Philip José Farmer: They Twinkled Like Jewels


	They Twinkled Like Jewels

	Science fiction novelette. Published for the first time in January 1954 in Fantastic Universe, and reprinted and translated several times since in anthologies and collections. First solo publication was in 2009 by Farmer Press. See also the Short Fiction page. This story is also available as a free eBook and a free Audio Book. DEDICATION: --

	COVER TEXT: Jack Crane lay all morning in the vacant lot. Now and then he moved a little to quiet the protest of cramped muscles and stagnant blood, but most of the time he was as motionless as the heap of rags he resembled. Not once did he hear or see a Bohas agent, or, for that matter, anyone. The predawn darkness had hidden his panting flight from the transie jungle, his dodging across backyards while whistles shrilled and voices shouted, and his crawling on hands and knees down an alley into the high grass and bushes which fringed a hidden garden. For a while his heart had knocked so loudly that he had been sure he would not be able to hear his pursuers if they did get close. It seemed inevitable that they would track him down. A buddy had told him that a new camp had just been built at a place only three hours drive away from the town. This meant that Bohas would be thick as hornets in the neighborhood... (Farmer Press)

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Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	FIRST PUBLICATION -: Farmer Press - ISBN 978-1-557427-99-1 chapbook (23x15,5cm) 10/2009 23 not priced [= $ 3.99] Innovar Farmer Press is probably an imprint of Wildside Press.	Innovar

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	-: Filiquarian Publishing LLC. / Qontro High Quality Paperbacks no ISBN chapbook (28×21,5cm) not dated [= 07/2010] not numbered [= 15] not priced [= $ 9.99 / £ 6.99] - A Publication-on-Demand chapbook, printed by Amazon.	-

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	Lexington, KY: Wildside Press / Alien Cat Books - ISBN 978-1-434-43033-5 chapbook (23×15,5cm) 01/2011 25 not priced [= $ 2.99] Arbi Babakhanians A Publication-on-Demand chapbook.	Arbi Babakhanians

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	North Hollywood, CA: Aegypan Press An Alan Rodgers Book ISBN 978-1-4638-0087-1 chapbook (23×15,5cm) not dated [= 06/2011] 32 not priced [= $ 7.95] not credited [= Joe Richards] A Publication-on-Demand chapbook.	Joe Richards

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	North Hollywood, CA: Aegypan Press An Alan Rodgers Book ISBN 978-1-4638-9695-9 hardcover chapbook [no dustjacket] (23,5×16cm) not dated [= 08/2011] 32 not priced [= $ 13.95] not credited [= Joe Richards] Pictorial boards. A Publication-on-Demand book.	Joe Richards

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