R. A. Lafferty Super Pack: A Positronic Book (Positronic Super Pack) - Hardcover

Lafferty, R.A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 151544502X ISBN 13: 9781515445029

Publisher: Positronic Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Eighteen visionary stories from one of the most original and singular voices in science fiction and fantasy.

R. A. Lafferty stands apart even among the giants of speculative fiction. A winner of both the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award, and a six-time Nebula Award nominee, he created stories that defy expectation at every turn—where time bends, reality fractures, and the ordinary world opens suddenly onto the cosmic and the surreal.

Collected here are eighteen of his most distinctive tales, each marked by Lafferty’s unmistakable voice: exuberant, philosophical, mischievous, and deeply imaginative. His fiction moves effortlessly from tall-tale humor to metaphysical speculation, from absurdity to revelation, often within the span of just a few pages. Beneath the playfulness lies a serious engagement with time, identity, myth, and the nature of existence itself.

Influential, unclassifiable, and enduringly original, Lafferty’s work continues to challenge and inspire readers across generations. This Positronic Super Pack gathers a wide range of his short fiction into a single expansive volume—an essential collection for those who seek science fiction and fantasy at their most inventive and unexpected.

Stories included:
Try to Remember
Adam Had Three Brothers
Through Other Eyes
All the People
Day of the Glacier
The Wagons
Dream World
The Ugly Sea
In the Garden
The Six Fingers of Time
McGonigal's Worm
The Polite People of Pudibundia
Other Side of the Moon
Seven-Day Terror
Saturday You Die
Aloys
The Weirdest World
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas

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About this title

About the Author

R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American writer whose distinctive voice made him one of the most singular figures in twentieth-century speculative fiction. Awarded the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards and nominated multiple times for the Nebula, Lafferty's stories are known for their eccentric humor, mythic imagination, and philosophical undercurrents. His work continues to influence writers across science fiction and fantasy, and he remains widely regarded as one of the field's most inventive stylists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Positronic Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 151544502X
• ISBN 13: 9781515445029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 201