(urth) OT: R.A. Lafferty estate sale

[Gwern Branwen]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A curious update:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R._A._Lafferty&curid=48245&diff=418162212&oldid=418161910
>
>> The Lafferty Estate has proposed to sell the literary rights to Lafferty's entire body of work to the Locus Science Fiction Foundation on May 1, 2011 for $70,000 plus a share of future profits, unless the bid is overturned by a better offer before then. Inquiries at LaffertyProbate at gmail.com.
>
> Different address than the ad, and note that none of my links mention
> anything about the Locus Science Fiction Foundation being the buyer
> who submitted the 70k bid.

>From http://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/RAL/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=96&p=308#p308

> I wanted to let you know that on May 1 the Lafferty Estate tentatively plans to sell the rights to the entire literary output of the science fiction writer, R.A. Lafferty, to the Locus Science Fiction Foundation for $70,000 plus 50% of any future profit from the Lafferty rights in excess of $30,000 in any single year. The sale will proceed unless someone makes a more favorable offer.
>
> If you know of anyone who might be interested in purchasing the Lafferty literary works, please have them contact me at LaffertyEstate at gmail.com or 919-286-9519 and I will provide additional information to help them decide whether they would like to make a better offer before May 1.
>
> This sale will include the rights to approximately 21 published and 13 unpublished novels, approximately 297 published and 96 unpublished short works such as short stories, essays and poems, approximately 8 published and 4 unpublished book-length collections of short works and approximately 24 published trade paperbacks or booklets. The complete description of the rights being offered for sale is contained in my "Letter to Potential Bidders", which I will provide upon request.

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