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The Collected Short Fiction (R. A. Lafferty)Series
series8 books2013
completed
Set in our world and contemporary.
Start with The Man Who Made Models →
QfwfqSeries
series2 books1965
completed
Literary & general, set in space.
“The stories were originally published between 1964 and 1965 in the Italian periodicals Il Caffè and Il Giorno.”
from the catalogue
Start with Cosmicomics →
Shades of GreySeries
series2 books2009
Dystopia and satire, about class conflict and totalitarianism.
Start with Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron →
More Than HumanNovel
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1953
Reflective in tone, about psychic powers and found family, set in our world.
“Science fiction critic and editor David Pringle included it in his book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.”
from the catalogue
Puck Aleshire's AbecedarySeries
series27 books1997
Literary & general, challenging in tone.
Start with A Is for Albany →
In Watermelon SugarNovel
Richard Brautiganstandalone novel1968
Post-apocalyptic and postmodern.