Short Fiction - R Philip José Farmer
"Rastignac the Devil"
Series: Sturch.
See also the book publications on the book page.
  • Fantastic Universe, May 1954
    [Unauthorized rewrite, "ruined" according to Farmer.]
  • The Celestial Blueprint
    Ace (F-165), no ISBN, paperback, -/1962
  • (German: "Der Teufel Rastignac")
    Der Teufel Rastignac, edited by Lore Matthaey
    Pabel (Utopia Nr.421), no ISBN, magazine, -/1964
  • (Italian: "Rastignac il maligno")
    Gamma 4
    De Carlo, no ISBN, paperback, 02/1966
  • (Italian: "Rastignac il diavolo")
    Un amore a Siddo
    La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club 2), no ISBN, hardcover, 04/1966
  • (Italian: "Rastignac il maligno")
    Frontiere nello spazio
    Edizioni dello Scorpione (Il libro di Gamma 1.1), no ISBN, paperback, -/1967
    [This is a rebind of Gamma, the issues 1, 2 and 4.]
  • (Spanish: "La piel del diablo")
    La piel del diablo
    Vértice (Galaxia 61), no ISBN, paperback, -/1967
  • (Italian: "Rastignac il maligno")
    Rastignac il maligno
    De Carlo (Nebula 2), no ISBN, paperback, 02/1973
  • (Italian: "Rastignac il maligno")
    Nebula 1
    Ennio Ciscato, no ISBN, hardcover, -/1974
    [A rebind of the first three issues of Nebula.]
  • The Cache
    Pinnacle/Tor, ISBN 0-523-48511-5, paperback, 09/1981
  • (German: "Rastignac der Teufel")
    Schockvisionen
    Knaur (Band 5779), ISBN 3-426-05779-4, paperback, -/1984
  • (Russian: "Растиньяк дьявол")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 11 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-184-7, hardcover, -/1996
Clarence Doore
(German) Pabel, magazine, 1964
unknown
(Spanish) Vértice, pb, 1967
Enrich
unknown

"The Rebels Unthawed"
A screen treatment for Star Trek, originally from 1966, that was never submitted and thus never used for the tv series.

Keith Howell &
Charles Berlin

"The Return of Greatheart Silver, or the Secret Life of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"
Series: Greatheart Silver, #2
A section of Greatheart Silver.
  • Weird Heroes - Volume 2, edited by Byron Preiss
    Pyramid (A4044), ISBN 0-515-04044-4, paperback, 
    12/1975 
    [With an introduction by Byron Preiss and an author's foreword.]
Jim Steranko

