Philip José Farmer International Bibliography: Works about Farmer, page 4: C

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Works about Philip José Farmer (4): C

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Carbis, Loki - "Travels in Time" Article. Myths for the Modern Age (Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe), edited by Win Scott Eckert MonkeyBrain Books, ISBN 1-932265-14-7, trade paperback, 10/2005 *Online*: read it here	John Picacio

Carey, Christopher Paul - "The Archaeology of Khokarsa" In this article Carey gives a detailed look at the many sources Farmer used when he created the ancient Opar novels. Farmerphile Issue No. 9, July 2007	Charles Berlin

Carey, Christopher Paul - "Bibliophile: A discussion on Hadon of Ancient Opar" Farmerphile Issue No.3, January 2006	Charles Berlin

Carey, Christopher - "Farmer's Escape from Loki" Article, a critical review at Escape from Loki: "...Farmer's story of Doc Savage's first adventure is in itself an example of taking an old form and transforming it successfully into a new world. It is the perfect balance between mythos and action, and either way you read it (or both ways) Loki is a supersaga not to be missed....". The Bronze Gazette Vol. 6, Issue #17, February 1996 [Fanzine] *Online*: read it here

Carey, Christopher - "The Green Eyes Have It - Or Are They Blue?" Article, in which Carey tries to decode the hidden messages in Farmer's novels: "This article is just a beginning, and, of course, only a few of the pieces of the Farmerian puzzle are contained herein." The Bronze Gazette Vol. 11, Issue #33, November 2001 [Fanzine] *Online: read it here Myths for the Modern Age* (Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe), edited by Win Scott Eckert MonkeyBrain Books, ISBN 1-932265-14-7, trade paperback, 10/2005 [Revised and expanded version. Merged with Carey's article "Loki in the Sunlight", see under.]

Carey, Christopher Paul - "The Innocent Dilemma" Reflections on Farmer's story "The Unnaturals" in this same issue, for which Carey also wrote the introduction (see under). Farmerphile Issue No. 2, October 2005	Karl Kauffman

Carey, Christopher - "Introduction" Some background information about the Greek, or rather Homerian references in the story "The Face that Launched a Thousand Eggs", "...a story which makes use of all the wit, derring-do, and reference to mythology that readers have come to expect from the Wizard of Peoria...". Farmerphile Issue No. 1, July 2005	Keith Howell

Carey, Christopher - "Introduction" A successful retranslation of myth calls Carey Farmer's story "The Unnaturals": "Myth is not a static thing - it must live and breathe if it is to survive - and this is something that Phil knows and addresses throughout all of his work with an intuitiveness that is, frankly, stunning." Farmerphile Issue No. 2, October 2005	Karl Kauffman

Carey, Christopher - "Loki in the Sunlight" Article, with another look at a character, John Sunlight, in Farmer's Escape from Loki. Later merged with Carey's article "The Green Eyes Have It - Or Are They Blue?", see above. The Bronze Gazette Vol. 8, Issue #24, June 1998 [Fanzine] *Online*: read it here

Carey, Christopher Paul - "The Magic Filing Cabinet and The Missing Page" Chris informs us about the two (or three) mysteries he discovered while editing the collection Venus on the Half-Shell and Others. First, the discovered plans Farmer had editing a collection of fictional author stories written by other authors (see also next entry), was it true or not? Second, a missing page from the original publication of "The Impotency of Bad Karma" in Popular Culture, June 1977. And the third mystery, how Tom Wode Bellman came to write the foreword to the new collection... The mysteries are all solved now! Farmerphile Issue No. 11, January 2008	Joey Van Massenhoven

Carey, Christopher Paul - "More Real Than Life Itself: Philip José Farmer's Fictional-Author Period" In this interesting introduction we not only get the story of why Farmer wrote the fictional-author stories, but also that he had planned with several other writers —like Philip K. Dick, Ron Goulart and Gene Wolfe for instance— to publish a lot more of these stories under very different bylines. At least enough to finally fill an entire anthology with fictional-author stories, but the publication never happened. Every story in the collection is individually introduced with interesting background information about the story and the used pseudonym of a fictional author. Venus on the Half-Shell and Others Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-142-2, hardcover, 01/2008	Bob Eggleton

