Fourth Mansions by Lafferty (42 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 640 pages. 7.83x5.12x1.61 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Minor lean to the lightly creased spine, light shelf wear to the corners, toning to the paper and covers, light crease or two to the rear cover, previous owner's initials penned to ffep, remainder mark to top edge. Text is clean. 'Can man become superman? One man holds the key!' Bart Science Fiction. 252 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…

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Condition: vg+. vg+ Star 1977 edition paperback remainder cut on bottom of pages In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

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paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Book appears to have been chewed in the past.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Ace Science Fiction Special book number 24590. "One of the finest examples of American avant-garde SF." Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 1987, *4-310. Cover illustration by Leo and Diane Dillon. Light toning, else fine. A tight copy, appears unread. Book.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty drew more from traditional oral storytelling techniques than from the usual pulp roots of SF. His inventive style and fondness for tall tales marked him out from his contemporaries, and writers of the calibre of Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe acknowledge him as a major influence and force in the field. His fiction has garnered numerous award wins and nominations and he has been given the prestigious SFWA Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This volume contains three of his early novels: the Hugo- and Nebula-shortlisted Past Master, space opera re-telling of The Odyssey, Space Chantey, and Fourth Mansions, also shortlisted for the Nebula.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 252 pages; Goodreads; Fourth Mansions was inspired by Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle, and contains quotations from the book, which quotations Lafferty uses as chapter headings. The Interior Castle is a metaphor for an individual's soul; its different rooms, different states of the soul. In the middle of the Castle the soul is in the purest state, which equals Heaven. Lafferty uses more complex symbols to bring colorfully into life his many-sided tale of an individual's reaching towards Heaven or Truth. Take a trip thru a psychedelic reality, with seven very special people blending to create a higher form of humanity: A laughing man living alone on a mountaintop, guarding the world. The Returnees: men who live again & again, century after century. A dog-ape "Plappergeist," who can only be seen out of the corner of one's eye. A young man named Foley, very much like us, who begins to find out about the above people & things, & how they're reshaping the world! >>Scuffing to backcover; cover creaisng; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Jack Gaughan painted cover; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. 200x130x20mm+360g . . Dennis Dobson. London. 1972. First UK Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp252. Charcoal cloth hard boards. Silver lettering to spine. In original dust jacket. Clipped. Head and foot of spine Rolled. Book block slightly foxed - seen when book is closed. Jacket slight creasing near spine. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.60. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Leo & Diane Dillon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First hardcover edition. FINE fresh copy in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition/printing (1969 Ace 24590 An Ace Science Fiction Special) paperback original (PBO) in Fine, unread condition. Sharp copy. " More complexly, Fourth Mansions (1969), possibly Lafferty's most sustained single novel, articulates with some clarity the basic underlying bent of his best work: a protagonist (or several) finds a pattern of flamboyant, arcane, dreamlike clues to a conspiracy (or conspiracies, involving sharply differentiated cabals of Secret Masters) between Good and Evil whose outcome will determine the moral nature of reality to come." [JC] Encyclopedia of SF, 4th Ed. Internet. Leo and Diane Dillon (illustrator).…