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R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)

Autor(a) de Past Master

186+ Works 3,924 Membros 42 Críticas 37 Favorited

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Séries

Obras por R. A. Lafferty

Past Master (1968) 453 exemplares
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1970) 439 exemplares
Fourth Mansions (1969) — Autor — 311 exemplares
The Reefs of Earth (1968) 202 exemplares
The Devil Is Dead (1971) 187 exemplares
Arrive at Easterwine (1971) 184 exemplares
The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019) 153 exemplares
Strange doings (1972) 139 exemplares
Okla Hannali (1972) 114 exemplares
The Annals of Klepsis (1983) 112 exemplares
Apocalypses (1977) — Autor — 110 exemplares
Ringing Changes (1979) 85 exemplares
Space Chantey / Pity About Earth (Ace Double H-56) (1958) — Autor — 80 exemplares
Space Chantey (1968) 57 exemplares
Lafferty in Orbit (1991) 52 exemplares
The fall of Rome (1971) 44 exemplares
The Six Fingers of Time (2010) 33 exemplares
Iron Tears (1992) 33 exemplares
Serpent's Egg (1987) 32 exemplares
Aurelia (Starblaze Editions) (1982) 31 exemplares
Sindbad: The Thirteenth Voyage (1989) 29 exemplares
Flame Is Green (1971) 27 exemplares
Archipelago (1979) 24 exemplares
Golden Gate and Other Stories (1982) 24 exemplares
East of Laughter (1988) 20 exemplares
Half a Sky (1984) 20 exemplares
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas (2008) 18 exemplares
Salomas del espacio (1968) 14 exemplares
Narrow Valley [short fiction] (1966) 13 exemplares
Fantastic. No. 187 (August 1975) (1975) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Eurema's Dam [short fiction] (1972) 10 exemplares
Episodes of the Argo (1990) 10 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1965 April, Vol. 23, No. 4 (1965) — Autor — 10 exemplares
Tales of Chicago (1992) 9 exemplares
Slow Tuesday Night 8 exemplares
How many miles to Babylon (1989) 8 exemplares
Sky [short story] (1971) 7 exemplares
Dotty (1990) 7 exemplares
The early Lafferty II (1990) 7 exemplares
True Believers (1988) 7 exemplares
The elliptical grave (1989) 7 exemplares
The Early Lafferty (1988) 7 exemplares
The back door of history (1988) 6 exemplares
Horns on their heads (1976) 5 exemplares
Mad Man 5 exemplares
Funnyfingers & Cabrito (1976) 4 exemplares
Promontory goats (1988) 4 exemplares
Argo (1992) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Mischief malicious (1990) 4 exemplares
In Our Block (1965) 4 exemplares
Strange Skies (1988) 4 exemplares
Fantasía - selección 03 (1977) 4 exemplares
Seven-day Terror (1962) 3 exemplares
Aloys (2020) 3 exemplares
More Than Melchisedech (1984) 3 exemplares
Company in the Wings 3 exemplares
Hands Of The Man (1970) 3 exemplares
Pistolero fuori tempo — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Short Fiction (2022) 3 exemplares
This Grand Carcass 2 exemplares
Dream World (2016) 2 exemplares
The Weirdest World (2020) 2 exemplares
All The People (2020) 2 exemplares
Rainbird 2 exemplares
Le maître du passé. (1973) 2 exemplares
One at a Time [short story] (1968) 2 exemplares
Nor Limestone Islands (1971) 2 exemplares
Old Foot Forgot [short story] (1970) 2 exemplares
Ifrit 2 exemplares
The Weirdest World 1 exemplar
Los Salta-Mundos 1 exemplar
McGonigal's Worm (2016) 1 exemplar
In the Garden (2020) 1 exemplar
Iron Tears 1 exemplar
Through Other Eyes 1 exemplar
Summa Risus 1 exemplar
Los saltamundos 1 exemplar
Chants de l'espace (1968) 1 exemplar
Bequest of Wings 1 exemplar
Brain Fever Season 1 exemplar
More Fantastic Stories (2013) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Contribuidor — 1,895 exemplares
Alchemy and Academe (1970) — Contribuidor — 577 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contribuidor, algumas edições502 exemplares
Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century (2001) — Contribuidor — 450 exemplares
The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contribuidor — 411 exemplares
Galactic Empires, Volume One (1976) — Contribuidor — 407 exemplares
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century (2005) — Contribuidor — 379 exemplares
Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse (1991) — Contribuidor — 347 exemplares
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contribuidor — 328 exemplares
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three (1971-1975) (1977) — Autor — 265 exemplares
The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here (1979) — Contribuidor — 242 exemplares
Nebula Award Stories Number Two (1967) — Contribuidor — 240 exemplares
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (1974) — Contribuidor — 231 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986) — Contribuidor — 225 exemplares
Nebula Award Stories Seven (1972) — Contribuidor — 222 exemplares
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF (1972) — Contribuidor — 220 exemplares
Epoch (1975) — Contribuidor — 209 exemplares
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1939) — Contribuidor — 206 exemplares
Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1991) — Contribuidor — 201 exemplares
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998) — Contribuidor — 192 exemplares
Strange Dreams (1993) — Contribuidor — 186 exemplares
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1969 (1969) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (1971) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987) — Contribuidor — 176 exemplares
Mutants : Eleven Stories of Science Fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 168 exemplares
My Favorite Fantasy Story (2000) — Contribuidor — 166 exemplares
The Ruins of the Earth (1973) — Contribuidor — 162 exemplares
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (1991) — Contribuidor — 155 exemplares