"Riders of the Purple Wage, or The Great Gavage"
Sequel to: "The Oögenesis of Bird City".
  • Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
    Doubleday, no ISBN, hardcover, 10/1967 
    Doubleday/SFBC (#1179), no ISBN, hardcover, 11/1967
    Berkley (D2274), SBN 425-02274-9, paperback, 12/1972
    Signet (J6240), ISBN 0-451-06240-X, paperback, 01/1975
    Signet (J5672), ISBN 0-451-05672-8, paperback, -/1977 3rd
    Signet (E7634), ISBN 0-451-07634-6, paperback, -/1979 4th
    Signet (E8502), ISBN 0-451-08502-7, paperback, -/1980 5th
    Berkley, ISBN 0-425-06176-0, trade paperback, 09/1983
    Gollancz (Classic SF 16), ISBN 0-575-04144-7, trade paperback, 08/1987 
    Ibooks, ISBN 0-7434-4553-8, hardcover, 10/2002
    Ibooks, ISBN 0-7434-5261-5, trade paperback, 10/2002
    [The trade paperback has been issued with three different covers: by Michael Whelan, John Picacio, and Robert Zohrab.]
    SFBC (#57362), no ISBN, hardcover, 05/2003
    [All editions have an introduction to the story by Harlan Ellison and an afterword by Philip José Farmer.]
  • Dangerous Visions 1, edited by Harlan Ellison
    Berkley (N1686), no ISBN, paperback, 05/1969 
    [Volume one of three. There is also a slipcased set.]
    David,Bruce & Watson, ISBN 0-851-27060-3, hardcover, -/1970
    [Volume one of two.]
    Sphere, ISBN 0-7221-3300-6, paperback, -/1974
    [Volume one of three; cover by Joe Petagno. The later undated reprint has a different cover, by Fred Gambino.]
    [All editions have an introduction to the story by Harlan Ellison and an afterword by Philip José Farmer.]
  • The Hugo Winners (Vol. 2), edited by Isaac Asimov
    Doubleday, no ISBN, hardcover, -/1971
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • The Hugo Winners -Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Nelson Doubleday (SFBC #2000), no ISBN, hardcover, 01/1972
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • The Hugo Winners: 1968 - 1970, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Sphere (12483), no ISBN, paperback, -/1973
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • More Stories From the Hugo Winners, Vol. II, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Fawcett Crest (P2020), SBN 449-02020-125, paperback, 12/1973
    Fawcett Crest (Q2521), ISBN 0-449-02521-2, paperback, -/1975
    Fawcett Crest, ISBN 0-449-23883-0, paperback, 12/1980
    Fawcett Crest, ISBN ?, paperback, 11/1986
    Fawcett Crest, ISBN 0-449-21243-2, paperback, 01/1989
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • (Extract: "Sexual Implications of the Charge of the Light Brigade")
    The Book of Philip José Farmer
    Daw (No. 63), SBN 451-UQ1063-095, paperback, 07/1973
    [With an introduction by PJF.]
  • (French: "Les cavaliers du fiel ou le Grand Gavage") Dangereuses visions (tome 1), edited by Harlan Ellison
    J'ai Lu (No.626), no ISBN, paperback, 11/1975 
    [With an introduction to the story by Harlan Ellison and an afterword by Philip José Farmer]
  • (Danish: "Ridderne af purpurgagen")
    Månedens bedste science fiction #16, April 1977
    [Fanzine.]
  • (Spanish: "Jinetes del salario purpura")
    Dronte (Nueva dimensión #92), no ISBN, paperback, 
    08/1977 
  • (Italian: "Il salario purpureo")
    I Premi Hugo 1955-1975, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Nord (Grandi Opere 4), ISBN 88-429-0587-9, hardcover, 11/1978
    Nord (Grandi Opere 4), ISBN 88-429-0587-9, hardcover, 10/1986 (2nd)
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • The Purple Book
    Tor, ISBN 0-523-48529-8, paperback, 08/1982
  • (German: "Die Reiter der purpurnen Sozialhilfe oder das große Ding")
    Kopernikus 8, edited by Hans Joachim Alpers
    Moewig (3599), ISBN 3-8118-3599-8, paperback, -/1982 
  • (Spanish: "Jinetes del salario púrpura")
    Visiones Peligrosas I, edited by Harlan Ellison
    Martínez Roca (Super Ficción 82), ISBN 84-270-0808-2, paperback, -/1983 
    Orbis (Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción 10), ISBN 84-7634-091-5, paperback, -/1985
    Hyspamérica (Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción 10), 
    ISBN 84-7634-091-5, paperback, -/1985
  • The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973
    Crown, ISBN 0-517-55545-X, hardcover, 11/1984
  • (Spanish: "Jinetes del salario púrpura")
    Los Premios Hugo 1968-1969, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Martínez Roca (Gran Super Ficción), ISBN 84-270-1152-0, paperback, -/1987
  • (German: "Die Reiter der purpurnen Sozialhilfe oder das große Ding")
    Jenseits von Raum und Zeit
    Heyne (Band 4387), ISBN 3-453-00987-9, paperback,
    -/1987
  • (Italian: "I cavalieri del Salario Purpureo ovvero la Grande abbuffata")
    Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
    Mondadori (Varia Fantascienza), ISBN 88-04-35083-0, paperback, 09/1991 
    [With an introduction to the story by Harlan Ellison and an afterword by Philip José Farmer.]
  • Riders of the Purple Wage
    Tor, ISBN 0-812-51905-1, paperback, 04/1992
  • (Russian: "Обладатели пурпурных купюр")
    Дейр (omnibus)
    Centerpoligraf, ISBN 5-7001-0073-8, hardcover, -/1993
  • (Italian: "I cavalieri del Salario Purpureo ovvero la Grande abbuffata")
    Le grandi storie della fantascienza. Premi Hugo 1964-1968, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Mondadori (Oscar Fantascienza 116), ISBN 88-04-38222-8, paperback, 04/1994
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • (Italian: "I cavalieri del Salario Purpureo ovvero la Grande abbuffata")
    I Premi Hugo 1967-1968, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Mondadori (Classici Urania 213), no ISBN, paperback, 1994
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • (Russian: "Оседлав пурпурненькие")
    Одиссея Грина (omnibus)
    Parallel, ISBN 5-86067-008-9, hardcover, -/1994
  • (Czech: "Jezdci purpurové mzdy")
    Hugo story 1968-1969, edited by Isaac Asimov
    Winston Smith/Virgo, ISBN 80-902108-2-1, hardcover, -/1996
    [With an introduction to the story by Isaac Asimov.]
  • (Italian: "I cavalieri del salario viola ovvero La grande abbuffata")
    Il libro viola
    Sellerio (Fantascienza 7), ISBN 88-389-1211-4, paperback, 02/1996
  • (Russian: "На королевском жалованье, или Великая раздаваловка")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 15 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-275-4, hardcover, -/1997
  • (Spanish: "Jinetes del salario púrpura")
    Jinetes del salario púrpura - La balada de Beta-2
    Alcalá de Henares, ISBN 84-95741-48-2, paperback, 12/2003
    [Two novellas, the other one by Samuel R. Delany.]
  • (Czech: "Jezdci purpurové mzdy")
    Nebezpecné vize, edited by Harlan Ellison
    Laser, ISBN 80-7193-184-5, paperback, 01/2005
  • The Best of Philip José Farmer
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006
Hugo Award
Best Novella (1968)
Diane & Leo Dillon
Leo & Diane Dillon
Berkley, pb, 1969
unknown
Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, hc, 1972
--
Sergio Macedo
Vicente Segrelles
(German) Moewig, pb, 1982
Carl Lundgren
(Spanish) Martínez Roca, pb, 1983
unknown
(Italian) Mondadori, pb, 1991
unknown
(Czech) Winston Smith, hc, 1996
Chris Foss

