Storeys from the Old Hotel
{{Short description|1988 short story collection by Gene Wolfe}}
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{{Infobox novel
| author = Gene Wolfe
| isbn = 978-0-948-89329-2
| pub_date = 1988
| publisher = Kerasina Books
| genre = Short story collection
| image = StoreysFromTheOldHotel.jpg
| caption = First edition cover
Cover art by Pete Lion
}}
Storeys from the Old Hotel is a 1988 short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe.{{cite magazine |last1=Cassada |first1=Jackie |title=Book Reviews: Fiction |magazine=Library Journal |date=April 15, 1992 |volume=117 |issue=7 |page=125}}{{Cite web |date=1992-04-01 |title=Storeys from the Old Hotel |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Storeys-from-the-Old-Hotel-Gene-Wolfe/pid=927758 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Booklist}}{{Cite web |date=1992-03-30 |title=Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312852085 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite web |date=1992-03-01 |title=Storeys from the Old Hotel |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gene-wolfe/storeys-from-the-old-hotel/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
In the introduction, Wolfe describes the stories within the collection as "some of my most obscure work."
Contents
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- The Green Rabbit from S'Rian
- Beech Hill
- Sightings at Twin Mounds
- Continuing Westward
- Slaves of Silver
- The Rubber Bend
- Westwind
- Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee
- The Packerhaus Method
- Straw
- The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton
- To the Dark Tower Came
- Parkroads---A Review
- The Flag
- Alphabet
- A Criminal Proceeding
- In Looking-Glass Castle
- Cherry Jubilee
- Redbeard
- A Solar Labyrinth
- Love, Among the Corridors
- Checking Out
- Morning Glory
- Trip, Trap
- From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton
- Civis Laputus Sum
- The Recording
- Last Day
- Death of the Island Doctor
- Redwood Coast Roamer:
- On the Train
- In the Mountains
- At the Volcano's Lip
- In the Old Hotel
- Choice of the Black Goddess
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References
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{{World Fantasy Award Best Collection}}
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Category:1988 short story collections
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