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by walterbell 4275 days ago
Any chance you recall the name of the Lafferty story, or other details about it? He wrote ~200.
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I dunno about the specific story but after perusing Amazon I have concluded that something is seriously wrong with the publishing system. The prices on Lafferty's works are outrageous.

So here's the torrent. R. A. Lafferty - Science Fiction Novels and Stories (13 books)

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/10671370/R._A._Lafferty_-_Sci...

Yes, it's not easy to track down his remarkable work. Centipede Press is reissuing all of his short stories, but only in $100 premium editions with a print run of 300 (!) copies. Of course, they sold out and the book is now only available from scalpers for > $300.

See also http://ralafferty.org

Found the story: "A Special Condition in Summit City"

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?67506

thx