Series
Institute for Impure Science
R. A. Lafferty · 1 novel · 3 novelettes · 7 short stories · 1960–1985
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Institute for Impure Science at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1960s4
- 1970s5
- 1980s2
Shape
1 novel · 3 novelettes · 7 short stories
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionartificial intelligenceour worldcontemporaryadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 88% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
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this series · the catalog · one dot = one book8 of 11 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- What's the Name of That Town?darkest · calmest
- Arrive at Easterwine: The Autobiography of a Ktistec Machinebrightest · most intense