Heh, heh, knew I'd raise some hackles. I totally agree that Wolfe is the more disciplined writer (<i>maybe</i> also more consistent) - it's just that Lafferty's fiction, at its best, speaks forth like something primal - his main roots are oral and I think that might be what makes the main difference - that being the voice for his wildly unbelievable and amazing worldview. Also, though, the more you read him the more you realise the INCREDIBLE verbal control he often has - his best fiction is very tight and disciplined and exquisitely well honed and crafted - really surpassing the best of Wolfe I think. Wolfe definitely considered himself a significant step below Laff. However, I have no qualms with people thinking them equal or reversed. I can't expect everyone to have the gifted insight into literature I (and Wolfe) possess.<div>
<br></div><div>-DOJP</div><div>:)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Marc Aramini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcaramini@yahoo.com">marcaramini@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>And Tim Powers, two steps below Laff literarily, and ONE BELOW Wolfe, I think is very worth checking out for another highly original Catholic writer of wonderfully bizarre fiction.</div>
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<div>Oh my! Well, I will admit Lafferty is a genius, but his failure to sustain a long narrative of such consistently high quality definitely leads me to the opinion that Wolfe is the more disciplined and consistent writer. Perhaps some of his stylistic explorations were more mundane, but ...........</div>
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<div>okay, different strokes for different folks.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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