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R A Lafferty

(Raphael Aloysius Lafferty)

(1914 - 2002)

About R A Lafferty

Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, In a Green Tree; a history book, The Fall of Rome; and a number of novels that could be more or less loosely called historical fiction.

Series

Devil Is Dead
The Devil Is Dead (1971)
Archipelago (1979)
More Than Melchisedech (1984)

Coscuin
1. The Flame Is Green (1985)
2. Half a Sky (1984)

Non fiction

Tales of Chicago (1992)
It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs (1995)

Anthologies containing stories by R A Lafferty

The Six Fingers of Time: And Other Stories (1965)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 15th Series (1966)
Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966)
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967)
New Worlds of Fantasy (1967)
     aka Step Outside Your Mind
Orbit 2 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968)
The Others (1969)
Best SF 7 (1970)
Universe 1 (1971)
This Side of Infinity (1972)
Universe 2 (1972)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 (1973)
The Golden Road (1973)
Nebula Award Stories 7 (1973)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 (1974)
Best SF: 1974 (1974)
     aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8
Universe 4 (1974)
Worlds Far and Near (1974)
Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters (1975)
The Best from Galaxy, Volume III (1975)
Spaced Out (1975)
The Far Reaches of Fear (1976)
Frights: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Terror (1976)
The Hugo Winners 1971-1975 (1977)
The Hugo Winners Volume 3, Part 2: 1973 (1977)
Universe 7 (1977)
Shadows (1978)
Universe 8 (1978)
The Best of New Dimensions (1979)
Beyond Reality (1979)
Frights 1 (1979)
The Year's Finest Fantasy Volume 2 (1979)
Aliens! (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
Universe 10 (1980)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 (1982)
Universe 12 (1982)
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)
The Best from Universe (1984)
Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics (1984)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1985)
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (1991)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection (1991)
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993)
Invaders! (1993)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (1994)
Destination Unknown (1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy (1996)
Timegates (1997)
The Best of Crank! (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1998)
     aka The Fantasy Hall of Fame
Aliens Among Us (2000)
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (2000)

Short stories

	Adam Had Three Brothers (1960)
	The Six Fingers of Time (1960)
	Snuffles (1960)
	Through Other Eyes (1960)
	The Ugly Sea (1960)
	All the People (1961)
	Aloys (1961)
	Rainbird (1961)
	Dream (1962) aka Dreamworld
	Seven-Day Terror (1962)
	Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas (1962)
	The Man with the Speckled Eyes (1964)
	Name of the Snake (1964)
	The Transcendent Tigers (1964)
	What's the Name of That Town? (1964)
	Guesting Time (1965)
	Hog-Belly Honey (1965)
	In Our Block (1965)		Nebula (nominee)
	Slow Tuesday Night (1965)		Nebula (nominee)
	Among the Hairy Earthmen (1966)
	Narrow Valley (1966)
	Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1966)
	Primary Education of the Camiroi (1966)
	Camels and Dromedaries, Clem (1967)
	Ginny Wrapped in the Sun (1967)
	The Hole on the Corner (1967)
	Land of the Great Horses (1967)
	The Man Who Never Was (1967)
	Polity and Custom of the Camiroi (1967)
	Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne (1967)
	One at a Time (1968)
	Cliffs That Laughed (1969)
	Configuration of the North Shore (1969)
	Been a Long, Long Time (1970)
	Continued on Next Rock (1970)		Nebula (nominee) Hugo (nominee)
	Entire and Perfect Chrysolite (1970)		Nebula (nominee)
	Frog on the Mountain (1970)
	Interurban Queen (1970)
	Old Foot Forgot (1970)
	Ride a Tin Can (1970)
	All But the Words (1971)
	Groaning Hinges of the World (1971)
	Incased in Ancient Rind (1971)
	Nor Limestone Islands (1971)
	Sky (1971)		Hugo (nominee)
	World Abounding (1971)
	Dorg (1972)
	Eurema's Dam (1972)		Hugo
	Once on Aranea (1972)
	A Special Condition in Summit City (1972)
	By the Seashore (1973)
	Days of Grass, Days of Straw (1973)
	In Outraged Stone (1973)
	Parthen (1973)
	The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos (1973)
	The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen (1973)
	The World as Will and Wallpaper (1973)
	And Name My Name (1974)
	And Read the Flesh Between the Lines (1974)
	Rivers of Damascus (1974)
	For All Poor Folks at Picketwire (1975)
	Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes (1975)
	Fog in My Throat (1976)
	Oh Tell Me It Will Freeze Tonight (1976)
	Brain Fever Season (1977)
	Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies (1978)
	Splinters (1978)
	And All the Skies Are Full of Fish (1980)
	The Funny Face Murders (1980)
	You Can't Go Back (1981)
	Thieving Bear Planet (1982)
	And Some in Velvet Gowns (1983)
	The Doggone Highly Scientific Door (1983)
	Oh Whatta You Do When the Well Runs Dry? (1983)
	The Effigy Histories (1984)
	I'll See It Done and Then I'll Die (1984)
	The Man Who Made Models (1984)
	Of Laughter and the Love of Friends (1984)
	Two for Four Ninety-Nine (1984)
	Magazine Section (1985)
	Something Rich and Strange (1986)
	Rainy Day in Halicarnassus (1988)
	The Story of Little Briar-Rose, A Scholarly Study (1988)
	I Don't Care Who Keeps the Cows (1994)
	Happening in Chosky Bottoms (1995)
	The Emperor's Shoestrings (1997)
	About a Secret Crocodile
	Boomer Flats
	Golden Trabant
	How They Gave It Back
	In the Garden
	Mad Man
	The Man Underneath
	Maybe Jones and the City
	Pig in a Pokey
	Seven Story Dream
	This Grand Carcass Yet
	The Ultimate Creature
	The Weirdest World

Awards

	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1966) : Slow Tuesday Night
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1966) : In Our Block
	Hugo Best Novel nominee (1969) : Past Master
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1969) : Past Master
	Nebula Best Short story nominee (1971) : Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1971) : Continued on Next Rock
	Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1971) : Continued on Next Rock
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1971) : Fourth Mansions
	Hugo Best Short story nominee (1972) : Sky
	Nebula Best Novel nominee (1972) : The Devil Is Dead
	Hugo Best Short story winner (1973) : Eurema's Dam
	Philip K Dick Award Best Novel nominee (1982) : Aurelia
	World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (1990)
	World Fantasy Best Collection nominee (1992) : Lafferty In Orbit
	Philip K Dick Award Best Novel nominee (1992) : Iron Tears

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