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The Impotency of Bad Karma
Science fiction short story.
Written as by Cordwainer Bird (psudonym/fictional author).
Rewritten as "The Last Rise of Nick Adams".
In the original publication, "The Impotency of Bad Karma", Farmer parodies for instance Barry Malzberg, who didn't approve of it. For that reason he rewrote the story somewhat and retitled the story as "The Last Rise of Nick Adams". But with the rewrite Farmer missed a piece of the original text, see the info.
DESCRIPTION:
Nick Adams, science-fiction author, and his wife Ashlar in a sort of parody of the science fiction world and of some of its well known people.
From Farmer's introduction: "...The genesis of the original idea for the story, the basic concept, came one day while I was considering the inflating or deflating effects of good or bad reviews of my work, of good or bad royalty reports, and so on. This story exaggerates the effects, though not very much..."
 
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11 Publications
 
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in Popular Culture
Brad Lang
Lansing, MI: Popular Culture Publishers
First Preview Edition
magazine (27,5×21cm)
June 1977
44
$ 1.50
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With an illustration by Marty Seigrist. Popular Culture had an extremely limited circulation, and it lasted for only one issue.


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"The Last Rise of Nick Adams"
in Chrysalis - Volume 2
Roy Torgeson
New York, NY: Zebra Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-89083-381-8
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
08/1978
284
$ 1.95
not credited [= Colin Hay]
Rewritten version. With an introduction by Theodore Sturgeon.

Colin Hay
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"The Last Rise of Nick Adams"
in The Book of Philip José Farmer
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05298-2
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
02/1982 (1st)
04/1982 (2nd)
248
$ 2.50
James Warhola
Rewritten version. With an introduction by Farmer.

James Warhola
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"The Last Rise of Nick Adams"
in Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
Christopher Paul Carey
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 978-1-59606-142-2
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
01/2008 [Trade edition.]
03/2008 [Numbered, signed, slipcased edition.]
325
$ 38.00 | $ 125.00
Bob Eggleton
Rewritten version. With an introduction by the editor.

Bob Eggleton
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"The Last Rise of Nick Adams"
in Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
Christopher Paul Carey
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 978-1-59606-142-2
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/2008 [Lettered, signed, traycased edition.]
340
$ 300.00
Bob Eggleton
Rewritten version. With an introduction by the editor.

Bob Eggleton
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"The Impotency of Bad Karma"
in Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
Christopher Paul Carey
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 978-1-59606-142-2
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/2008 [Lettered, signed, traycased edition.]
340
$ 300.00
Bob Eggleton
The very rare original (and complete) version of the story. In the lettered edition only. With an introduction by the editor.

Bob Eggleton
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"The Last Rise of Nick Adams"
in The Book of Philip José Farmer
London: Granada Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05656-4
paperback (18×11cm)
07/1983
318
£ 1.95
Richard Clifton-Dey
Rewritten version. With an introduction by Farmer.

Richard Clifton-Dey
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German: "Nick Adams' letzter Aufstieg"
in Nick Adams letzter Aufstieg
Roy Torgeson
München: Moewig
Playboy Science Fiction, Band 6718
ISBN 3-8118-6718-0
paperback (18×12,5cm)
-/1981
303
DM 7,80
Leni Sobez
Norma
Rewritten version.

Norma
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Russian: "Последний экстаз Ника Адамса"
in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 15
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
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ISBN 5-88132-275-4
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
03/1997
400
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O. Vasant
V. Kovalev
Rewritten version.

V. Kovalev
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