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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Lafferty's finest collections, Mar 5 2002

By	Ivo J. Steijn (Greater Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Paperback)

How on earth do you describe Lafferty? You can't. Think of a mad uncle telling tall tales. Sometimes he reminds me of Cordwainer Smith, sometimes of Daniil Kharms. He's unique.
This is probably the best introduction to his short stories, although there is rather more pure SF in here than you'll find in some of the other collections. It doesn't contain all of his best stories (such as the wonderful "Been a long, long time" in the collection "Ringing changes") but it's got a fair bunch of them.
There's currently a volunteer project under way to publish the Collected Works of Jack Vance, the Vance Integral Edition (VIE). I wish there was a similar bunch of dedicated people doing a LIE.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 900 Grandmothers, Jan 8 2001

By	Jost Riedel (Bad Karlshafen Germany) - See all my reviews

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This one of the few books that I really treasure. After havingowned a German translation for something like 20 years, I got mypresent Dobson (London) edition about three years ago... Thank youAmazon.com for your excellent out of print book search facility, thisbook is worth every penny! (And it is nice to see it beeingreissued)

My favorite story of course is the title story (which isactually based on a Kiowa myth, see W. W. Newcomb, Jr.: The Indians ofTexas).

"Slow Tuesday Night" is a close second, all therest is simply great.

Lafferty combines strange humour, tallfrontier tales, and native myths into weird stories told in a freshand bold approach at the English language.

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5.0 out of 5 stars In the beginning was laughter, Aug 20 2000

By	Patricia Lemon "eclecticist" (MA, USA) - See all my reviews

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The title story is one of my two all-time favorites. (Laugherty wrote the other, as well.) Laugherty paints creation as a delicious joke, and any time I need to warm up my soul, I think of his nine hundred tiny, giggling old ladies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing else like it
R.A. Lafferty describes description. Even his fans can't tell you whether his stories are science fiction, fantasy, horror, comedy, social commentary, farce, or satire. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Master's Best Collection
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Published on Jul 19 2000 by Alex D. Groce