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LaffCon2
LaffCon2 booklet. Held in Lawrenceville, NJ, Laffcon is the world's only conference solely dedicated to author R. A. Lafferty. This booklet is being made available for those who could not be present at the June 2017 conference.
38 pages, Paperback
First published May 12, 2017
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John Owen
1,345 books405 followersJohn Owen was an English theologian and "was without doubt not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day, and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced" ("Owen, John", in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, p. 494)
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December 1, 2017
In the second annual gathering of the fans of R. A. Lafferty on June 10, 2017 this chapbook, or pamphlet was produced to commemorate that event. The booklet consists of:
Page 01 –“Welcome to LAFFCON2: A Joyous Thing” by John Owen
06 – “Cookies & Eyes: Character and Plot Development in ‘Fourth Mansions’ Through repeated Meme” by Kevin Cheek
15 – “R. A. Lafferty’s Fourth Mansions” Dwelling Places, Fountains and Serpent: Notes On the Use of Certain Motifs from the Interior Castle of Teesa of Avila” by Gregorio Montejo
23 – “Ah, Well, What Is Art, Seedling or Otherwise ? New Artists Interpret the words of R. A. Lafferty”
29 – “The Tulsa of Fourth Mansions” by Andrew Ferguson
The art printed in this issue is outstanding. Most of the books content is concerned with Mr. R. A. Lafferty’s novel “Fourth Mansions”. The novel was first published as an ‘Ace Science Fiction Special’ in 1969. Then a UK hardcover was issued by Dennis Dobson in 1972, “Fourth Mansions” was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1970, and placed fifth in the Locus Poll for best novel in the same year.
The novel concerns a time of great change, when four forces – in the form of secret societies contend to control the next phase of humanity's history. In the middle is Fred Foley, an innocent reporter. One of these forces intends to unleash a deadly virus on the US, the others attempt to stop them. A revolution by Mexican migrants, the craft of "mind weaving" and a strange group of "Patricks", all apparently tramps but with great resources, appear in the center of a narrative. It has been noted that Illuminatus! repeated several of the themes of this book, including the plague and secret society elements.
This is a nice little gem of chapbook.
Page 01 –“Welcome to LAFFCON2: A Joyous Thing” by John Owen
06 – “Cookies & Eyes: Character and Plot Development in ‘Fourth Mansions’ Through repeated Meme” by Kevin Cheek
15 – “R. A. Lafferty’s Fourth Mansions” Dwelling Places, Fountains and Serpent: Notes On the Use of Certain Motifs from the Interior Castle of Teesa of Avila” by Gregorio Montejo
23 – “Ah, Well, What Is Art, Seedling or Otherwise ? New Artists Interpret the words of R. A. Lafferty”
29 – “The Tulsa of Fourth Mansions” by Andrew Ferguson
The art printed in this issue is outstanding. Most of the books content is concerned with Mr. R. A. Lafferty’s novel “Fourth Mansions”. The novel was first published as an ‘Ace Science Fiction Special’ in 1969. Then a UK hardcover was issued by Dennis Dobson in 1972, “Fourth Mansions” was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1970, and placed fifth in the Locus Poll for best novel in the same year.
The novel concerns a time of great change, when four forces – in the form of secret societies contend to control the next phase of humanity's history. In the middle is Fred Foley, an innocent reporter. One of these forces intends to unleash a deadly virus on the US, the others attempt to stop them. A revolution by Mexican migrants, the craft of "mind weaving" and a strange group of "Patricks", all apparently tramps but with great resources, appear in the center of a narrative. It has been noted that Illuminatus! repeated several of the themes of this book, including the plague and secret society elements.
This is a nice little gem of chapbook.
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