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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: But could such a world work?
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Thursday, April 16, 2015. But could such a world work? It's a great moment when one finishes a Lafferty novel and finds that DOJP has already done all of the difficult work of writing intelligently about the novel. There's not much that I can add to his excellent review of. Http:/ www.coldtonnage.com/? Http:/ antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.com/2014/03/serpents-egg-1987-that-wonderful-that.html. 1 The title is surely a reference to Julius Caesar. He then unto ...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: March 2015
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Sunday, March 8, 2015. Laffertys Anterotica: I myself am the fat turtle. Continuing my Sunday evening "Lafferty and a drink" sessions. And a maiden doesn't look much like dew on crazy-weed in the morning, Magdalen," Robert Derby said, "but we recognize these identities.". Relaxed, I was able to enter into a fever dream of a story. Only briefly did I wish that I had been better prepared with cheap whiskey at hand. Saturday, March 7, 2015. I latched onto the Ar...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: Who invented Wotto metal: Otto Wotto or Joe Spade?
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Who invented Wotto metal: Otto Wotto or Joe Spade? I'm Joe Spade- about as intellectual a guy as you'll find all day. I invented Wotto and Voxo and a bunch of other stuff that nobody can get along without anymore.". I compute it and build it at the same time- out of Wotto-metal naturally.". And that bushy-tailed machine just sparkled- like everything does that is made out of Wotto-metal.". 5) I like saying Wotto. The rabid Lafferty f...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: Northeast Lafferty League
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. What is the Northeast Lafferty League? Slow down. What is "the Northeast"? Whoa Who is Lafferty? Well, now. Glad you asked. Spend some time here: http:/ www.ralafferty.org. Then come back and join us. Because it started with L and I like alliteration. Also, because this definition of "league" fits in well with what we are trying to do:. Okay How do I join? This is still a work-in-progress. More information will be coming soon. When is the Party? Yet Another L...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: July 2014
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Friday, July 11, 2014. He dismembers so that we may all re-member.". Lafferty’s workings are always. Grotesque; like the Laestrygonians, he delights in bloody slaughter, whether of his own characters or of the conventions of his genre. But his destruction is also always in the context of carnivalized creation—whether as writer, bard, or pseudo-ursine, he dismembers so that we may all re-member." -Andrew Ferguson. I'm finally reading his dissertation. Further,...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: Do we all have our salt? It's important that we should.
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Monday, May 11, 2015. Do we all have our salt? Its important that we should. What is your line, Long John Tong Tyrone? History," I said, for I am Long John Tong Tyrone, the probably Eurasian peg-leg. "Do we all have our salt? It's important that we should.". Slowing for our landing at Klepsis Third Port, we came over a little arm of the ocean. The oceans of Klepsis lack salt, and all visitors to the planet must make a token contribution. Salt indicates experi...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: September 2014
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Sunday, September 14, 2014. And time is the one thing we have plenty of. I've been a little burnt-out on new sf the past month. Last week, I started pulling older anthologies off of the shelf and treating myself to older stories before bed. One of these anthologies is Aldiss's Galactic Empires Volume 1. Then it all collapsed. The stars went out, one by one, and billion by billion. Nightmares of falling! All the darkened orbs and oblates fell down into the voi...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: January 2015
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Sunday, January 11, 2015. One story starts and within that story another story starts and within that story. This video is an excellent introduction to the 1001 Nights. The idea of "never-ending stories" and Willingham's suggestion of plundering "found treasure" should send a shiver of gleeful recognition up every Lafferty fan's neck. If you haven't read the Arabian Nights yet, how lucky are you." -Bill Willingham. It could be paraphrased to:. Any info on how...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: December 2014
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Friday, December 19, 2014. In fact, I hate to go at all. It was a game, but it couldn't last long. Phelan whimpered and tried to climb the rock wall at the blind end of his pocket. Margie cajoled and told Snuffles how good friends they had always been, and wouldn't he let her go? Billy Cross filled his pipe and lit it and sat down to wait it out. Thursday, December 18, 2014. The Collected Short Stories Volume 1. Cross-posted on Goodreads: https:/ www.good...
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING: June 2014
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I WANT A DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF THE THING. Friday, June 13, 2014. My brain reels," moaned Homer the man. "Reality melts away.". I've been thinking a lot more about Jim's comment on a FB post. I still don't have any (good) answers. But, very slow days at work tend to find me in a rambling mood. All of the below was plunked out on my iPhone throughout the day. It started as a short FB comment and kept growing and growing so I'm posting it here instead. What set it off? Not have in life. I wonder if ...
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