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R. A. Lafferty

Author of Past Master

189+ Works 3,958 Members 42 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Lafferty A., R. Lafferty, R.A. Lafferty, Lafferty. R. a, R. A. Lafferty, Rafael A. Lafferty, Raphael A. Lafferty, R.A. ラファティ, Raphaël A. Lafferty, R・A・ラファティ, Rafael Aloysius Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, Raphaël Aloysius Lafferty

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Works by R. A. Lafferty

Past Master (1968) 460 copies
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1970) 442 copies
Fourth Mansions (1969) — Author — 311 copies
The Reefs of Earth (1968) 205 copies
The Devil Is Dead (1971) 188 copies
Arrive at Easterwine (1971) 187 copies
The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019) 154 copies
Strange doings (1972) 140 copies
Okla Hannali (1972) 114 copies
Apocalypses (1977) — Author — 113 copies
The Annals of Klepsis (1983) 112 copies
Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? (1974) 95 copies
Ringing Changes (1979) 85 copies
Not to Mention Camels: A Wild Trip Through Time and Space (1976) 84 copies
Space Chantey / Pity About Earth (Ace Double, H-56) (1958) — Author — 81 copies
Space Chantey (1968) 57 copies
Lafferty in Orbit (1991) 52 copies
The fall of Rome (1971) 44 copies
The Man Who Made Models: The Collected Short Fiction (2014) 34 copies
Iron Tears (1992) 33 copies
The Six Fingers of Time (2010) 33 copies
Serpent's Egg (1987) 32 copies
The Man with the Speckled Eyes (The Collected Short Fiction) (2017) 32 copies
The Man with the Aura: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Two (2015) 31 copies
The Man Underneath: The Collected Short Fiction, Volume Three (2016) 31 copies
Aurelia (Starblaze Editions) (1982) 31 copies
Sindbad: The Thirteenth Voyage (1989) 29 copies
R. A. Lafferty: Three Great Novels: Space Chantey, Fourth Mansions, Past Master (2018) 28 copies
Flame Is Green (1971) 27 copies
Archipelago (1979) 24 copies
Golden Gate and Other Stories (1982) 24 copies
The Man Who Never Was: The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty Volume Six (2021) 22 copies
Through Elegant Eyes: Stories of Austro and Men Who Know Everything (1983) 22 copies
Half a Sky (1984) 20 copies
East of Laughter (1988) 20 copies
The Man Who Walked Through Cracks: The Collected Short Fiction of R.A. Lafferty, volume 5 (2019) 20 copies
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas (2008) 18 copies
The R.A. Lafferty Fantastic MEGAPACK® (2016) 16 copies
Salomas del espacio (1968) 16 copies
It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs: Essays and Speeches on Fantastic Literature (1984) 16 copies
Among the Hairy Earthmen [short fiction] 14 copies
Narrow Valley [short fiction] (1966) 13 copies
Fantastic. No. 187 (August 1975) (1975) — Contributor — 11 copies
Eurema's Dam [short fiction] (1972) 10 copies
Continued on Next Rock [short story] (1970) 10 copies
Episodes of the Argo (1990) 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1965 April, Vol. 23, No. 4 (1965) — Author — 10 copies
Tales of Chicago (1992) 9 copies
Slow Tuesday Night 8 copies
Tales of midnight : more than Melchisedech (1992) 8 copies
Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories (Booklet Ser No 13) (1983) 8 copies
Heart of Stone: Dear and Other Stories (Booklet Series : No. 12) (1983) 8 copies
How many miles to Babylon (1989) 8 copies
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Raphaël Lafferty (1984) 7 copies
Mad Man: The Collected Short Fiction, Volume Seven (2023) 7 copies
Been a Long, Long Time [short fiction] (1970) 7 copies
Sky [short story] (1971) 7 copies
The Early Lafferty (1988) 7 copies
The early Lafferty II (1988) 7 copies
Parthen [short fiction] 7 copies
True Believers (1988) 7 copies
The elliptical grave (1989) 7 copies
Nine Hundred Grandmothers [short fiction] 7 copies
Dotty (1990) 7 copies
Land of the Great Horses [short story] 6 copies
Slippery and Other Stories (Booklet Series No 19) (1985) 6 copies
Four Stories (Booklet Ser.: No. 7) (1983) 6 copies
The back door of history (1988) 6 copies
Laughing Kelly and Other Verses (Booklet Ser No 11) (1983) 5 copies
My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 5 and 6, Booklet Series No. 28) (1987) 5 copies
Horns on their heads (1976) 5 copies
Am Vorabend des St. Poleander- Tags. 10 neue Stories von Spitzenautoren der Gegenwart. (1981) 5 copies
Los seis dedos del tiempo (1980) 5 copies
Mad Man 5 copies
Cranky old man from Tulsa : interviews with R.A. Lafferty (1990) 5 copies
Primary Education Of The Camiroi (1966) 5 copies
The Man who made Models and Other Stories (1984) 5 copies