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (1994) — Contribuidor — 147 exemplares
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contribuidor — 143 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 (1968) — Contribuidor — 142 exemplares
Shadows (1978) — Contribuidor — 141 exemplares
Universe 4 (1974) — Contribuidor — 139 exemplares
Space Odyssey (1983) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
SF12 (1968) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
Nebula Award Stories Six (1971) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
Basilisk (1980) — Contribuidor — 135 exemplares
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contribuidor — 133 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) — Contribuidor — 131 exemplares
Universe 10 (1980) — Contribuidor — 130 exemplares
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981) — Contribuidor — 129 exemplares
Universe 7 (1977) — Contribuidor — 125 exemplares
Galactic Empires {complete} (1976) — Contribuidor — 124 exemplares
The Ninth Galaxy Reader (1966) — Contribuidor — 124 exemplares
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 (1974) — Contribuidor — 121 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1967 (1967) — Contribuidor — 119 exemplares
The Hugo Winners: Volume Three, Book 2 (1973-1975) (1977) — Contribuidor — 119 exemplares
8th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1963) — Contribuidor — 116 exemplares
11th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1966) — Contribuidor — 113 exemplares
Galaxy, Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980) — Contribuidor — 112 exemplares
Magic in Ithkar 2 (1985) — Contribuidor — 112 exemplares
New Dimensions 3 (1973) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #2 (1973) — Contribuidor — 110 exemplares
World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 (1966) — Autor — 110 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy (2008) — Contribuidor — 109 exemplares
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020) — Contribuidor — 108 exemplares
Orbit 19 (1977) — Contribuidor — 104 exemplares
Orbit 5 (1969) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
Perpetual Light (1982) — Contribuidor — 99 exemplares
The Best of Crank! (1998) — Autor — 99 exemplares
Sorcerers! (1986) — Contribuidor — 98 exemplares
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 (1982) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Universe 2 (1972) — Contribuidor — 94 exemplares
Strange gifts: Eight stories of science fiction (1975) — Autor — 91 exemplares
The American Fantasy Tradition (2002) — Contribuidor — 89 exemplares
Orbit 10 (1972) — Contribuidor — 88 exemplares
Future City (1973) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
Orbit 2 (1967) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future (2002) — Contribuidor — 85 exemplares
Universe 1 (1971) — Contribuidor — 84 exemplares
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year First Annual Collection (1972) — Contribuidor — 83 exemplares
Orbit 7 (1970) — Contribuidor — 82 exemplares
Stellar #1: Science-Fiction Stories (1974) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 15th Series (1966) — Contribuidor, algumas edições77 exemplares
Orbit 4 (1968) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
Other Dimensions: Ten Stories of Science Fiction (1973) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
New Dimensions 2 (1972) — Autor — 74 exemplares
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
New Worlds of Fantasy #3 (1971) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Terry's Universe (1987) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
Future power: A science fiction anthology (1976) — Contribuidor — 68 exemplares
Best From Orbit Volumes 1-10 (1975) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
New Dimensions 1 (1971) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
The Year's Finest Fantasy: Volume 2 (1978) — Contribuidor — 66 exemplares
Alpha 1 (1970) — Contribuidor — 66 exemplares
Dark Stars (1969) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
Space Mail II (1982) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
Young Extraterrestrials (1984) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
New Worlds of Fantasy (1967) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Mind to Mind (1971) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Masters of Fantasy (1992) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Omega (1973) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
Orbit 8 (1970) — Autor, algumas edições61 exemplares
The 6 Fingers of Time (1965) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Alpha 4 (1973) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
Antigrav (1975) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
Quark/1 (1970) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
Orbit 13 (1974) — Contribuidor — 58 exemplares
Aliens among Us (2000) — Contribuidor — 58 exemplares
New Worlds of Fantasy #2 (1970) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Orbit 6 (1970) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Third Annual Collection (1974) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Aliens! (1980) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
Timegates (1997) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
Futures Past (Flights) (2006) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Quark/3 (1971) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
New Dimensions IV (1974) — Autor — 52 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
Beyond Tomorrow: Anthology of Modern Science Fiction (1976) — Contribuidor, algumas edições51 exemplares
