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Fernando Q. Gouvea14 Jun 2002, 02:17original as archived

Junie Moon

I just re-read Wolfe's "Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon", in the Moon Shots anthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to R. A. Lafferty, and it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon that orbits very close to the Earth's surface. I remember reading that story, but don't remember its title or where I read it. Can anyone help? Thanks, Fernando

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Alex David Groce17 Jun 2002, 16:09original as archived

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I just re-read Wolfe's "Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon", in the Moon Shots anthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to R. A. Lafferty, and it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon that orbits very close to the Earth's surface. I remember reading that story, but don't remember its title or where I read it. Can anyone help?

It's "You Can't Go Back" in Iron Tears. One of Lafferty's better stories, which is saying a lot. While the intention was, I'm sure, all to the good, I think "Junie Moon"'s main virtue is in pointing out that imitation Lafferty just doesn't work.

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Fernando Q. Gouvea17 Jun 2002, 16:43original as archived

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I just re-read Wolfe's "Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon", in the Moon Shots anthology edited by Peter Crowther. The story is a homage to R. A. Lafferty, and it refers to a Lafferty story about a small moon that orbits very close to the Earth's surface. I remember reading that story, but don't remember its title or where I read it. Can anyone help?

Alex> It's "You Can't Go Back" in Iron Tears. One of Lafferty's better Alex> stories, which is saying a lot. While the intention was, I'm sure, Alex> all to the good, I think "Junie Moon"'s main virtue is in pointing Alex> out that imitation Lafferty just doesn't work. To some extent, I agree, but I still enjoyed the story, both because it reminded me of the Lafferty (a pleasure in itself) and because of little touches, such as Junie (whose real name must be Juno) sending "Hercules" on his labors. Fernando

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