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NINE HUNDRED GRANDMOTHERS - I think this one book is the absolute required minimum must-have-read-in-your-lifetime book. Contains some of Lafferty's best short stories, especially my favorites "Hog Belly Honey", Thus we Frustrate Charlemagne, and "The Six Fingers of Time", the first RAL-story I ever read. If you don't like these, you won't like any Lafferty.  Contents:  Nine Hundred Grandmothers  Land of the Great Horses  Ginny Wrapped in the Sun  The Six Fingers of Time  Frog on the Mountain  All the People  Primary Education of the Camiroi  Slow Tuesday Night  Snuffles  Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne  Name of the Snake  Narrow Valley  Polity and Custom of the Camiroi  In Our Block  Hog-Belly Honey  Seven Day Terror  The Hole on the Corner  What's the Name of that Town ?  Through Other Eyes  One at a Time  Guesting Time    LAFFERTY IN ORBIT - This collection contains thirteen stories that were published by Damon Knight in his Orbit periodical. There is a bit overlap with 900 Grandmothers and some other collections. Solely taken on its own this is the second best collection of Lafferty short stories (IMO) and even subtracting them this still would be a good second or third choice. Contents:  Old Foot Forgot All Pieces of a River Shore Bright Coins in Never-Ending Stream Flaming Ducks and Giant Bread The Hole on the Corner The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street Continued on Next Rock Entire and Perfect Chrysolite Great Day in the Morning The Hand with One Hundred Fingers One at a Time Royal Licorice And Name My Name Fall of Pebble Stones Configuration of the North Shore Dorg When All the Lands Pour Out Again Interurban Queen The Only Tune That He Could Play   STRANGE DOINGS - Another excellent collection of Lafferty short stories. I'd rate it tentatively as the third best collection.  Contents:  Rainbird  Camels and Dromedaries, Clem  Continued on Next Rock  Once on Aranea  Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas  The Man with the Speckled Eyes  All but the Words  The Transcendent Tigers  World Abounding  Dream  Ride a Tin Can  Aloys  Entire and Perfect Chrysolite  Incased in Ancient Rind  The Ugly Sea  Cliffs That Laughed    HEART OF STONE, DEAR - A small booklet containing five short ones from the master. They are printed there for the first time. Curiously the two best stories are in the back of the booklet.  Contents:  And You Did Not Wail  Company in the Wings  The End of Outward  Heart of Stone, Dear  Haruspex      DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING FURTHER TO ADD ? - More short stories by the master of the short story. The best stories aren't as good as the best "900 Grandmother" stories, but better than the lesser ones. There is even a small detective story here, in true Lafferty style!  Contents:  About a Secret Crocodile  Mad Man  Nor Limestone Islands  The Man Underneath  Boomer Flats  This Grand Carcass Yet  In the Garden  Groaning Hinges of the World  Golden Trabant  How They gave It Back  Maybe Jones and the City  Seven Story Dream  Adam Had Three Brothers  Pig in a Pokey  The Weirdest World  The Ultimate Creature    IRON TEARS - Yet another fine collection of fine short stories. The stories itself are what make the collection fine. The publishers Edgewood Press let a LOT of spelling errors go through, which makes reading harder than it should. Contents:  You Can't Go Back  Ifrit  Lord Torpedo, Lord Gyroscope  Funnyfingers  Thieving Bear Planet  Berryhill  The World as Will and Wallpaper  Horns on Their Heads  By The Sea Shore  Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies  Magazine Section  Or Little Ducks Each Day  Cabrito  Le Hot Sport  Gray Ghost: A Reminiscence      GOLDEN GATE AND OTHER STORIES - Another indespensable collection for this has amongst other excellent stories the Hugo-Award-winning "Eurema's Dam".  Contents:  Golden Gate  Mr. Hamadryad  This Boding Itch  Condillac's Statue  The Cliff Climbers  Mc Gruders Marvels  Tongues of the Matagorda  Ishmael into the Barrens  Eurema's Dam  Days of Grass, Days of Straw  Make sure the Eyes are Big Enough  Bequest of Wings  Fall of Pebble-Stones  Marsilia V  One-Eyed Mocking Bird  Sky  The picture is not a cover scan, but an illustration of the story "Condillac's Statue"  THROUGH ELEGANT EYES - This collection is unique, in that it is a collection of short stories, that feature a constant cast of characters. It isn't the Institute of impure science (which I would have preferred), but maybe the second best thing, namely Austro (from "Two for Four Ninety Nine"), Roy Mega, Harry O'Donovan, Dr. George Drakos, Cris Benedetti, Barnaby and the first person story teller named "Laff". Contents:  The All-At-Once Man Mud Violet Barnaby's Clock And Read the Flesh between the Lines Animal Fair The Ungodly Mice of Dr. Drakos The Two-Headed Dragon of Chris Bendetti The Hellaceous Rocket of Harry O'Donovan The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen Rivers of Damascus Old Helloweens on the Guna Slopes Brain Fever Season What Big Tears the Dinosaur's And all the Skys are full of Fish St. Poleander's Eve   THE MAN WHO MADE MODELS - Five more short stories, that were never published before. (What's the matter with the SF magazines ??) As in "Heart of Stone, Dear" the last story is the best, but three of the other stories are also quite enjoyable.  Contents:  The Man Who Made Models  I'll See It Done and Then I'll Die  The Effigy Histories  Of Laughter and the Love of Friends  Two for Four Ninety Nine    SNAKE IN HIS BOSOM - Again five short stories, that haven't been put to print before. No gold is to be found in these 44 pages, but for the Lafferty fan this $2 booklet is still a worthy investment. Snake in his bosom, the title story is the highlight here:  Contents:  Jack Bang's Eyes  Pleasures and Palaces  Posterior Analytics  Snake in His Bosom  Unique Adventue Gone  FUNNYFINGERS & CABRITO - This might be the prettiest Lafferty book, I have held in hands. The content is just two shortstories, that you can also find elsewhere. So this should be of interest to collectors only. Contents:  Funnyfingers Cabrito OTHER COLLECTIONS   RINGING CHANGES - (Scan provided by Jussi T. Vainikain) Contents:  Parthen Old Foot Forgot Dorg Days of Grass, Days of Straw Brain Fever Season And Read the Flesh Between the Lines Old Halloweens on the Guna Slopes The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen Rivers of Damascus Among the Hairy Earthmen In Outraged Stone And Name my Name Sky For All Poor Folks at Picketwire Oh Whatta You Do When the Well Runs Dry ? And Some in Velvet Gowens The Doggone Highly Scientific Door Interurban Queen Been a Long Long Time