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Nine Hundred Grandmothers
| Author: | R. A. Lafferty |
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Wildside Press, 1999 Ace Books, 1970 |
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| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Here at last are the finest of Lafferty's shorter works, stories about - * A man who found one day that he knew absolutely everyone in the world *A race who kept their most ancient ancestors on shelves in the basements * A speeded-up world where a man could earn and lose a dozen fortunes a night. * Friendly bearlike creature named snuffles who said he was God ...in all, twenty-one immensely enjoyable stories that will continue to delight you long after you've finished reading them.
Table of Contents:
- Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Habitable Worlds] (1966) - short story
- Land of the Great Horses [Institute for Impure Science] (1967) - short story
- Ginny Wrapped in the Sun (1967) - short story
- The Six Fingers of Time (1960) - novelette
- Frog on the Mountain [Paravata] (1970) - novelette
- All the People (1961) - short story
- Primary Education of the Camiroi [Camiroi] (1966) - short story
- Slow Tuesday Night (1965) - short story
- Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] (1960) - novelette
- Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [Institute for Impure Science] (1967) - short story
- Name of the Snake [Habitable Worlds] (1964) - short story
- Narrow Valley (1966) - short story
- Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Camiroi] (1967) - short story
- In Our Block (1965) - short story
- Hog-Belly Honey (1965) - short story
- Seven-Day Terror (1962) - short story
- The Hole on the Corner (1967) - short story
- What's the Name of That Town? [Institute for Impure Science] (1964) - short story
- Through Other Eyes [Institute for Impure Science] (1960) - novelette
- One at a Time (1968) - short story
- Guesting Time [Habitable Worlds] (1965) - short story
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