"The Rise Gotten"
Subterranean Press, hc, 2006
Keith Howell &
Charles Berlin

"Riverworld"
Series: Riverworld
There are three different versions, see below.
  • Worlds of Tomorrow, January 1966 
  • (French: "La quête de la vérité")
    Galaxie No.56, January 1969 
  • Down in the Black Gang
    SFBC (#3317), no ISBN, hardcover, 04/1971
    [Second, slightly expanded version.]
  • (Italian: "Il mondo del fiume")
    Nova SF* 37 (L'ultima stella), edited by Ugo Malaguti
    Libra, no ISBN, trade paperback, 01/1978 
  • Riverworld and other Stories
    Berkley, ISBN 0-425-04208-1, paperback, 11/1979
    [Third, again expanded version, from 12,000 to 33,750 words. PJF in his foreword to the story: "I think I'll be satisfied with this version".]
  • (Italian: "Riverworld")
    Il mondo di  Philip José Farmer
    Nord (Narrativa d'Anticipazione 24), ISBN 88-429-0629-8, paperback, 04/1981
    [Third, expanded version. With a foreword by PJF.]
  • (Spanish: "El mundo del Rio")
    El mundo del rio y otras historias
    Ultramar (Bolsillo CF 12), ISBN 84-7386-353-4, paperback, 10/1984
    [Third, expanded version. With a foreword by PJF.]
  • (French: "Ainsi meurt toute chair")
    Les dieux du fleuve
    Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain), ISBN 2-221-04247-6, trade paperback, -/1984
  • (German: "Flusswelt")
    Schockvisionen
    Knaur (Band 5779), ISBN 3-426-05779-4, paperback,
    -/1984 
    [Third, expanded version.]
  • (Russian: "Мир реки")
    Миры Филипа Фармера 10 (omnibus)
    Polaris, ISBN 5-88132-175-8, hardcover, -/1996
  • (Russian: "Мир реки")
    Магический лабиринт (omnibus)
    AST, ISBN 5-17-011035-9, hardcover, 01/2002
  • (French: "Ainsi meurt toute chair")
    Le Cycle du Fleuve (Vol.2) (omnibus)
    Robert Laffont, ISBN 2-221-10077-8, trade paperback, 11/2003
  • The Best of Philip José Farmer
    Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006
  • (German: "Auf dem Fluss")
    Die Flusswelt der Zeit
    Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-26657-4, paperback, 03/2008
    [Third, expanded version in a new translation. With a foreword by Farmer.]
  • Sense of Wonder (A Century of Science Fiction), edited by Leigh Ronald Grossman
    Wildside Press/Swordsmith Books, ISBN 978-1-4344-3074-3, large paperback, 991pp, 08/2011, $ 49.95
    [The first -1966- version of the story.]
McLane
Wenzel
(Italian) Libra, tpb, 1978
Allison
(German) Knaur, pb, 1984
Peter Goodfellow

"Riverworld War"
Series: Riverworld
Orginally five left out chapters of The Magic Labyrinth.
  • Riverworld War
    The Ellis Press, ISBN 0-933180-13-6, trade paperback, 06/1980 
  • (French: "Chute dans le fleuve")
    Le Cycle du Fleuve (Vol.2) (omnibus)
    Robert Laffont, ISBN 2-221-10077-8, trade paperback, 11/2003
The Ellis Press, tpb, 1980
Joan Hanke Woods
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