New Lafferty collection from Centipede Press

Antonin Scriabin · 02 Dec 2013, 21:29 · from 2013-December.txt.gz

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From: kierkegaurdian at gmail.com (Antonin Scriabin)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 16:29:47 -0500
Subject: (urth) New Lafferty collection from Centipede Press
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Awesome!  Reading Lafferty is one of those experiences that makes me
realize just how much a love reading, and it is great that this collection
will have so many stories of his I otherwise wouldn't have easy (or
reasonably priced) access to.  Can't wait to have them all, but I will say
I'm not a fan of the cover design.  I assume the binding and other features
will be of high quality.


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen <
danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know this list occasionally gets used for Lafferty news as well (rightly
> so, since Wolfe considers Lafferty and actual and true genius), so I just
> wanted to make sure folks new Centipede Press is putting out the first fine
> volume of Lafferty's complete stories (they're calling it the Lafferty
> Library).  They say each volume will feature 'a guest introduction by a
> notable author in the field of fantastic fiction' (the first is by noted
> Wolfe fan Michael Swanwick).  I hope they'll get Wolfe to do one!
>
> http://www.centipedepress.com/sf/manmademodels.html
>
> I discuss the pros and cons of the particular table of contents they've
> revealed on my Lafferty blog:
>
>
> http://antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/complete-lafferty-library-volume-1.html
>
> Also, in case you've never seen where Wolfe calls Lafferty 'our most
> original writer' (he calls him a genius in a different essay), a few years
> ago I copied out Wolfe's essay from Castle of Days here:
>
>
> http://antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/its-great-to-be-young-and-in-danger.html
>
> Take care.
>
> --
> Daniel Otto Jack Petersen
>
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