Najlepsze opowiadania - R.A. Lafferty [KSIÄĹťKA] (2020) 4 copies
Funnyfingers & Cabrito (1976) 4 copies
Promontory goats (1988) 4 copies
Argo (1992) — Author — 4 copies
Mischief malicious (1990) 4 copies
In Our Block (1965) 4 copies
Strange Skies (1988) 4 copies
Associazione genitori e insegnanti 4 copies
My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 3 and 4, Booklet Series No 26) (1987) 4 copies
Fantasía - selección 03 (1977) 4 copies
The Hole on the Corner {short story} (1967) 3 copies
The Man Who Talled Tales: Collected Short Stories of R.A. Lafferty (2015) 3 copies
Seven-day Terror (1962) 3 copies
Aloys (2020) 3 copies
My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 7 and 8, Booklet Series No. 29) (1988) 3 copies
My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 1 and 2 Booklet Series No 24) (1986) 3 copies
More Than Melchisedech (1984) 3 copies
Short Fiction (2022) 3 copies
The World As Will And Wallpaper {short story} (1973) 3 copies
Company in the Wings 3 copies
You Can't Go Back [short story] 3 copies
The Man Underneath [short fiction] (1972) 3 copies
Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [short fiction] 3 copies
Hands Of The Man (1970) 3 copies
Magazine Section {short story} 3 copies
Golden Gate [short story] 3 copies
And Read the Flesh Between the Lines (short story) 3 copies
My Heart Leaps Up (Chapters 9 and 10, Booklet Series No 35) (1987) 3 copies
Pistolero fuori tempo — Contributor — 3 copies
Dream World (2016) 2 copies
La banda di banaby sheen 2 copies
Square And Above Board 2 copies
Entire And Perfect Chrysolite 2 copies
Short Science Fiction Collection 056 2 copies
All The People (2020) 2 copies
Adam Had Three Brothers {short story} (1960) 2 copies
Rainbird 2 copies
This Grand Carcass 2 copies
The Weirdest World (2020) 2 copies
Fantastic Stories Presents the Worlds of If Super Pack #1 (Positronic Super Pack Series Book 29) (2016) 2 copies
And Name My Name {short story} 2 copies
Le maître du passé. (1973) 2 copies
Wir kommen wieder [Kurzgeschichte] (1965) 2 copies
All Pieces Of A River Shore 2 copies
Selenium Ghosts Of The Eighteen Seventies 2 copies
Dieci storie dell'altro mondo 2 copies
About a Secret Crocodile [short story] 2 copies
Old Foot Forgot [short story] (1970) 2 copies
One at a Time [short story] (1968) 2 copies
Ifrit 2 copies
Nor Limestone Islands (1971) 2 copies
And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire. 1 copy
900 Großmütter Band 2 1 copy
The Polite People of Pudibundia (2016) 1 copy
Autobiographie d'une machine ktistèque (1974) 1 copy
Grasshoppers & Wild Honey --In a Green Tree Part 2 (1992) 1 copy
つぎの岩につづく (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (1996) 1 copy
どろぼう熊の惑星 (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (1993) 1 copy
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas and eight more stories (Classics To Go) (2020) 1 copy
町かどの穴　ラファティ・ベスト・コレクション1 1 copy
Splinters [short story] 1 copy
The Weirdest World 1 copy
Los saltamundos 1 copy
Passed Master 1 copy
Galaxie bis spécial 32, n° 119 : chants de l'espace 1 copy
Fourth Mansion 1 copy
Iron Tears 1 copy
Summa Risus 1 copy
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas and eight more stories (Classics To Go) 1 copy
Through Other Eyes 1 copy
Arrive at Easter Wine 1 copy
Chants de l'espace (1968) 1 copy
Los Salta-Mundos 1 copy
McGonigal's Worm (2016) 1 copy
Lafferty Raphael Aloysius 1 copy
The Man Who Never Was [short fiction] 1 copy
Storie di altri universi (Urania) (Italian Edition) (2019) 1 copy
Ginny Wrapped in the Sun [short story] 1 copy
In the Garden (2020) 1 copy
La planète ours voleur 1 copy
The Forty-Seventh Island 1 copy
Bequest of Wings 1 copy
The Emperor's Shoestrings 1 copy
The Transcendent Tigers 1 copy
The Configuration Of The North Shore 1 copy
The Story Of Little Briar-rose A Scholarly Study 1 copy
Incased In Ancient Rind [Encased In Ancient Rind] 1 copy
Bank And Shoal Of Time 1 copy
"Ishmael into the Barrens" (in Four Futures) 1 copy
"Condillac's Statue, or Wrens in His Head" (in Alchemy and Academe) 1 copy
Interurban Queen {short story} 1 copy
When All the Lands Pour Out Again [short story] (1971) 1 copy
I Don't Care Who Keeps the Cows [short story] 1 copy
Hog Belly Honey [short story] 1 copy
The All-at-Once Man 1 copy
Short Science Fiction Collection 058 1 copy
Le Hot Sport {short story} 1 copy
Come si chiamava quella cita'? 1 copy
Buone notizie dal Vaticano 1 copy
Versuch dich zu erinnern [Kurzgeschichte] (1960) 1 copy
Symposium {short story} 1 copy
More Fantastic Stories (2013) 1 copy
Fall of Pebble-Stones (short story) 1 copy
Scorner's Seat {short story} 1 copy