The Wounded Planet (1973) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Speculations (1982) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 9 (1983) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Car Sinister (1979) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Orbit 9 (1971) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Four Futures (1969) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Alpha 3 (1972) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (1995) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Frights (1976) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Best SF: 1973 (1974) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Science Fiction Oddities (1966) — Autor — 43 exemplares
A Day in the Life (1972) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
Beyond Time (1976) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Dream's Edge (1980) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
The Best Of New Dimensions (1979) — Autor — 39 exemplares
The Others (1969) — Contribuidor — 38 exemplares
Chrysalis 6 (1980) — Autor — 35 exemplares
Destination Unknown (1997) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
This side of infinity (1972) — Autor — 34 exemplares
Tomorrow's Alternatives (Anthology 12-in-1) (1973) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Universe 8 (1978) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Universe 12 (1982) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Chrysalis 3 (1978) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Far Reaches of Fear (1976) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... (1974) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Invaders! (1993) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Chrysalis 2 (1978) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Infinite jests;: The lighter side of science fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Berserkers (1973) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 (1980) — Autor — 27 exemplares
Street Magicks (2016) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
The New Mind (Anthology 9-in-1) (1973) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 (1981) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Future Corruption (Anthology 12-in-1) (1975) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Sociology Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Chrysalis 4 (1979) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Chrysalis 8 (1980) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Exploring the Horizons (2000) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Another World: Adventures in Otherness (1977) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Spaced Out (1977) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Young Demons (1971) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Dystopian Visions (1975) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Demon Kind (11-in-1) (1973) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
The Best from Universe (1984) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Orbit 18 (1976) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1970 July, Vol. 30, No. 4 (1970) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Galactic Dreamers: Science Fiction as Visionary Literature (1977) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Orbit 16 (1975) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Orbit 20 (1978) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Orbit 17 (1975) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1973 May-June, Vol. 33, No. 6 (1973) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Masters' Choice 2 (1969) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Showcase (1973) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Univers 1985 (1985) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
As Tomorrow Becomes Today (1974) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Orbit 21 (1980) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Social Problems Through Science Fiction (1975) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Univers 12 (1978) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1973 November, Vol. 34, No. 2 (1973) — Contribuidor, algumas edições10 exemplares
Alfa vijf : sf-verhalen (1976) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Galaxy Science Fiction 1962 December, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1962) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Univers 1986 (1986) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
In the Wake of Man (1975) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Earth is the strangest planet: Ten stories of science fiction (1977) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Titan XVIII (1976) — Contribuidor, algumas edições8 exemplares
The Infinite Web (1977) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories (1974) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Worlds of If Science Fiction 85, December 1964 (Vol. 14, No. 7) (1964) — Contribuidor, algumas edições7 exemplares
Beyond Reality (1979) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
School and Society Through Science Fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
New constellations: An anthology of tomorrow's mythologies (1976) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Bifrost n°32 (2003) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
ULLSTEIN 2000 SF STORIES 25 (1973) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
New Dimensions No. 13 (1982) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
American Government through Science Fiction (1974) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Prime Cuts: Words & Pictures #1 (1987) — Contribuidor, algumas edições3 exemplares
Fantastic Chicago (1991) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Weird Tales Volume 49 Number 1, Fall 1984 (1984) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Bizarrotektyw 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Membros

