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Favorite short story
Post by Dauntless   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:14 pm

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which is you favourite short story?

for me it is either a Beautiful Friendship (original format) or Ms Midshipwoman Harington
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by Valen123456   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:28 pm

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For me it is "From the Highlands" followed by "Fanatic" (especially the Audiobook version since LJ Ganser does an amazing job) - Although "Lets go to Prague" is good for few laughs too.
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by Dauntless   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:12 pm

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you have to love "lets go to Prague", lots of OTT coupled with just enough ring of could be that you can't help smiling.
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by Adeon Hawkwood   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:25 pm

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There's so many choices, it's hard to pick one. Overall I think my favorite is "The Stray". Second choice would be "From the Highlands".
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by roseandheather   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:28 pm

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"The Service of the Sword", hands down. Love it. I also really love "What Price Dreams?" and "Obligated Service".

Least favorite is "The Stray", because it reduced me to a bawling wreck in the space of two pages.
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by exiledtoIA   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:35 pm

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"A Ship Named Francis".
Followed closely by "Beauty and the Beast".
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by saber964   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:01 pm

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My personal favorites were Promise Land and Ruthless, with The Stray and What Price Dreams a close second followed by From the Highlands and Fanatic. I also wish RFC would write a follow-up to Promise Land and Ruthless. My least favorite are Deckload Strike and A Grand Tour.
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by Howard T. Map-addict   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:12 pm

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No, I don't.

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Dauntless wrote:you have to love "lets go to Prague",
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by Hutch   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:39 pm

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saber964 wrote:I also wish RFC would write a follow-up to Promise Land and Ruthless.


Those stories were written by Jane Lindskold, IIRC, not that I would mind seeing a third one either.


My least favorite are Deckload Strike and A Grand Tour.


In that we are in agreement. I thought most of the stories in the latest collection "Beginnings" weren't the strongest ones either, except for the one with Allison and Alfred.

My favorite? From the Highlands.
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Re: Favorite short story
Post by crewdude48   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:40 pm

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Absolute favorite is A Ship Named Francis, just due to the humor in it. On the other hand, I don't know if I consider it canon. My favorite definitely canon story is A Whif of Grapeshot.

Least favorite by a country mile is A Grand Tour. I don't consider it canon, (and won't until somebody in the actual books mentions anything in the story,) and it is basically used to build the foundation of the author's RCN series. My least favorite canon story in By The Book. It was just OK at the start, but the "you can save the human race because you are American," thing was just a bit ugly there at the end.
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