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R A Lafferty


(Raphael Aloysius Lafferty)
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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.
 

Awards: WFA (1990), Hugo (1973)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Series
Devil Is Dead
   1. Archipelago (1979)
   2. The Devil Is Dead (1971)
   More Than Melchisedech (1984)
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Coscuin
   1. The Flame Is Green (1985)
   2. Half a Sky (1984)
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Novels
   Past Master (1968)
   The Reefs of Earth (1968)
   Space Chantey (1968)
   Fourth Mansions (1969)
   Arrive at Easterwine (1971)
   The Fall of Rome (1971)
   Not to Mention Camels (1972)
   Aurelia (1983)
   Annals of Klepsis (1983)
   Serpent's Egg (1987)
   Sindbad (1989)
   Okla Hannali (1991)
   Tales of Midnight (1992)
   Iron Tears (1992)
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Collections
   The Man Who Made Models (1970)
   Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1970)
   Strange Doings (1972)
   Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? (1974)
   In the Wake of Man (1975) (with Walter Moudy and Gene Wolfe)
   Apocalypses (1977)
   Golden Gate (1982)
   Ringing Changes (1984)
   East of Laughter (1988)
   Dotty (1990)
   Lafferty In Orbit (1991)
   More Fantastic Stories (2013) (with others)
   The Man Underneath (2016)
   The Man with the Speckled Eyes (2017)
   The Man Who Walked Through Cracks (2019)
   The Best of R. A. Lafferty (2019)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Adam Had Three Brothers (1960)
   The Six Fingers of Time (1960)
   Through Other Eyes (1960)
   The Ugly Sea (1960)
   All the People (1961)
   Aloys (1961)
   In the Garden (1961)
   Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas (1962)
   Funnyfingers and Cabrito (1976)
   Dream World (2016)
   McGonigal's Worm (2016)
   The Polite People of Pudibundia (2016)
   The Weirdest World (2018)
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Books containing stories by R A Lafferty
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
1990 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
1973 Hugo Award for Best Short Story : Eurema's Dam

Award nominations
2020 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of R. A. Lafferty
2015 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Man Who Made Models: And Other Stories
1993 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Iron Tears
1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Lafferty In Orbit
1992 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Iron Tears
1992 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Lafferty In Orbit
1991 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (nominee) : Episodes of the Argo
1985 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : Half a Sky
1984 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Ringing Changes
1984 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Golden Gate: And Other Stories
1983 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Aurelia
1982 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Aurelia
1972 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Devil Is Dead
1972 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machine
1972 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Sky
1971 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Entire and Perfect Chrysolite
1971 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Continued on Next Rock
1971 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Devil Is Dead
1971 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Fourth Mansions
1971 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Nine Hundred Grandmothers
1971 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Continued on Next Rock
1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Fourth Mansions
1969 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Past Master
1968 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Past Master
1966 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Slow Tuesday Night
1966 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : In Our Block


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