Discussions

Cabell and Religion em The Rabble Discuss Cabell: James Branch Cabell &c (Fevereiro 2019)
R. A. Lafferty em The Weird Tradition (Janeiro 2014)

Críticas

Wow, folks...this book. This book. This is the second novel I've read of his, with many short stories and a few essays in between. Fourth Mansions is the most like reading a really good Lafferty story, somehow maintaining the intensity and light-yet-deadly tone, and still remaining cohesive as a novel. Lafferty isn't for everyone--his style and dialog either charm & delight you or annoy & exhaust you--and while this may or may not be his best work, it is certainly the most HIS. I'm dazzled.… (mais)
 
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grahzny | 1 outra crítica | Jul 17, 2023 |
It's crazy! It's been around ten years since I read Thomas More's [b:Utopia|18414|Utopia|Thomas More|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348970806s/18414.jpg|2798280]. But of course I remember "A Man For All Seasons," both the movie and a community theater version. Well, this novel is a "false utopian" story full of what I am discovering is Lafferty's delightfully fruity style and strong opinions about human nature. The novel opens on a future world which is modeled after More's Utopia...and More is quickly retrieved through time to help lead/save/grok the troubled paradise.

I noted several similarities with [b:Watch the North Wind Rise|1215992|Watch the North Wind Rise|Robert Graves|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346702132s/1215992.jpg|1204453], but this is written in a style I found both more obscure and more fun.

The book also has human-form Cylons (called "Programmed People" here) who mix and reproduce with humans.
… (mais)
 
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grahzny | 7 outras críticas | Jul 17, 2023 |
I love Lafferty so much. No one has a voice quite like his.
 
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grahzny | 3 outras críticas | Jul 17, 2023 |
Los marineros de la antigüedad cantaban sus viejas salomas para mantener el ritmo de los remos y loar a sus héroes. ¿Qué salomas cantarán los futuros marineros del espacio? ¿Y quienes serán los héroes a los que irán dedicadas?
Cuando la ciencia domine el universo, ¿habrá héroes? ¿Habrá lugar para una nueva mitología? ¿Surgirán nuevos Ulises de las estrellas, dispuestos a enfrentarse a mil peligros y a correr las más fantásticas aventuras en los más inimaginables planetas?
 
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Natt90 | Mar 30, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
186
Also by
210
Membros
3,924
Popularidade
#6,449
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
42
ISBN
206
Línguas
8
Marcado como favorito
37

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