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Subject: Tall Tales in a Bar Stories...
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 15:26:20 EDT
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From: marotta%lezah.DEC@decwrl.ARPA  (MARY MAROTTA)


A few recent messages briefly mentioned the "tall tales in a bar" subgenre.
I assume this is sub- to SF, but I have trouble characterizing the
subgenre.  Would anyone care to describe their idea of what a "bar" tale
is?  Perhaps a few more references to authors would help: Clarke, Cabell,
and Lord Dunsany have already been mentioned.  Is this strictly a type
of short story?