R.A. Lafferty has died

Andy Robertson · 20 Mar 2002, 22:07 · from urth-v0203.mbox · original

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From: "Andy Robertson" <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) Fw: R.A. Lafferty has died
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:07:38 -0000
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I suspect this will grieve Wolfe . . .


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From: "johnfboston" <john.boston at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:36 PM
Subject: [fictionmags] R.A. Lafferty has died


> Forwarded by Joyce Scrivner:
>
> (From Plokta News Network)
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> Title: RIP R.A. Lafferty (General)
> Date: Wednesday March 20 2002 @ 08:21AM GMT
> Author: Alison Scott (alison at kittywompus.com)
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> Steven Silver, writing in rec.arts.sf.fandom, reports that SFWA has
> announced that RA Lafferty has died.
>
> Lafferty was a master of the SF short story and won the Hugo for Short
> Story
> in 1973 for "Eurema's Dam". His stories have tended to be overlooked
> in
> recent years; a great shame. If you haven't read any Lafferty, I
> recommend
> you try some.
>
> *** Joyce.Scrivner at unisys.com *** all my own opinions ***
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