{"product_id":"the-best-of-r-a-lafferty","title":"The Best of R. A. Lafferty","description":"\u003cp\u003eTor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value  each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.  Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature  a winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement  Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American original  a teller of acute  indescribably loopy tall tales whose work has been compared to that of Avram Davidson  Flannery OConnor  Flann OBrien  and Gene Wolfe.  The Best of R. A. Lafferty presents 22 of his best flights of offbeat imagination  ranging from classics like Nine Hundred Grandmothers and The Primary Education of the Cameroi to his Hugo Award-winning Euremas Dam.  Introduced by Neil Gaiman  the volume also contains story introductions and afterwords by  among many others  Michael Dirda  Samuel R. Delany  John Scalzi  Connie Willis  Jeff VanderMeer  Kelly Robson  Harlan Ellison  Michael Swanwick  Robert Silverberg  Neil Gaiman  and Patton Oswalt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949555511349,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250794811","price":229.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250794819.jpg?v=1770080000","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-best-of-r-a-lafferty","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}