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010      2020044265 
020    9781250778536|q(trade paperback) 
020    1250778530|q(trade paperback) 
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020    1250794811|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9781250778680|q(ebook) 
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050 00 PS3562.A28|bB47 2021 
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100 1  Lafferty, R. A.,|eauthor. 
245 14 The best of R. A. Lafferty /|cedited by Jonathan Strahan. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bTor Essentials,|c2021. 
300    285 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "A Tom Doherty Associates book" 
505 00 |tNot to mention R.A. Lafferty: a personal introduction /
       |rNeil Gaiman --|tSlow Tuesday night /|rintroduction by 
       Michael Dirda --|tNarrow valley /|rintroduction by Michael
       Swanwick --|tNor limestone islands /|rintroduction by 
       Michael Bishop --|tInterurban queen /|rintroduction by 
       Terry Bisson --|tThus we frustrate Charlemagne /
       |rintroduction by Jack Dann --|tIn our block /
       |rintroduction by Neil Gaiman --|tRide a tin can /
       |rintroduction Neil Gaiman --|tNine hundred grandmothers /
       |rintroduction by Patton Oswalt ; afterword by Andy Duncan
       --|tLand of the great horses /|rintroduction by Harlan 
       Ellison ; afterword by Gregory Frost --|tEurema's dam /
       |rintroduction by Robert Silverberg --|tSelenium ghosts of
       the eighteen seventies /|rintroduction by Kelly Robson --
       |tThe primary education of the Camiroi /|rintroduction by 
       Samuel R. Delany --|tContinued on next rock /
       |rintroduction by Nancy Kress ; afterword by R.A. Lafferty
       --|tSky /|rintroduction by Gwenda Bond --|tCliffs that 
       laughed /|rintroduction by Gregory Feeley --|tSeven-day 
       terror /|rintroduction by Connie Willis --|tBoomer Flats /
       |rintroduction by Cat Rambo --|tOld foot forgot /
       |rintroduction by John Scalzi --|tThe world as will and 
       wallpaper /|rintroduction by Samuel R. Delany --
       |tFunnyfingers /|rintroduction by Andrew Ferguson --
       |tThieving bear planet /|rintroduction by Jeff VanderMeer 
       --|tDays of grass, days of straw /|rintroduction by Gary 
       K. Wolfe. 
520    "Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern 
       literature, a winner of the World Fantasy Award for 
       lifetime achievement, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-
       2002) was an American original, a teller of acute, 
       indescribably loopy tall tales whose work has been 
       compared to that of Avram Davidson, Flannery O'Connor, 
       Flann O'Brien, and Gene Wolfe. The Best of R. A. Lafferty 
       presents 22 of his best flights of offbeat imagination, 
       ranging from classics like "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" 
       (basis for the later novel) and "The Primary Education of 
       the Cameroi," to his Hugo Award-winning "Eurema's Dam." 
       Introduced by Neil Gaiman, the volume also contains story 
       introductions and afterwords by, among many others, 
       Michael Dirda, Samuel R. Delany, John Scalzi, Connie 
       Willis, Jeff VanderMeer, Kelly Robson, Harlan Ellison, 
       Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, and 
       Patton Oswalt"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Science fiction, American. 
650  7 Science fiction, American|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108635 
655  7 Short stories|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726740 
655  7 Science fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Short stories.|2lcgft 
700 1  Strahan, Jonathan,|eeditor. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aLafferty, R. A.,|tThe best of R. A. 
       Lafferty|bFirst U.S. edition.|dNew York : Tor, 2021.
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