A Special Condition In Summit City 1 copy
The Cliff Climbers {short story} 1 copy
The man who walked through cracks [novelette] (1978) 1 copy
Bright Flightways [short story] (1978) 1 copy
Rivers of Damascus [short fiction] 1 copy
And All The Skies Are Full Of Fish 1 copy
Brain Fever Season 1 copy
子供たちの午後 (Seishinsha SF Series) (2006) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contributor — 1,938 copies
Alchemy and Academe (1970) — Contributor — 578 copies
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 508 copies
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001) — Contributor — 453 copies
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 424 copies
Galactic Empires, Volume One (1976) — Contributor — 409 copies
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (2005) — Contributor — 384 copies
Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse (1991) — Contributor — 348 copies
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contributor — 331 copies
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributor — 316 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three (1971-1975) (1977) — Author — 266 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Contributor — 243 copies
Nebula Award Stories Number Two (1967) — Contributor — 242 copies
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (1974) — Contributor — 232 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986) — Contributor — 229 copies
Nebula Award Stories Seven (1972) — Contributor — 226 copies
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF (1972) — Contributor — 224 copies
Epoch (1975) — Contributor — 211 copies
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1939) — Contributor — 209 copies
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 202 copies
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998) — Contributor — 197 copies
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Contributor — 187 copies
Strange Dreams (1993) — Contributor — 186 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (1971) — Contributor — 180 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 (1969) — Contributor — 180 copies
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987) — Contributor — 179 copies
My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000) — Contributor — 168 copies
Mutants : Eleven Stories of Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 168 copies
The Ruins of the Earth (1973) — Contributor — 162 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (1991) — Contributor — 154 copies
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (1994) — Contributor — 148 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 145 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 (1968) — Contributor — 144 copies
Universe 4 (1974) — Contributor — 142 copies
Shadows (1978) — Contributor — 142 copies
SF12 (1968) — Contributor — 139 copies
Basilisk (1980) — Contributor — 138 copies
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contributor — 138 copies
Nebula Award Stories Six (1971) — Contributor — 137 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 135 copies
Universe 10 (1980) — Contributor — 133 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) — Contributor — 132 copies
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981) — Contributor — 130 copies
Universe 7 (1977) — Contributor — 128 copies
The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1966) — Contributor — 125 copies
Galactic Empires {complete} (1976) — Contributor — 125 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (1974) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 2 (1973-1975) (1977) — Contributor — 121 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 (1967) — Contributor — 119 copies
8th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1963) — Contributor — 117 copies
11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1966) — Contributor — 116 copies
New Dimensions 3 (1973) — Contributor — 114 copies
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 114 copies
Magic in Ithkar 2 (1985) — Contributor — 113 copies
World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 (1966) — Author — 112 copies
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 (1973) — Contributor — 112 copies
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008) — Contributor — 110 copies
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1968-1969: Past Master / Picnic on Paradise / Nova / Emphyrio (2019) — Contributor — 107 copies
Orbit 19 (1977) — Contributor — 106 copies
Orbit 5 (1969) — Contributor — 102 copies
Perpetual Light (1982) — Contributor — 101 copies
