Philip José Farmer International Bibliography: Farmerphile (fanzine)

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Farmerphile (fanzine)

Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely by and about Philip José Farmer. At first ten issues were planned, featuring in each issue a part of the previous unpublished novel Up From the Bottomless Pit and other unpublished stories. More stories were found in the archives ("The Magic Filing Cabinet") of PJF, and another five issues were printed. Number 15 is the final issue.
The publisher of Farmerphile is Michael Croteau, also webmaster of The Official PJF Home Page. Editors are Christopher Paul Carey, Paul Spiteri and Win Scott Eckert.
Each issue did cost $10.00, from January 2008 on each issue did cost $11.00. Only twenty-five copies of each issue are signed by PJF, and were sold for $40.00 each.



Issue No. 1, July 2005 48 pages - cover by Keith Howell. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: Welcome (from the publisher) "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "The Face that Launched a Thousand Eggs" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Creative Mythography: A Nova of Genetic Splendor" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile: A Discussion on Inside Outside" by Paul Spiteri "Daring to be Farmer" by Joe Haldeman "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 1) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Paul Spiteri. Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Keith Howell

Issue No. 2, October 2005 48 pages - cover by Karl Kauffman. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: From the publisher "Gatherings of Tricksters" by Bette Farmer "Who Stole Stonehenge?" (part of an unfinished Ralph von Wau Wau story) by Philip José Farmer [With a contest: Who Will Finish "Who Stole Stonehenge?"] "Farmer & Rosny - Kindred Souls" by Jean-Marc Lofficier "The Unnaturals" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Karl Kauffman.] "The Innocent Dilemma" by Christopher Paul Carey "My Feast Unknown" by Jason Robert Bell "Bibliophile: a discussion on Dark Is The Sun" by Paul Spiteri "Creative Mythography: Six Degrees of Philip José Farmer" by Win Scott Eckert "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 2) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Paul Spiteri. Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Karl Kauffman

Issue No. 3, January 2006 52 pages - cover by Charles Berlin. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "A Man Bigger Than His Works" (A Fragmented Appreciation) by Tracy Knight "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey and illustrated by Charles Berlin.] Farmerphile Interviews Chris Roberson and Win Scott Eckert "Creative Mythography: How He Escaped Publicity, Part II" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile: a discussion on Hadon of Ancient Opar" by Christopher Paul Carey "I Still Live!" (75th Anniversary Dinner Keynote Address) by Philip José Farmer [With an illustration by Charles Berlin.] "Essex House, Tarzan and Time's Last Gift" (An Appreciation of Philip José Farmer) by Bob Zeuschner "How Tarzan Introduced Me to Philip José Farmer" by Rick Beaulieu "The Peerless Pastiche Farmer Does Doyle and Burroughs" by Archimedes Q. Porter, Ph.D. [A pseudonym of J.G. Huckenpöhler.] "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 3) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Paul Spiteri, and illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Charles Berlin

Issue No. 4, April 2006 52 pages - cover by Jason Robert Bell. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "On a Riverboat with the Farmers" by Gary K. Wolfe "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli" (essay) by Philip José Farmer [With an illustration by Keith Howell.] "Why Do I Write?" (speech) by Philip José Farmer [With an illustration by Keith Howell.] "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Bibliophile: a discussion on The Stone God Awakens" by Paul Spiteri "The Essence of the Poison" (story) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Phil Farmer Meets Roger Bacon at the Ends of the Earth" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: Ouroboros, Part I" by Win Scott Eckert "Up From the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 4) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Jason Robert Bell

Issue No. 5, July 2006 52 pages - cover by Keith Howell. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "The Trickster Awakens: Philip José Farmer and Venus on the Half-Shell" by Tracy Knight "The Trout Letters" by Philip José Farmer "Trout Fishing in Bermuda: Why and How" by Roger Crombie "Bibliophile - a discussion on: Jesus on Mars" by Paul Spiteri "Heritage of the Flaming God" by Alan Hanson "The Doll Game" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With a short introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Alias Philip José Farmer: The Sore Bridge and a Latter-Day Victorian Chronicler" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: Ouroboros, Part II" by Win Scott Eckert "Up From the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 5) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Keith Howell

Issue No. 6, October 2006 48 pages - cover by Charles Berlin. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The International Appeal of Philip José Farmer" by Rias Nuninga "Bibliophile - a discussion on Fire and the Night" by Fender Tucker "Keep Your Mouth Shut" (story) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Jason Robert Bell.] "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Caliban" by Will Murray "A Box Within a Box: Philip José Farmer as Maxwell Grant as..." by Danny Adams Empire State Building letter [Answering a research question from PJF.] "Creative Mythography - Doc Wildman: Out of Time" by Win Scott Eckert [With an illustration by Chuck Loridans.] "Through the Seventh Gate: Pursuing Farmer's Sources in Savageology" by Christopher Paul Carey "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 6) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Charles Berlin

