... to complete it himself. This ability was Lafferty's genius. He makes the common mind start asking questions, as few writers after him could. Darko Suvin defined Science fiction as "the literature of cognitive estrangement ." This is an excellent example of this. This is why Lafferty appealed to so many. Okla Hannali is one of the more well know of Lafferty's works ... knows what the future may hold. Jerome Pearson of the Air Force Research Laboratory, published a article in Acta Astronautic about a practical "Space Elevator," that he was inspired by a 19th century Russian writer named K...

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