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contributor — 101 copies
The Best of Crank! (1998) — Author — 100 copies
Sorcerers! (1986) — Contributor — 99 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 (1982) — Contributor — 96 copies
Universe 2 (1972) — Contributor — 95 copies
Strange gifts: Eight stories of science fiction (1975) — Author — 92 copies
The American Fantasy Tradition (2002) — Contributor — 90 copies
Orbit 10 (1972) — Contributor — 89 copies
Future City (1973) — Contributor — 89 copies
Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future (2002) — Contributor — 87 copies
Orbit 2 (1967) — Contributor — 87 copies
Universe 1 (1971) — Contributor — 85 copies
Orbit 7 (1970) — Contributor — 84 copies
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First Annual Collection (1972) — Contributor — 82 copies
Stellar #1: Science-Fiction Stories (1974) — Contributor — 81 copies
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Fourth Annual Collection (1975) — Contributor — 80 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 15th Series (1966) — Contributor, some editions — 79 copies
Orbit 4 (1968) — Contributor — 77 copies
Other Dimensions: Ten Stories of Science Fiction (1973) — Contributor — 75 copies
New Dimensions 2 (1972) — Author — 74 copies
New Worlds of Fantasy #3 (1971) — Contributor — 73 copies
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993) — Contributor — 73 copies
Terry's Universe (1987) — Contributor — 72 copies
Future power: A science fiction anthology (1976) — Contributor — 70 copies
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 70 copies
Best From Orbit Volumes 1-10 (1975) — Contributor — 69 copies
Alpha 1 (1970) — Contributor — 68 copies
Masters of Fantasy (1992) — Contributor — 68 copies
New Dimensions 1 (1971) — Contributor — 68 copies
The Year's Finest Fantasy: Volume 2 (1978) — Contributor — 67 copies
New Worlds of Fantasy (1967) — Contributor — 65 copies
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Second Annual Collection (1973) — Contributor — 65 copies
Young Extraterrestrials (1984) — Contributor — 65 copies
Dark Stars (1969) — Contributor — 65 copies
Omega (1973) — Contributor — 65 copies
Space Mail II (1982) — Contributor — 64 copies
Orbit 8 (1970) — Author, some editions — 63 copies
Mind to Mind (1971) — Contributor — 63 copies
Antigrav (1975) — Contributor — 62 copies
Alpha 4 (1973) — Contributor — 61 copies
The 6 Fingers of Time (1965) — Contributor — 61 copies
And walk now gently through the fire, and other science fiction stories (1972) — Contributor — 61 copies
Quark/1 (1970) — Contributor — 61 copies
Orbit 13 (1974) — Contributor — 59 copies
Aliens among Us (2000) — Contributor — 58 copies
New Worlds of Fantasy #2 (1970) — Contributor — 57 copies
Orbit 6 (1970) — Contributor — 57 copies
Aliens! (1980) — Contributor — 56 copies
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Third Annual Collection (1974) — Contributor — 56 copies
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000) — Contributor — 55 copies
Futures Past (Flights) (2006) — Contributor — 53 copies
Timegates (1997) — Contributor — 53 copies
Quark/3 (1971) — Contributor — 53 copies
New Dimensions IV (1974) — Author — 53 copies
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993) — Contributor — 52 copies
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (1976) — Contributor, some editions — 51 copies
The Wounded Planet (1973) — Contributor — 51 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9 (1983) — Contributor — 50 copies
Speculations (1982) — Contributor — 49 copies
Car Sinister (1979) — Contributor — 49 copies
Four Futures (1969) — Contributor — 48 copies
American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s Box Set: The High Crusade / Way Station / Flowers for… (2019) — Contributor — 48 copies
Orbit 9 (1971) — Contributor — 48 copies
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 47 copies
Alpha 3 (1972) — Contributor — 47 copies
Frights (1976) — Contributor — 46 copies
Best SF: 1973 (1974) — Contributor — 46 copies
Science Fiction Oddities (1966) — Author — 43 copies
Beyond Time (1976) — Contributor — 42 copies
A Day in the Life (1972) — Contributor — 42 copies
Dream's Edge (1980) — Contributor — 41 copies
The Best Of New Dimensions (1979) — Author — 39 copies
The Others (1969) — Contributor — 38 copies
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Contributor — 36 copies
Chrysalis 6 (1980) — Author — 35 copies
Tomorrow's Alternatives (Anthology 12-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 34 copies
This side of infinity (1972) — Author — 34 copies
