@booklet {2822, title = {"Or Little Ducks Each Day"}, howpublished = {Dystopian Visions}, year = {1975}, month = {1975}, pages = {96-122}, publisher = {Prentice-Hall}, address = {Englewood Cliffs, NJ}, abstract = {

Odd dystopia in which some people are able to foretell individual futures except that there are areas of the city where the future can be changed.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)}, editor = {Roger [Paul] Elwood (1943-2007)} } @booklet {2584, title = {"The World as Will and Wallpaper"}, howpublished = {Future City}, year = {1973}, note = {

Book rpt. (New York: Pocket Books, 1974), 28-43; story rpt. in\ The Best Science Fiction of the Year $\#$3. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 27-43; and in The Best of R. A. Lafferty. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (London: Gollancz, 2019), 356-74, with an Introduction by Samuel R[ay] Delany (353-55). Rpt. New York: Tor, 2021.

}, month = {1973}, pages = {28-43}, publisher = {Trident}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopian satire referring to William Morris (1834-96), whose name is used for the protagonist. A city encompasses the world, which is built above land and oceans. The one area of trees in the city is considered huge in that it covers two blocks. The story follows a man who wants to explore the world and his trip reveals that most people are illiterate, communicate poorly, and have very limited lives, but that there is an elite who created the city to keep the majority of the people content and controlled.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {9781473213449 978-1250778536}, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)}, editor = {Roger [Paul] Elwood (1943-2007)} } @booklet {2397, title = {"Ishmael into the Barrens"}, howpublished = {Four Futures; Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction}, year = {1971}, note = {

Rpt. in his The Man with the Speckled Eyes. The Collected Short Fiction Volume Four (Lakewood, CA: Centipede Press, 2017), 305-53.

}, month = {1971}, pages = {1-50}, publisher = {Hawthorn Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia, the \"Gentle World,\" in which Hippies, rather misrepresented, are in control and legally require disorder.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)} } @booklet {10521, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Interurban Queen{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Orbit 8: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories}, volume = {8}, year = {1970}, note = {

Rpt. in Looking Ahead: The Vision of Science Fiction. Ed. Dick Allen and Lori Allen (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975), 87-95, with an editor\’s note on 87 and \“Questions\” on 95; in Car Sinister. Ed. Robert Silverberg, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Joseph Olander (New York: Avon Books, 1979), 134-44; and in The Best of R. A. Lafferty. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (London: Gollancz, 2019), 56-68, with an Introduction by Terry [Ballantine] Bisson (54-55). Rpt. New York: Tor, 2021.\ 

}, month = {1970}, pages = {184-94}, publisher = {G. P. Putnam{\textquoteright}s Sons}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Eutopia created when railroads were chosen over cars and highways.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {9781473213449 978-1250778536}, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)}, editor = {Damon [Francis] Knight (1922-2002)} } @booklet {2146, title = {Past Master}, year = {1968}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Garland, 1975; and in American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1868-1969. Ed. Gary K. Wolfe (New York: The Library of America, 2010), 1-181 with a \“Note on the Text\” (730-31) and \“Notes\” (734-40).\ \ U. K. ed. London: Rapp \& Whiting, 1968

}, month = {1968}, publisher = {Ace Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A future utopia, Astrolabe, the Golden Planet, finds many of its citizens abandoning the good life they have to live in a slum. To find the cause, the leaders bring Thomas More to find the cause and the cure. The causes are boredom and the lack of religion; the cure is the introduction of Christianity.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)} } @booklet {2073, title = {"Polity and Custom of the Camiroi"}, howpublished = {Galaxy Science Fiction }, volume = {25.5 }, year = {1967}, note = {

Rpt. in\ Dark Stars. Ed. Robert Silverberg (New York: Ballantine Books, 1969), 37-50; in\ Election Day 2084; A Science Fiction Anthology on the Politics of the Future. Ed. Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), 233-43; and in his\ The Man with the Speckled Eyes. The Collected Short Fiction Volume Four\ (Lakewood, CA: Centipede Press, 2017), 51-66.

}, month = {June 1967}, pages = {55-66}, abstract = {

Eutopia that is essentially anarchist based on exceptional people with many skills. Anyone can make a law, and anyone can repeal it, but some laws become sacrosanct due to their survival. President chosen by lot for one week. Everyone must participate in running the society. Severe punishment for causing problems. See also 1966 Lafferty.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {0016-4003 }, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)} } @booklet {2035, title = {"The Primary Education of the Camiroi"}, howpublished = {Galaxy Science Fiction}, volume = { 29.2}, year = {1966}, note = {

Rpt. in\ SF 12. Ed. Judith Merril (New York: Dell, 1968), 161-74; in his The Man with the Speckled Eyes. The Collected Short Fiction Volume Four (Lakewood, CA: Centipede Press, 2017), 35-50; and in The Best of R. A. Lafferty. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (London: Gollancz, 2019), 213-29, with an Introduction by Samuel R[ay] Delany (210-12). Rpt. New York: Tor, 2021.

}, month = {December 1966}, pages = {184-94}, abstract = {

Eutopia in which everyone is expected to be an expert in everything from a very young age. The details of the educational system are given. See also 1967 Lafferty.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, isbn = {9781473213449 978-1250778536}, issn = {0016-4003 }, author = {R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty (1914-2002)} }