Lyle Backenroth » Literature http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:34:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Stephen King on The Best American Short Stories 2007 http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/10/28/stephen-king-on-the-best-american-short-stories-2007/ http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/10/28/stephen-king-on-the-best-american-short-stories-2007/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:47:08 +0000 lyle http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/10/28/stephen-king-on-the-best-american-short-stories-2007/ Leonard Lopate and Stephen King talk about 2007′s best short stories, but more importantly, talk about the threat of the death of the short story (which I love, so much; regardless of genre).

Being a lover of literature, and relishing the time I have to read, when I can — this interview is meaty (audio 30 minutes).

Click here to get to the site where you can listen or download the interview.

Related:

EastOfTheWeb: A website devoted to short stories indexed by Genre and age demographic (some good stories here for those who want to read some fiction, but not necessarily get involved in a large, full-length novel.) Some stories are by very famous authors that are now out of copyright, others by unknowns, but very good tales.

Wikipedia: List of famous science fiction short stories (there are great compendiums available on Amazon for a few dollars.)

Also Related (authors):

My favorite Noir Hardboiled Detective author: Cornell Woolrich

Science Fiction: Too many to name, perhaps as a separate post someday . . .

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I’m sure many are like me, busy @ work, with little time to read, but perhaps enough time to spend 10-20+ minutes reading some blogs or newsblogs using your favorite RSS reader. A recent discovery I’ve made is an ingenious service that will send you bite-sized chunks of public domain books (including many classics) daily, on weekdays, or three times a week via email or RSS — for free!

Each serving takes less than five minutes to read, and if you want, they’ll send you the next installment right away if you click a link. The whole idea is to read short segments for a few minutes in your spare time.

Ingenious.

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