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The Wikipedia page for Serpent's Egg, a late-career work that came out in 1987 and fell into obscurity promptly thereafter, includes what might be the most fitting plot summary not only of a Lafferty novel but of any novel ever written. Maybe that's the final reason for Lafferty's microfame as the sci-fi writer's truest sci-fi writer. R. A. Lafferty has always been, then, a sci-fi writer's sci-fi writer - a blurry, far-out position to find oneself in. FEATURES WHAT FOLLOWS WILL BE THE BEST ARTICLE YOU'VE EVER READ ABOUT WRITING AND SCIENCE FICTION. [Extracted from the article] |
