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    The Polite People of Pudibundia
    The Polite People of Pudibundia
    The Polite People of Pudibundia
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    The Polite People of Pudibundia

    By R.A. Lafferty

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    This was a world where minding your manners was more than just a full-time job—it was murder!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateOct 21, 2016
    ISBN9781515411994
    The Polite People of Pudibundia
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    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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      The Polite People of Pudibundia - R.A. Lafferty

      The Polite People of Pudibundia

      by R. A. Lafferty

      © 2016 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Image © Can Stock Photo Inc. / Vadimsadovski

      Positronic Publishing

      PO Box 632

      Floyd VA 24091

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-1199-4

      First Positronic Publishing Edition

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      The Polite People of Pudibundia

      by R. A. Lafferty

      This was a world where minding your manners was more than just a full-time job—it was murder!

      Well, you will soon see for yourself, Marlow. Yes, I know there are peculiar stories about the place. There are about all places. The young pilots who have been there tell some amusing tales about it.

      Yes. They say the people there are very polite.

      "That is the honorable ancestor of all understatements. One of the pilots, Conrad, told us that the inhabitants must always carry seven types of sunglasses with them. None of the Puds, you see, may ever

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