Without a doubt, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was one of the most quirky and unusual authors every to work in science fiction. That's saying a lot. His stories are often unusual, challenging, uncategorizable, and brilliant. This collection assembles 18 of them, including his very first story. Included are: ALOYSADAM HAD THREE BROTHERSSEVEN-DAY TERRORDAY OF THE GLACIERSODOM AND GOMORRAH, TEXASTHROUGH OTHER EYESTHE WEIRDEST WORLDTHE S...

Collected here are eighteen stories that bend time and space by the incomparable R. A. Lafferty. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six-time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply one of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced. Featured in this super pack are:Try to Remember...

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 several novels of historical fiction.ContentsAloysAll The PeopleDream WorldThe Six Fingers of TimeSodom and Gomorrah, Texas

Tor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.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, ...

Famous and Classic Science Fiction NovelIt Was A Dull, Routine LittleWorld. It Didn't Even Have ACity. Everything It Had WasIn The Garden

Famous and Classic Science Fiction NovelThis was a world where mindingyour manners was more than justa full-time job—it was murder!

"The Six Fingers of Time" follows the story of Tim Pratt, a man who discovers an unusual anomaly while working as a security guard in a government building. Tim notices that time seems to behave strangely in one particular room, where a clock displays six hands instead of the usual three.Intrigued by this phenomenon, Tim investigates further and learns that the room is a portal to another dimension where time operates differently. He enters the room and finds himself transported to a bizar...

Wolf Hall meets The Man in the High Castle in this mind-bending science fiction classic, now presented in an authoritative new edition from Library of AmericaPlucked from time, Sir Thomas More arrives on the human colony of Astrobe in the year 2535 A.D., where there is trouble in utopia. Can he and his motley followers save this golden world from the Programmed Persons, and the soulless perfection...

Celebrate classic novels of the New Wave era of sci-fi with this second collectable science fiction anthology from Library of America.Presenting 4 underrated science fiction classics from a tumultuous time in American history—including works by iconic Black author Samuel R. Delany and feminist Joanna Russ.In R. A. Lafferty’s utterly idiosyncratic and uncategorizable Past Master (1968), Renaissance philosopher Thomas More is summone...

All the People by R. A. Lafferty is a brilliantly imaginative and deeply philosophical science fiction story that challenges the very idea of individuality and existence. Known for his unique narrative style, Lafferty delivers a tale that feels both whimsical and profound, drawing readers into a world where reality itself bends under an extraordinary concept. From the very beginning, the story sparks curiosity, inviting readers to question what it truly means to be “all th...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Adam had three brothers, named Etienne, Yancy, and Rreq. This story is about the descendeds of Req, or as they’re better known the Wrecks. R. A. Lafferty. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Fifth or Zurichthal glaciation of the Pleistocene began on the morning of April 1, 1962, on a Sunday about nine o’clock by eastern time. Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field ...