Short Fiction - O Philip José Farmer

"O'Brien and Obrenov"
Farmer's first story in print. Not science fiction, but a 'comedy of errors'.
  • Adventure, March 1946 
    [Farmer also wrote an introduction to himself for this issue.]
  • Farmerage Vol.1, No.1, June 1978
    [Fanzine]
  • Philcon  89
    The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, paperback, 11/1989
    The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, hardcover,
    11/1989
     
    [Program Book. The hardcover is a limited edition of two hundred numbered copies, signed by the special guests of Philcon 89: Philip José Farmer, Don Maitz, Poul Anderson and Lois McMaster Bujold. There is also an article about Farmer by Bruce Sterling.]
  • Pearls from Peoria
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-059-X, hardcover, 09/2006
March 1946
Griffith Foxley
PSFS, hc, 1989


"One Down, One to Go"
  • Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1990 
  • Riders of the Purple Wage
    Tor, ISBN 0-812-51905-1, paperback, 04/1992
  • (Italian: "Il giorno della locusta")
    Millemondiestate 1992 (1 romanzo brevi e 18 racconti), editor unknown
    Mondadori (Millemondi 41), no ISBN, paperback, 1992
  • (German: "Die eine kommt, die andere geht")
    Hüter der Zeit, edited by Ronald M. Hahn
    Heyne (Band 4888), ISBN 3-453-05402-4, paperback, -/1992
  • Visions of Wonder, edited by David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf
    Tor, ISBN 0-312-86224-5, hardcover, 11/1996 
    Tor, ISBN 0-312-85287-8, trade paperback, 11/1996
    [Anthology designed for classroom use.]
  • The Best of Philip José Farmer
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006
October 1990
Alex Schomburg
Tor, hc, 1996
Lynn Newmark


"Only Who Can Make a Tree?"
Series: Polytropical paramyths

  • Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1971
  • (French: "Qui donc peut faire un arbre?")
    Fiction No. 228, December 1972
  • The Book of Philip José Farmer
    Daw (No. 63), SBN 451-UQ1063-095, paperback, 07/1973
    [With an introduction, "Polytropical Paramyths", by PJF.]
  • (German: "Das verhängnisvolle Experiment")
    Flug nach Murdstone, edited by Wulf Bergner
    Heyne (Band 3337), no ISBN, paperback, -/1973
  • (Swedish: "Vem kan skapa ett träd?")
    Jules Verne Magasinet Nr.422, April 1987
  • (Russian: "Вот только кто спортачит дерево?")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 15 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-275-4, hardcover, 03/1997
November 1971
Chesley Bonestell
(French) December 1972
Lacroix


"The Oögenesis of Bird City"
Prologue to "Riders of the Purple Wage"
  • Amazing, September 1970 
  • American Government Through Science Fiction, edited by Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick
    Rand McNally, trade paperback, 1974 
  • (French: "L'oogenèse de la cité des oiseaux") 
    Dans la cité future (dix récits inédits de science-fiction), edited by Jacques Chambon
    Casterman, ISBN 2-203-22627-7, hardcover, 04/1979
  • The Purple Book
    Tor, ISBN 0-523-48529-8, paperback, 08/1982
  • The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973
    Crown, ISBN 0-517-55545-X, hardcover, 11/1984
  • Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction, edited by Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg
    TSR, ISBN 0-88038-216-3, trade paperback, 08/1985 
  • (German: "Die Ovogenese von Bird City")
    Jenseits von Raum und Zeit
    Heyne (Band 4387), ISBN 3-453-00987-9, paperback, -/1987
  • Riders of the Purple Wage
    Tor, ISBN 0-812-51905-1, paperback, 04/1992
  • (Italian: "L'Ovogenesi della Città degli uccelli")
    Il libro viola
    Sellerio (Fantascienza 7), ISBN 88-389-1211-4, paperback, 02/1996
  • (Russian: "Оогенез птичьего города")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 15 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-275-4, hardcover [no dustjacket], -/1997
  • The Best of Philip José Farmer
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006
September 1970
Jeff Jones
Rand McNally, tpb, 1974
Todd Sanders
TSR, tpb, 1985
unknown


