Maggers Wrote:OK, we know we love FPW's anthologies. But which of all his fabulous short stories is your fav?I don't specifically remember the story, but I don't find that strange at all.
As I read and re-read them, the list changes. Right now I'd have to say "Faces" is my favorite. There is such humanity and tenderness in that story, which is really wild when you consider that Paul provokes these genuinely warm and fuzzy feelings for a heinous serial killer.
jimbow8 Wrote:I don't specifically remember the story, but I don't find that strange at all.
I don't own the book of stories (Soft and Others) that I have read, so I can't remember which is my favorite. I do remember being extremely impressed by the collection as a whole, though.
Maggers Wrote:OK, we know we love FPW's anthologies. But which of all his fabulous short stories is your fav?
As I read and re-read them, the list changes. Right now I'd have to say "Faces" is my favorite. There is such humanity and tenderness in that story, which is really wild when you consider that Paul provokes these genuinely warm and fuzzy feelings for a heinous serial killer.
I'll come up with more.
Now how about you?
jimbow8 Wrote:I don't specifically remember the story, but I don't find that strange at all.
I don't own the book of stories (Soft and Others) that I have read, so I can't remember which is my favorite. I do remember being extremely impressed by the collection as a whole, though.
Scott Hajek Wrote:At the GU-3 I asked Paul to sign my copy of "Soft and Others" as it was the first FPW book I purchased, read and became obsessed with. I bored him with my agonizing storytelling of how I found this book, or rather how it found me. He inscribed it "where it all began." It couldn't be more true.
Rather than using the cliche of picking one story is like picking your favorite child, it's more like picking your favorite centerfold. They're all great to look at, but each one is enticing in a different way. But, I really, really like "Soft."
KRW Wrote:How dare you say soft and centerfold in the same paragraph?
KRW
stacyzinda123 Wrote:I haven't read Soft and Others, just Barrens and Others. So, of those my favorites are Faces and Barrens. Faces is a great story, something original from an overworked genre.