Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:08:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anthony Ferrara 
Subject: Re: (urth) limitations of short fiction

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A great master of "world-building" in the short story form, in my opinion, is R.A. Lafferty. In a few  pages he can evoke a whole world and even a whole universe for the matter.
 
Anthony

Michael Andre-Driussi  wrote:
 
Precisely: she uses stock sf and fairy tale stuff, and because each 
item
has a bookload of association behind it (from space adventure tales to
Brothers Grimm) she is able to tap into "world-building" power without 
the
wordcount.  It's all done by association.


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A great master of "world-building" in the short story form, in my opinion, is R.A. Lafferty. In a few  pages he can evoke a whole world and even a whole universe for the matter. 
Anthony

Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis@siriusfiction.com> wrote:
 
Precisely: she uses stock sf and fairy tale stuff, and because each 
item
has a bookload of association behind it (from space adventure tales to
Brothers Grimm) she is able to tap into "Do you Yahoo!?

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