Summa Risus

by R.A. Lafferty

Summa Risus offers readers a chance to read Lafferty's thoughts on a wide variety of subjects, from "science fiction" (whatever that is) to "secular liberalism" (whatever that is). In these pages they'll see the great writer wax both eloquent and elephantine, playful and petty, optimistic and oppositional, revolutionary and reactionary, hilarious and hide-bound, kindly and cranky and yet still casually one of the most wonderful writers in the world.

This e-book contains:

It's Down The Slippery Cellar Stairs
True Believers
The Fall of Rome (Alaric)
Afterwords and Memoir commentaries on the author's own stories
Letters and essays from other venues
The typographical corrections, rigorous proof-reading, and active Table of Contents every good e-book needs to be worth your time
One thing this e-book cannot pretend to be is complete: Lafferty's correspondence alone is far-flung and voluminous, and might keep a team of archivists busy for a year. Also, as opposed to the contents of 'The Man Who Talled Tales', all of these rare gems have been out of print for decades (if they were ever published at all), and no one is even pretending that they care to ever make them publicly available again. Sadly, they are abandonwords. This book exists as a service to make these writings available to fans who love the words of R.A. Lafferty. Please read and share!

504 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Raphael Aloysius Lafferty, published under the name R.A. Lafferty, was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, as well as for his etymological wit. He also wrote a set of four autobiographical novels, a history book, and a number of novels that could be loosely called historical fiction.