"No, no, you are no child of mine" The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God; — Romans 8:16 Originally titled “The Muntitundious Grandmothers,” “Nine Hundred Grandmothers” was a Lafferty favorite amongst his stories, and most readers regard it highly. Ceran Swicegood is our main character. He is a Special Aspects Man on a human commercial expedition to the asteroid Proavitus. He’s a black sheep amongst the crew. The other men, headed t

SF has never been very forward-looking. It is likely the least innovative of literatures. It has certainly never been daring, though several of its practitioners wear the ‘I am Daring’ badge hypocritically. It is a field compounded largely of patsies who can be led by nose-rings anywhere at all. — "The Case of the Moss Eaten Magician" I want to think a little about Lafferty's support for Joseph McCarthy and his refusal ever to believe that McCarthy had been wrong about commun