OT: R.A. Lafferty essay anthology

Gwern Branwen · 22 Oct 2012, 02:20 · from 2012-October.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:20:35 -0400
Subject: (urth) OT: R.A. Lafferty essay anthology
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A Ferguson update from Google Alerts:
http://news.virginia.edu/content/phd-student-one-three-national-book-collecting-contest-winners

> Andrew Ferguson, an English doctoral student in the University of Virginia?s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, took third place in the National Collegiate Book-Collecting Contest for his entry, ?The Bibliography & Puzzle of R.A. Lafferty.?
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> ...Because much of Lafferty?s work is out of print, Ferguson spent years tracking it down, beginning while he worked as a bookseller. His interest in the author led him to a graduate program at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, where Lafferty?s papers are kept. Ferguson?s current doctoral work at U.Va. also deals with Lafferty, and he?s been in contact with the Locus Foundation, which owns the rights to much of the author?s work. Because much of Lafferty?s work is out of print, Ferguson spent years tracking it down, beginning while he worked as a bookseller. His interest in the author led him to a graduate program at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, where Lafferty?s papers are kept. Ferguson?s current doctoral work at U.Va. also deals with Lafferty, and he?s been in contact with the Locus Foundation, which owns the rights to much of the author?s work.

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