- Paperback: 148 pages
- Publisher: Wildside Press (December 1968)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 188044898X
- ISBN-13: 978-1880448984
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.1 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,765,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite Science Fiction or Fantasy novel in 43 years.,
By Kent Paul Dolan (Clovis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Reefs of Earth (Paperback)
The Reefs of Earth is my favorite SF&F book ever found in 43 years of reading. I buy every copy I find in used book stores, just to be able to give a copy of this book to my best friends, and I long ago read my own two copies until they fell apart. Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, always excellent, outdoes himself in telling the story of "six kids, seven if you count bad John", and their efforts to take over the world from the clueless rednecks, parents, and other riffraff currently in charge. Even the prose is poetry, but the poetry, also part of the book, is excellent, good in the sense of Beowulf and battle poetry, not Shakespeare and romantic poetry. He writes about BIG, *hairy* people, ones who usually don't get along very well with one another, and if you have an ear for language, you'll love it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fiendishly clever!,
By matt (Exeter, RI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Reefs of Earth (Paperback)
This book is a hidden masterpiece. The use of poetry is brilliant - even each of the chapter titles come together to form one poem. The characters are the perfect blend of innocence and wickedness. Like no other book you will read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite Science Fiction or Fantasy novel in 43 years.,
By Kent Paul Dolan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Reefs of Earth (Paperback)
The Reefs of Earth is my favorite SF&F book ever found in 43 years of reading. I buy every copy I find in used book stores, just to be able to give a copy of this book to my best friends, and I long ago read my own two copies until they fell apart. Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, always excellent, outdoes himself in telling the story of "six kids, seven if you count bad John", and their efforts to take over the world from the clueless rednecks, parents, and other riffraff currently in charge. Even the prose is poetry, but the poetry, also part of the book, is excellent, good in the sense of Beowulf and battle poetry, not Shakespeare and romantic poetry. He writes about BIG, *hairy* people, ones who usually don't get along very well with one another, and if you have an ear for language, you'll love it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Weird, weird, weird, weird, WEIRD!!!,
By G. Parks "Thoroghgoing Nostalgist" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Reefs of Earth (Mass Market Paperback)
The story is indescribable; it involves six kids who are aliens from another planet with "Addams Family" tastes but played out realistically. The result is murder, mayhem, and -- strangely -- hilarity too. A VERY weird tale! But the strangest and most memorable part of the book for me was its table of contents -- each chapter title of which formed the line of a POEM! The poem is as weird as the book, and describes the story perfectly:To slay the folks and cleanse the land And leave the world a Reeking Roastie: High Purpose of the Gallant Band And six were Kids, and one a Ghostie. A child's a monster still uncurled, The world's a trap, and none can quit it; The strife Dulanty with the world, Was mostly that they didn't fit it. No setting for the Gallant Brood In sacred groves of yew or lindens; They found a hold more near their blood -- A mountainful of murdered Indians! In brazen clash of Helm and Greave Fit subject for Heroic Chanty The battle joined that could but leave [An]* altered world or dead Dulanty! *Actually says "Or", but I assume that's a typo. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fiendishly clever!,
By matt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Reefs of Earth (Paperback)
This book is a hidden masterpiece. The use of poetry is brilliant - even each of the chapter titles come together to form one poem. The characters are the perfect blend of innocence and wickedness. Like no other book you will read!
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