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Fourth Mansions is a science fiction novel by American author R. A. Lafferty, first published as an Ace Science Fiction Special in 1969. A UK hardcover was issued by Dennis Dobson in 1972, with a Star Books paperback following in 1977.
Is Fourth Mansions about a fictional reality where some members/non-members of humanity are ancient psychic monsters? Or is it set in the real world and the supernatural aspects are the imaginings of a schizophrenic protagonist?
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There are seven sets of Mansions or steps to perfection, but the Fourth Mansions is the perilous step, the midpoints where the devil and his principalities counter-attack with all their fury. And that counter-attack, really the scenario of today's world, is the theme of my book.”
His stories are closer to tall tales than traditional science fiction and are deeply influenced by his Catholic beliefs; Fourth Mansions, for example, draws on The Interior Mansions of Teresa of Avila.
4 lug 2022 · Fourth mansions. by. Lafferty, R. Publication date. 1972. Topics. Science fiction. Publisher. London : D. Dobson.
Seven very special people blending to create a higher form of humanity...A laughing man living alone on a mountain top, guarding the world...The returnees, men who live again and again, century after century...A dog-ape plappergeist who can be seen only from the corner of the eye...And a young man named Foley, very much like you or me, who begins to find out about these people and these things ...
Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty - The 3814th greatest book of all time. In this novel, readers are plunged into a surreal and allegorical narrative that explores the intersection of mysticism, philosophy, and science fiction.
