Hmm...kind words here are as rare as ticks on a turtle.
Let's see if we can dig up some of Lafferty's old friends.

Hey Theodore... Theodore Sturgeon...wake up...What did you think of Lafferty, Theodore?

"There is nobody, there has never been anybody who writes like Lafferty. Under the puckishness, the color-bursts, the wild, weird and wonderful characterizations, the tumble and sparkle of language, is an undercoat of sharp and serious observation - observation of human motivations, of human institutions (universities, for example, or rituals which have lost their reason-for-being) so that, like Gulliver's Travels, almost all of Lafferty can be read as enchanting entertainments, or as sharply-etched political cartoonery. Or as analogs of a superbly thought-out philosophy concerning human nature and human conduct. In other words, you get out of Lafferty, as out of Swift, whatever you're equipped to bring in."

Well said Mr. Sturgeon. Thank you. I sorry I had to disturb your rest.