R.A. Lafferty Devotional Page




The Works

This is a list of all known shortstories, that Lafferty wrote. I allowed myself the liberty to give a short critique to each story I've read. Excellent is a story that I'd recommend to anyone. OK is a story a Lafferty fan would like. Lame are short stories, that are either really boring or just lesser variations of a recurrent theme.

You can now add your own comments to each story if you like, or read what other readers wrote.

SINDBAD, THE THIRTEENTH VOYAGE

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After romping through the Odyssee Lafferty twists all sanity out of the Adventures of Sindbad. This is a bit of a mixture of Annals of Klepsis and Space Chantey in style and content, and a very funny one at that.

Sindbad is on a mission to find the golden child Harun al Rashid who has a golden humor all of his own. Turns out that Harun isn't all that nice a guy, but who cares when the action is hot, the poppy-smoke intoxicating and beautiful women abound...

You won't be quite sure, what Sindbad (from Keronain) is supposed to do on Gaea-Earth, but you will have a great time looking over his shoulder.

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Pretty Good Novel. Has some of the usual Weird & Funny Lafferty trademarks- People with Funny Names that get into Weird Situations. When the Real Sindbad gets shorn of his seaweed it causes Great Problems in the end!

I did Like Space Chantey quite a Bit Better, Though!
the LafferMan

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