Issue No. 7, January 2007 52 pages - cover by Shannon Robicheaux. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "Riverworld in Parody" by Walt Liebscher [Two short parodies of the first two Riverworld novels, with the titles "To Your Battered Scotties Go" and "The Fabulous Showboat".] "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Excerpt from The City Beyond Play" by Philip José Farmer & Danny Adams "At Play in the Fields of a Lord" -- Farmerphile interviews Danny Adams & Philip José Farmer "The Frames" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "The Light-Hog Incident" (excerpt) by Philip José Farmer [With a short introduction by Christopher Paul Carey.] "A Letter from Farmer" by David Bischoff "Creative Mythography: The Conundrums of Kickaha" by Dennis E. Power "Bibliophile - a discussion on The Long Warpath" by Paul Spiteri "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 7) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Shannon Robicheaux

Issue No. 8, April 2007 52 pages - cover by Keith Howell. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Finnegan’s Wage, or, Portrait of the Farmer as a Joycian Fan" by Danny Adams "Phil & Bette Farmer, Jack London, a Wife and a Baby, a Clean Well Lighted Hotel Room" by Joe R. Lansdale "Creative Mythography: The Shades of Pemberley" by Win Scott Eckert [Illustrated by Chuck Loridans.] "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Images of the Soul" by Dennis E. Power "Bibliophile - a discussion on Greatheart Silver" by Michael Croteau "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 8) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Keith Howell

Issue No. 9, July 2007 56 pages -- cover by Charles Berlin. Edited by Christopher Paul Carey & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Archaeology of Khokarsa" by Christopher Paul Carey "White-Skinned Grey-Eyed God" by Dennis E. Power "Sketches from the Ruins of My Mind" by Robert R. Barrett "The Brueckel/Harwood Letter" by Philip José Farmer "Bibliophile - a discussion on Time's Last Gift" by Paul Spiteri "The Rebels Unthawed" by Philip José Farmer [With an introduction by Win Scott Eckert. Illustrated by Shannon Robicheaux.] "Star Trek’s Loss Is Your Gain" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: The Shades of Pemberly, Part 2" by Win Scott Eckert [Illustrated by Chuck Loridans.] "Up from the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 9) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Charles Berlin

Issue No. 10, October 2007 52 pages -- cover by Jason Robert Bell. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "A Modest Proposal" (letter) by Philip José Farmer "The Smartest Man in the World, or, Admiring Philip José Farmer" by Dr. Bennett L. Oppenheim, Ph.D. "Creative Mythography: This Peoria Earth" by Win Scott Eckert "A Peoria Night" (story) by Philip José Farmer [With a short introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Farmercon II in Pictures, August 4-5, 2007" (photos) "Remembering the Eyre Incident Three Decades Later" by Danny Adams "When Day Breaks the Stone God Awakens" by Dennis E. Power "Bibliophile - a discussion on Nothing Burns in Hell" by Paul Spiteri "Up From the Bottomless Pit" (novel, part 10) by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by Keith Howell.]	Jason Robert Bell

Issue No. 11, January 2008 56 pages -- cover by Joey Van Massenhoven. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "Birthday Wishes and Greetings" by S.M. Stirling, Mike Resnick, Michael Moorcock, James E. Gunn, Kim Newman, Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Piers Anthony, Richard A. Lupoff, Richard E. Geis, David Langford, Tracy Knight, Joe R. Lansdale, Harlan Ellison, Robin Wayne Bailey, Will Murray, Garth Nix, James Sallis, Gary K. Wolfe, Chris Roberson & Peter Crowther "White Whales, Raintrees, Flying Saucers" by Philip José Farmer [With a foreword by Christopher Paul Carey.] "Parables are Pablum: A Reply to Mr. Farmer, a letter to Mr. Campbell" by Tim Howller (pseudonym of PJF) "Smoke Gets in Your Nose" by Spider Robinson "The Magic Filing Cabinet and the Missing Page" by Christopher Paul Carey "Further Sketches from the Ruins of My Mind!" by Robert R. Barrett "The First Robot" by Philip José Farmer [Originally written using the penname Jeanette Rastignac. With a foreword by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Henry Covert.] "On Not Going There" by Howard Waldrop "Creative Mythography: Trunks and Branches: The Wold Newton Family" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile - a discussion on A Barnstormer in Oz" by Paul Spiteri "Duo Miaule" by Philip José Farmer [With a short introduction by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.]	Joey Van Massenhoven