"Open to Me, My Sister"
As "The Strange Birth" in Satellite, June 1959. This magazine folded up before any copies were run off the presses. It seems there exists some sets of page proofs.
Also as: "My Sister's Brother".
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1960 
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], August 1960
  • ("My Sister's Brother")
    Strange Relations
    Ballantine (391K), no ISBN, paperback, -/1960
  • (French: "Ouvre-moi, ô ma soeur")
    Fiction No. 93, August 1961 
  • Once and Future Tales (From the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction), edited by Edward L. Ferman
    Harris-Wolfe, no ISBN, hardcover, -/1968 
  • The Sociology of the Possible, edited by Richard Ofshe
    Prentice-Hall, no ISBN, hardcover, -/1970 
    Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-821595-2, trade paperback, -/1977
    [Abridged, with editorial bridging comments, in sociology textbook.]
  • (Dutch: "Mijn zuster d'r broer")
    Vreemde verwanten
    Meulenhoff (SF 30), no ISBN, paperback, -/1970
  • ("My Sister's Brother")
    The Book of Philip José Farmer
    Daw (No. 63), SBN 451-UQ1063-095, paperback, 07/1973
    [With an introduction by PJF.]
  • (Italian: "Il fratello di mia sorella")
    Relazioni aliene
    Fanucci (Futuro 3), no ISBN, paperback, 11/1973
  • (French: "La frère de ma soeur")
    Des rapports étranges
    J'ai Lu (No.712), no ISBN, paperback, 11/1976
  • (Spanish: [Argentina]: "Hermano de mi hermana")
    Relaciones extrañas
    Andrómeda (Más Allá Ciencia-Ficción), no ISBN, paperback, -/1976
    Adiax (Fénix 24), no ISBN, paperback, 08/1980
  • (Spanish: "Ábrete a mi, hermana")
    Ciencie Ficción - Selección 30, editor unknown
    Bruguera (Libro Amigo 508), ISBN 84-02-05155-3, paperback, -/1977 
  • (Japanese: "妹の兄")
    奇妙な関係 (Kimyo na Kankei)
    Sogen (SF Bunko # 670-01), ISBN 4-488-67001-6, paperback, 05/1981
  • (Swedish: "Min systers bror")
    Efter King Kongs fall
    Delta (Science fiction #139), ISBN 91-7228-276-2, trade paperback, -/1981
  • (German: "Der Bruder meiner Schwester")
    Bizarre Beziehungen
    Knaur, ISBN 3-426-05771-9, paperback, 12/1983
  • ("My Sister's Brother")
    The Classic Philip José Farmer 1952-1964
    Crown, ISBN 0-517-55193-4, hardcover, 02/1984
  • (French: "Ouvre-moi, ô ma soeur")
    Histoires de créatures, edited by Demètre Ioakimidis, Jacques Goimard and Gérard Klein
    Le Livre de poche (No. 3787), ISBN 2-253-03428-2, paperback, 04/1984
  • (Catalan [Spain]: "El germà de la meva germana")
    Relacions estranyes
    Alella (Pleniluni 2001-4), ISBN 84-85752-13-9, paperback, 07/1985 [Two books, same data, different covers.]
  • (Spanish: "Hermano de mi hermana")
    Relaciones extrañas
    Orbis (Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción 34), ISBN 84-7634-391-4, paperback, 11/1985
  • (German: "Der Bruder meiner Schwester")
    Jenseits von Raum und Zeit
    Heyne (Band 4387), ISBN 3-453-00987-9, paperback, -/1987
  • (Portuguese: "Irmão de Minha irmã")
    Relações Estranhas
    Circulo de Leitores (Colecção Romances de Ficção Científica), no ISBN, hardcover, -/1989
  • (Russian: "Отвори, сестра моя")
    Летающие киты Исмаэля (omnibus)
    Centerpoligraf (Osiris 19), ISBN 5-7001-0004-5, hardcover, -/1992
  • (German: "Der Bruder meiner Schwester")
    Bizarre Beziehungen (omnibus)
    Heyne (Band 4935), ISBN 3-453-05854-2, paperback, -/1992
  • (Swedish: "Min systers bror")
    Jules Verne Magasinet Nr.462, December 1993
  • (Russian: "Отвори, сестра моя")
    Одиссея Грина (omnibus)
    Parallel, ISBN 5-86067-008-9, hardcover [no dustjacket], -/1994
  • (Russian: "Отвори мне, сестра")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 15 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-275-4, hardcover, -/1997 
  • (My Sister's Brother)
    Strange Relations
    (omnibus)
    Baen, ISBN 1-4165-0934-8, trade paperback, 02/2006
  • (My Sister's Brother)
    The Best of Philip José Farmer
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006
May 1960
Mel Hunter
(French) August 1961
Jean-Claude Forest
Harris-Wolfe, hc, 1968
Bert Tanner
Prentice-Hall, hc, 1970
Herb Davis (sculpture)
(Spanish) Bruguera, pb, 1977
unknown
V. Kovalev


"Opening the Door"
  • Children of Infinity, edited by Roger Elwood
    Franklin Watts, ISBN 0-531-02599-3, hardcover, 1973 
    [Black cloth boards. Illustrated by Jacqui Morgan.]
    Franklin Watts/SFBC (#5796), no ISBN,  hardcover, -/1973 
    [Grey boards. Illustrated by Jacqui Morgan.]
    Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-10543-2, hardcover, -/1974
  • Pearls from Peoria
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-059-X, hardcover, 09/2006

Watts, hc, 1973
Jacqui Morgan


"Osiris on Crutches"
By Philip José Farmer and Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor (pseudonym/ fictional author).
  • New Dimensions 6, edited by Robert Silverberg
    Harper & Row, ISBN 0-06-013864-5, hardcover, 05/1976 
    Harper & Row/SFBC, no ISBN, hardcover, 1976
    Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0-575-02173-X, hardcover, 1976
  • (French: "Des béquilles pour Osiris")
    Science-Fiction et Quotidien No. 4, 02/1981
  • Stations of the Nightmare
    Tor, ISBN 0-523-48522-0, paperback, 02/1982
  • (French: "Les béquilles d'Osiris")
    Station du cauchemar
    Presses de la Cité (Superlights 2), ISBN 2-258-01137-X, paperback, 10/1982 
  • Riders of the Purple Wage
    Tor, ISBN 0-812-51905-1, paperback, 04/1992
    [No mentioning of Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor.]
  • Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-142-2, hardcover, 01/2008
    [With an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey.]
Harper and Row, hc, 1976
Irving Freeman
(French) Presses de la Cité, pb, 1982
Raymond Hermange


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