Universe 8 (1978) — Contributor — 33 copies
Destination Unknown (1997) — Contributor — 32 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies
Universe 12 (1982) — Contributor — 32 copies
Chrysalis 2 (1978) — Contributor — 30 copies
Infinite jests;: The lighter side of science fiction (1974) — Contributor — 30 copies
Street Magicks (2016) — Contributor — 30 copies
Chrysalis 3 (1978) — Contributor — 30 copies
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... (1974) — Contributor — 29 copies
Invaders! (1993) — Contributor — 29 copies
Far Reaches of Fear (1976) — Contributor — 29 copies
Berserkers (1973) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 (1980) — Author — 27 copies
Transformations: Understanding World History Through Science Fiction (1973) — Contributor — 25 copies
The New Mind (Anthology 9-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 (1981) — Contributor — 22 copies
Future Corruption (Anthology 12-in-1) (1975) — Contributor — 22 copies
Sociology Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 21 copies
Chrysalis 4 (1979) — Contributor — 21 copies
Another World: Adventures in Otherness (1977) — Contributor — 21 copies
Chrysalis 8 (1980) — Contributor — 20 copies
Exploring the Horizons (2000) — Contributor — 20 copies
Spaced Out (1977) — Contributor — 19 copies
Dystopian Visions (1975) — Contributor — 19 copies
Young Demons (1971) — Contributor — 19 copies
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contributor — 18 copies
Orbit 18 (1976) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Best from Universe (1984) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982, Vol. 63, No. 4 (1982) — Author — 15 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1970 July, Vol. 30, No. 4 (1970) — Contributor — 15 copies
Galactic Dreamers: Science Fiction as Visionary Literature (1977) — Contributor — 15 copies
Orbit 16 (1975) — Contributor — 14 copies
Orbit 20 (1978) — Contributor — 13 copies
Orbit 17 (1975) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967, Vol. 33, No. 4 (1967) — Contributor — 13 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1973 May-June, Vol. 33, No. 6 (1973) — Contributor — 12 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 5 [May 1986] (1986) — Contributor — 12 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 152, January/February 1971 (Vol. 20, No. 9) (1971) — Contributor — 11 copies
Showcase (1973) — Contributor — 11 copies
Masters' Choice 2 (1969) — Contributor — 11 copies
Orbit 21 (1980) — Contributor — 10 copies
Social Problems Through Science Fiction (1975) — Contributor — 10 copies
Univers 1985 (1985) — Contributor — 10 copies
As Tomorrow Becomes Today (1974) — Contributor — 10 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1973 November, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 10 copies
Univers 12 (1978) — Contributor — 10 copies
Univers 1986 (1986) — Contributor — 9 copies
Galaxy Science Fiction 1962 December, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1962) — Contributor — 9 copies
Alfa vijf : sf-verhalen (1976) — Contributor — 9 copies
Earth is the strangest planet: Ten stories of science fiction (1977) — Contributor — 8 copies
In the Wake of Man (1975) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Infinite Web (1977) — Contributor — 8 copies
Titan XVIII (1976) — Contributor, some editions — 8 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 68. Mythen der nahen Zukunft. (1984) — Contributor — 7 copies
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories (1974) — Contributor — 7 copies
School and Society Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 6 copies
Bifrost n°32 (2003) — Contributor — 6 copies
Beyond Reality (1979) — Contributor — 6 copies
New constellations: An anthology of tomorrow's mythologies (1976) — Contributor — 5 copies
Worlds near and far: Nine stories of science fiction and fantasy (1974) — Contributor — 5 copies
New Dimensions No. 13 (1982) — Contributor — 4 copies
ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 25 (1973) — Contributor — 4 copies
American Government through Science Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Contributor — 4 copies
Prime Cuts: Words & Pictures #1 (1987) — Contributor, some editions — 3 copies
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributor — 2 copies
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 1, Fall 1984 (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Best of the Rest 1990: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Small Press (1992) — Contributor — 2 copies
Fantastic Chicago (1991) — Author — 2 copies
Bizarrotektyw 1 copy

