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The Best of R. A. Lafferty

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Availability:In StockContributor:R. A. LaffertyPublish date:2021-02-02Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tor BooksISBN-13:9781250778536ISBN-10:1250778530UPC:9781250778536Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories (single author)Book Topic:Collections & AnthologiesSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCKJDM2B52

Tor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.

Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, a winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American original, a teller of acute, indescribably loopy tall tales whose work has been compared to that of Avram Davidson, Flannery O'Connor, Flann O'Brien, and Gene Wolfe.

The Best of R. A. Lafferty presents 22 of his best flights of offbeat imagination, ranging from classics like "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" and "The Primary Education of the Cameroi" to his Hugo Award-winning "Eurema's Dam."

Introduced by Neil Gaiman, the volume also contains story introductions and afterwords by, among many others, Michael Dirda, Samuel R. Delany, John Scalzi, Connie Willis, Jeff VanderMeer, Kelly Robson, Harlan Ellison, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, and Patton Oswalt.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tor BooksISBN-13:9781250778536ISBN-10:1250778530UPC:9781250778536Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories (single author)Book Topic:Collections & AnthologiesSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.7Product ID:SCKJDM2B52
R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002) lived almost his entire life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After service in the South Pacific during World War II, he worked as an electrical engineer. He began selling fiction regularly in the early 1960s, and went full-time as a writer in 1971. His work draws on many influences, ranging from Irish and Native American tales to the writings of St. Teresa of Avila. His novels include Past Master (1968), Fourth Mansions (1969), and the Native American historical Okla Hannali (1972).
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