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Philipp Bayer

I've finished reading R. A. Lafferty's 'Past Master' - I'm quickly becoming the biggest #Lafferty fan.
Post-scarcity science-fiction featuring Thomas More (the Utopia author) on a quest to fix a planet

I wrote my thoughts here:

goodreads.com/review/show/5535

www.goodreads.comPhilipp's review of Past Master4/5: A very lucky find at one of Perth's best bookstores: Bella Books! The kind of bookshop where you're greeted with 'if you're looking for anything specific, I can only point you into a general direction' and then you get to wade through piles of books. I got this one from a shelf of SF books from the 60s/70s - all unlabeled, 3 books for $15. I got an issue of Analog SF from 1968 chucked in for free. I'm quickly becoming a huge Lafferty fanboy. SF with unique ideas, unique view-points, and Pynchon-style goofing around. In Past Master we have the planet Astrobe, settled by humanity, generally ...
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