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Arrive at Easterwine is either fiendishly good or criminally terrible. It would take several readings to know for sure. On its surface, Arrive is about the creation of a self-aware supercomputer tasked with three problems: find true leadership, true love & the true shape of the universe. The narrative style is reminiscent of Russia's Olesha, or perhaps a William Faulkn
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216 pages
Published
January 1st 1971
by Scribner Book Company
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Aug 04, 2013
Nate D
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
impure scientists
Recommended to Nate D by:
patterns in badger-marrow
R.A. Lafferty writes like a science fiction outsider artist. His voice is uniquely conversational but carefully elaborated and syntactically his own, his themes seem burningly personal and earnest though perhaps obscure to anyone else, and his plotlines, even when seeded with tropes, are anything but ordinary.
Here, a powerful, barn-sized A.I. constructed along lines that sound more like an act of conjuring or summoning than proper engineering (as befits the Institute for Impure Sciences), under ...more
Here, a powerful, barn-sized A.I. constructed along lines that sound more like an act of conjuring or summoning than proper engineering (as befits the Institute for Impure Sciences), under ...more
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2.0 to 2.5 stars. First off, let me say that this is the second R.A. Lafferty book I have read. The first one, Fourth Mansions, I thought was brilliant and just loved.
That said, this book kind of lost me (and not in a good way). While filled with some incedible imagery and some very funny dialogue and observations about the human condition, the narrative was too disjointed and confusing to follow with any sense of enjoyment. I believe this might be a great book to read in small doses as the wri ...more
That said, this book kind of lost me (and not in a good way). While filled with some incedible imagery and some very funny dialogue and observations about the human condition, the narrative was too disjointed and confusing to follow with any sense of enjoyment. I believe this might be a great book to read in small doses as the wri ...more
Mar 05, 2009
Printable Tire
added it
This one started out almost like a science fiction story but quickly delved deep into all-ass craziness and never looked back. Like all stylistic authors I like, I've come to realize R.A. Lafferty is good in small doses- undiluted hits of him in quick succession drive me a little wacko.
I have to take some points away from this novel because the "plot" was pretty convoluted, and that's saying something as Lafferty will never be known for his intricate plots.
It also has an incredibly weak ending, ...more
I have to take some points away from this novel because the "plot" was pretty convoluted, and that's saying something as Lafferty will never be known for his intricate plots.
It also has an incredibly weak ending, ...more
Jul 21, 2011
Erik Graff
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Lafferty fans
Recommended to Erik by:
Rick Strong
Shelves:
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During freshman year at Grinnell College, Rich Hyde and I roomed next to Rick Strong on the third floor of Loose Hall. Rick, an aspiring bassist a year older than us, was from the Bronx, had an engaging sense of humor, shared my interest in sf and wrote pretty well himself.
Rick dropped out of Grinnell after my sophomore year, finishing out east somewhere. Fortuitously, he was in New York City when I went on to graduate school and our friendship was renewed. Indeed, it continues.
Among the authors ...more
Rick dropped out of Grinnell after my sophomore year, finishing out east somewhere. Fortuitously, he was in New York City when I went on to graduate school and our friendship was renewed. Indeed, it continues.
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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.
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