β Scribed by R. A. Lafferty
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty has been awarded and nominated for a multitude of accolades over the span of his career, including the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This collection contains 22 unique tall tales, including: Hugo Award-winning βEuremaβs Damβ - introduced by Robert Silverberg Hugo Award-nominated βContinued on the Next Rockβ - introduced by Nancy Kress βSkyβ - introduced by Gwenda Bond Nebula Award-nominated βIn Our Blockβ - introduced by Neil Gaiman And more stories introduced by other modern masters of SF who acknowledge R. A. Lafferty as a major influence and force in the field.
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Illus. in full color. Mr. and Mrs. Bird's search for a "better" nest leads them to some peculiar spots. *From the Hardcover edition.*
"One of our essential writers of dark fiction."β*New York Times* "Lyrically compelling tales that are nearly impossible to stop reading...fans of weird writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Jeff VanderMeer, and China Mieville will be glad to find this volume and thereby discover a writer who inspired
R. A. Lafferty wrote some of the greatest short stories in the English language, and most people never have the opportunity to read them. Those who do want to read R. A. Lafferty these days have two options: purchase an old paperback off eBay at a usurious mark-up, or download dodgy OCR scans and m