{"product_id":"the-best-of-r-a-lafferty-9781250778536","title":"The Best of R. A. Lafferty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduced 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250778536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"R. a. Lafferty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38213625774261,"sku":"9781250778536","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7013e1c6-c88e-4c52-b051-33473c2da889.jpg?v=1610442103","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-of-r-a-lafferty-9781250778536","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}