Re: (Nebula) Nebula Finalists 1975

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:56:44 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

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On 20/03/24 09:15, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

As I recall, if you like the Lafferty shorts and not the novels,
_Space Chantey_ may be sort of an in-between point, having been
half of an Ace-Double.

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That is the novel I began, but didn't get very far through, after it was
suggested here a long time ago, perhaps by you?
I have "Archipelago" to read and the opening chapters were as
entertaining to begin as his short stories are.
Many of his Kindle novels are only NZ$2 at Amazon Australia but I
noticed this hard back for NZ$560.96c; just to the right of the Kindle
price of NZ$10.74c,
https://www.amazon.com.au/Lafferty-Orbit-R-ebook/dp/B01DT74Q2I/
Surely a misprint?

[https://www.amazon.com/Lafferty-Orbit-R/dp/0962382485/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17NXFD7GG456L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tC5kXouiVgK-Nbx8Zjr4eRqw1KoWscOYSWoHYf5xpz7GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.yqs5pdd8S_OWyf4tVaHjJ4pmq2Lildo04x2PWqntxuw&dib_tag=se&keywords=Lafferty+in+Orbit&qid=1710949594&s=digital-text&sprefix=lafferty+in+orbit%2Cdigital-text%2C120&sr=1-1-catcorr]
has it for $1,045.53 in hardcover. Kindle or PB not available.

Apparently, it is something of  a collector's item.

I saw slightly lower prices on Amazon Australia, but that could be
because they are in (presumably) Australian dollars.
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