OT: Lafferty recommendations

Andy Robertson · 23 Jul 2007, 12:32 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: andywrobertson at clara.co.uk (Andy Robertson)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:32:23 +0100
Subject: (urth) OT: Lafferty recommendations
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Matthew Groves writes: 

> Wolfe seems to be a big admirer of R. A. Lafferty.  ("Has Anyone Seen
> Junie Moon" from _Starwater Strains_ has a character named Roy T.
> Laffer.)  Are there any readers of Lafferty here who can recommend a
> good place for a Wolfe fan to start?

I recommend ARRIVE AT EASTERWINE, a lovely, funny, wise book about the 
Institute of Impure Science and their creaton, Epiktistes the Ktistec 
machine.  Reads like it's a fix-up even if it isn't. 

hartshorn 

 

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