Issue No. 12, April 2008 56 pages -- cover by Keith Howell. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "We Were Introduced by Sherlock Holmes" by George Scheetz "Sherlock Holmes and Sufism—& Related Subjects (A Speech to the Baker Street Irregulars)" by Philip José Farmer [With a foreword by Christopher Paul Carey. Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Philip José Farmer and The Case of the Two Jungle Lords" by Dennis E. Power "Urania’s Babysitter" by Rick Lai "A Study of Ralph von Wau Wau (The Canine Genius of "A Scarletin Study")" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: The Farmerian Holmes" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile - a discussion on The Other Log of Phileas Fogg" by Paul Spiteri "How Much Free Will Does a Pumpkin Have? (Philip José Farmer and Sufism)" by Christopher Paul Carey "Jongor in the Wold Newton Family" by Philip José Farmer "The Lure of the Emergency Shelf" by Michael Carroll "Full Blown Comic Book Images of the Beast" by Steve Mattsson Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet (Part 1): - "Three Metafictional Proposals" by Philip José Farmer [With a foreword by Christopher Paul Carey.] - "Uncle Sam’s Mad Tea Party" by Philip José Farmer - "Down to Earth’s Centre" by Philip José Farmer	Keith Howell

Issue No. 13, July 2008 52 pages -- cover by Vladimir Verano. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "An Inhabitant of Khokarsa", Farmerphile Interviews Christopher Paul Carey "Excerpt from The Song of Kwasin" by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey [Illustrated by Keith Howell - map by Charles Berlin.] "Farmer of the Apes" by Charles R. Saunders "Creative Mythography: Sahindar through the Centuries" by Win Scott Eckert & Dennis E. Power "Escape from Loki Again, and Again, and Again..." by Steve Mattsson "Wild Weird Clime" by Philip José Farmer [Balticon 11 Guest of Honor Speech] "To Be, or Not to Be" by Tom Wode Bellman "Bibliophile - a discussion on Tongues of the Moon" by Heidi Ruby Miller Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet, Part 2: "Polytropical Paramyths" by Philip José Farmer "Getting Ready to Write" by Philip José Farmer & Paul Spiteri [Illustrated by Charles Berlin.]	Vladimir Verano

Issue No. 14, October 2008 60 pages -- cover by Charles Berlin. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "This Played in Peoria?" by Art Sippo "A Whale of a Time" by Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor "Tongues of the Moon" by Philip José Farmer [Illustrated by John Streleckis.] "The Voice of Farmer in My Vermiform Appendix" by Rhys Hughes "Creative Mythography" by Win Scott Eckert Farmerphile Interviews Win Scott Eckert "Excerpt from The Evil in Pemberley House" by Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert [Illustrated by Keith Howell.] "Say, What's the Big Idea?" by Michael Carroll "The Doc Ravage Presidential Campaign" by Rick Lai "Bibliophile - a discussion on Lord Tyger" by Paul Spiteri "Boris the Bear: Wold Newton and Philip José Farmer" by Steve Mattsson "Oh the Humanity" by Dennis E. Power Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet, Part 3: - "Greartheart Silver" by Philip José Farmer - "Doc Wildman's Coat of Arms" by Philip José Farmer [With the Coat of Arms drawn by Keith Howell.]	Charles Berlin

Issue No. 15, January 2009 60 pages -- cover by Keith Howell. Edited by Win Scott Eckert & Paul Spiteri. Contents: "Excerpt from Cougar by the Tail" by Philip José Farmer & Tracy Knight "Not Your Father's Western" - Farmerphile Interviews Tracy Knight "The Time Distorter" by Paul Spiteri [Illustrated by Charles Berlin.] "Buddha Contemplates His Novel, Or, God and Humankind Redefined" by Philip José Farmer "Creative Mythography: Philip José Farmer in the Wold Newton Family" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile - a discussion on The Unreasoning Mask" by David Lars Chamberlain "On the River with Philip José Farmer" by Robert Weinberg "My Time on the River" by Ed Gorman "Writing “Graceland”" by Allen Steele "The River Not Taken" - by Dennis E. Power "The Resurrection of Tom Mix" by Danny Adams Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet, part 4: - "Riverworld Dawn" by Philip José Farmer - "Myadzian Journal" by Philip José Farmer [With a short foreword by Christopher Paul Carey.] - "Time Has Its Mirages" by Philip José Farmer [With a short foreword by Christopher Paul Carey.]	Keith Howell

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