily corrected! Sorry for misreading — I will go rewrite myself immediately…

And thank you again for the nice words.

]]> By: Jeff VanderMeer http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/short-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 Jeff VanderMeer Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:08:58 +0000 http://www.kelleyeskridge.com/?p=261#comment-3554 Er, it's my favorites. Some just happen to be under-appreciated, in the sense that I always feel my favorites should be better-known. :) You deserve it. Cheers, Jeff Er, it’s my favorites. Some just happen to be under-appreciated, in the sense that I always feel my favorites should be better-known. :) You deserve it.

Cheers,
Jeff

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