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David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Sep 18 13:33:25 CDT 2009


Thanks for the tip.  I've never read nor head of Lafferty, but I'll do
myself that favor you mention.

But, man!  This book is expensive, new or used.

Would you have full-length novels by him to recommend?

David Morris

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:19 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> after reading R.A. Lafferty, most mainstream sci-fi to me became
> pretty inane and laughable. Lafferty was a practicing Catholic,
> ex-alcoholic who resided mostly in Oklahoma, who sympathized with the
> Choctaw among other things
>
> do yrself a favor, read the short story collection, Nine Hundred
> Grandmothers. guarantee you'll read a couple of those stories and
> think, what the fuck was that? (and laugh smiling)
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Hundred-Grandmothers-R-Lafferty/dp/1880448971



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