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Fourth Mansions (Ace SF Special, 24590) by R. A. Lafferty
Wow, folks...this book. This book. This is the second novel I've read of his, with many short stories and a few essays in between. Fourth Mansions is the most like reading a really good Lafferty story, somehow maintaining the intensity and light-yet-deadly tone, and still remaining cohesive as a novel. Lafferty isn't for everyone--his style and dialog either charm & delight you or annoy & exhaust you--and while this may or may not be his best work, it is certainly the most HIS. I'm dazzled.… (more)
 
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Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
It's crazy! It's been around ten years since I read Thomas More's [b:Utopia|18414|Utopia|Thomas More|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348970806s/18414.jpg|2798280]. But of course I remember "A Man For All Seasons," both the movie and a community theater version. Well, this novel is a "false utopian" story full of what I am discovering is Lafferty's delightfully fruity style and strong opinions about human nature. The novel opens on a future world which is modeled after More's Utopia...and More is quickly retrieved through time to help lead/save/grok the troubled paradise.

I noted several similarities with [b:Watch the North Wind Rise|1215992|Watch the North Wind Rise|Robert Graves|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346702132s/1215992.jpg|1204453], but this is written in a style I found both more obscure and more fun.

The book also has human-form Cylons (called "Programmed People" here) who mix and reproduce with humans.… (more)
 
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The Best of R.A. Lafferty by R.A. Lafferty
I love Lafferty so much. No one has a voice quite like his.
 
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The Best of R. A. Lafferty by R.A. Lafferty
Raphael Aloysius Lafferty plays with words like François Rabelais, but unlike his French renaissance precursor, he also tells infuriatingly clever stories. This is a collection of some of his best short works including those of the tall tale variety, those of the shaggy dog story variety, some of the magic realism variety, and some of the pure fantasy variety, some of the science fiction variety, and many of the implied social criticism variety. And like fellow authors J.R.R. Tolkien and Flannery O’Connor, underlying all of them is his religious faith.… (more)
 
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Brian M. Thomsen
Judy-Lynn del Rey
Ernest Hill Author
Alan Dean Foster
Beth Meacham
Galaxy
Philip Strick
Arthur W. Saha
Kim Mohan
Harry Harrison
Kirby McCauley
Groff Conklin
Sandra Ley
Michael Bishop
Peter Crowther
Leigh Grossman
Ramsey Campbell
Paula Guran
Daniel Roselle
John W. Milstead
Joseph D. Olander
Michel Parry
Michael Moorcock Contributor
Laurence M. Janifer
Joe Haldeman Contributor
Barry N. Malzberg Contributor
Willy Ley Author
C. W. Sullivan III
Larry Niven Author
Keith Laumer Author
John Brunner Author
C. C. MacApp Author
Joëlle Wintrebert
Algis Budrys Author
Hayden Howard Author
Jacques Sadoul
Gordon R. Dickson Author
Joseph Green Author
Warner Flamen
Pierre K. Rey
Ronald M. Hahn
Olivier Girard
Marta Randall
Stefan Rudnicki
Walter Spiegl
Gordon M. D. Garb
Steve Pasechnick
Zeter Zelke
Robert Silverberg Contributor
Harlan Ellison Contributor
Isaac Asimov Contributor
Jack Dann Contributor
Neil Gaiman Introduction
Gary K. Wolfe Contributor
Samuel R. Delany Contributor
Andrew Ferguson Introduction, Contributor
Michael Dirda Contributor
Michael Swanwick Contributor
Terry Bisson Contributor
Michael Bishop Contributor
John Scalzi Contributor
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