(urth) New Lafferty collection from Centipede Press

[Daniel Otto Jack Petersen]

Antonin, I agree about the cover.

Fred, what's the beef with Pelan?  Never heard of him before now...

-DOJP


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com>wrote:

> Afterword by John Pelan? He dares show his face in public, anywhere?
>
> //grrrrrrrrrr//
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen <
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know this list occasionally gets used for Lafferty news as well
>> (rightly so, since Wolfe considers Lafferty and actual and true genius), so
>> I just wanted to make sure folks new Centipede Press is putting out the
>> first fine volume of Lafferty's complete stories (they're calling it the
>> Lafferty Library).  They say each volume will feature 'a guest introduction
>> by a notable author in the field of fantastic fiction' (the first is by
>> noted Wolfe fan Michael Swanwick).  I hope they'll get Wolfe to do one!
>>
>> http://www.centipedepress.com/sf/manmademodels.html
>>
>> I discuss the pros and cons of the particular table of contents they've
>> revealed on my Lafferty blog:
>>
>>
>> http://antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/complete-lafferty-library-volume-1.html
>>
>> Also, in case you've never seen where Wolfe calls Lafferty 'our most
>> original writer' (he calls him a genius in a different essay), a few years
>> ago I copied out Wolfe's essay from Castle of Days here:
>>
>>
>> http://antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/its-great-to-be-young-and-in-danger.html
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Otto Jack Petersen
>>
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