All the People

By R.A. Lafferty

Tin Tony Trotz had only one job—to watch out for something a little odd—in a universe that was insane! Lafferty was the winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Award and a six time Nebula Award Nominee. His quirky style made his work hard to pigeonhole and market, but he still managed to influence a wide array of today’s best writers. Simply on of the best writers the science fiction and fantasy field has ever produced.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: May 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781515444176

R.A. Lafferty

R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002) lived almost his entire life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After service in the South Pacific during World War II, he worked as an electrical engineer. He began selling fiction regularly in the early 1960s, and went full-time as a writer in 1971. His work draws on many influences, ranging from Irish and Native American tales to the writings of St. Teresa of Avila. His novels include Past Master (1968), Fourth Mansions (1969), and the Native American historical Okla Hannali (1972).

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All the People

by R. A. Lafferty

©2020 Positronic Publishing

All the People is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales or institutions is entirely coincidental.

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All the People

All the People

Tin Tony Trotz had only one job—to watch out for something a little odd—in a universe that was insane!

Anthony Trotz went first to the politician, Mike Delado. How many people do you know, Mr. Delado?

Why the question?

I am wondering just what amount of detail the mind can hold.

To a degree I know many. Ten thousand well, thirty thousand by name, probably a hundred thousand by face and to shake hands with.

And what is the limit?

Possibly I am the limit. The