Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. Lafferty's quirky prose drew from traditional storytelling styles, largely from the Irish and Native American, and his shaggy-dog characters and tall tales are unique in science fiction. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, In a Green Tree, a history book,The Fall of Rome, and a number of novels that could be more or less loosely called historical fiction.
In a career that began in 1959 and continued until his death in 2002, R. A Lafferty garnered the admiration of authors and editors including Robert A. W owndes, Harlan Ellison, A. A.
Attanasio, Gene Wolfe, Michael Swanwick and many, many others is body of short fiction is comprised of well over 200 stories and, despite his vast popularity, there was never a concerted effort made to produce a comprehensive collection of his short fiction, until now Welcome to the fourth volume of the Lafferty Library, a series that will run to a dozen volumes and collect all of R. A.
Afferty's short fiction This present volume features Lafferty classics such as Bank and Shoal of Time, The Cliff Climbers, Been a Long, Long Time, Ishmael into the Barrens and many more he depth and breadth of R. A.
Lafferty's wondrous imagination is on display once again njoy seeing the world as you've never seen it before! This volume includes an introduction by Richard A upoff, an afterword by John Pelan, and photographs of R. A his item is now shipping If you have ordered signed copies of the previous books in this series, you will receive your matching number and signed copy of this volume our number will be confirmed with your order confirmation. edition information.