Carey, Christopher Paul - "Philip José Farmer and ERB: A Shared Mythography" A biography of Phil Farmer and the role that Edgar Rice Burroughs and his creation Tarzan have played over the years in Farmer's life and writing career. Burroughs Bulletin New Series #81, Winter 2010 [A Philip José Farmer tribute issue. The printed number 80 on the cover is a mistake.]	Jean/Paul Goude

Carey, Christopher Paul - "Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" Introduction to the collection Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories, telling us about Farmer's writing style and his early writing career: "Reading through the early stories included here, a veil is lifted that reveals with stark clarity what puts the Farmer in Farmerian. It is not enough to say that Phil has a boundless imagination and that he is adept at world building." Carey also wrote all the story introductions, except for one, in this book. Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories Subterranean Press, ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6, hardcover, 07/2007	Howell & Berlin

Carey, Christopher Paul - "Through the Seventh Gate: Pursuing Farmer's Sources in Savageology" Article in which Carey asks himself the question if Farmer ever did meet Doc Savage, "...the Bronze Hero of Technopolis and Exotica...", like he did meet Tarzan in person. Carey looked at several sources to try to proof the fact that Farmer did meet Doc. Farmerphile Issue No. 6, October 2006	Charles Berlin

Carey, Laura Wilkes - "It Could Make a Great Fantasy" Subtitled: "Exploring an Unwritten Philip José Farmer Novel". Farmer once wrote a novel proposal query to editor Lester Del Rey, about a 'Mormon Fantasy'. It seems the query was never actually sent to Del Rey and the novel never written. This information and more had been found in Farmer's archives, and Carey speculates what 'Mormon Fantasy' could have been written by Farmer. The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (1): Protean Dimensions, edited by Michael Croteau Meteor House, ISBN 978-0-615-37005-7, trade paperback, 06/2010	Keith Howell

Chalton, Nicola - "Farmer, Philip Jose" PJF is one of the about thirty science fiction authors among the more than a thousand biographical entries in this book: "...Farmer is famous for his humorous, unconventional and sometimes shocking science fiction stories...". The entry gives an introduction to PJF's earliest, "The Lovers" and also to his best known works, the Riverworld series. Who Wrote What When?, edited by Nicola Chalton Simon & Schuster [UK], ISBN 0-684-85822-3, trade paperback, -/1999

Chambon, Jacques - "Préface" A foreword - fifty pages long - about the complete oeuvre of Farmer, and also introductions to each story. With his article Chambon wants to to get readers interested in the stories by Farmer: "Celui que vous tenez entre les mains n'a d'autre ambition que de vous en donner envie". (French) Philip José Farmer Presses Pocket, ISBN 0-266-00844-7, paperback, 01/1980 (French) Le jeu de la création Presses Pocket, ISBN 0-266-03657-2, paperback, 09/1990	Marcel Laverdet

Chambon, Jacques - "Le Super-Styx de Philip José Farmer" An interesting article about Phil Farmer's Riverworld series, on the occassion of the publication of the fourth in French translated Riverworld novel, Le labyrinthe magique. (French) Orbites No.3, September 1982 [Illustrated with a photo of PJF.]	Luc Cornillon

Chapman, E.L. - "From Rebellious Rationalist to Mythmaker and Mystic: The Religious Quest of Philip José Farmer" The Transcendent Adventure (Studies of Religion in Science Fiction/Fantasy), edited by Robert Reilly Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-23062-5, hardcover [no dustjacket], -/1984 The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (2): Of Dust and Soul, edited by Michael Croteau Meteor House, ISBN 978-0-983-74610-2, trade paperback, 09/2011 [An partly rewritten and expanded version of the first one.]

Chapman, Edgar L. - "Remembering Philip José Farmer" A remembrance about Phil's life and work and his relation with the Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Chapman concludes the article with: "Phil might prefer to be remembered as an author who created resolute characters in fiction, characters whose courage could inspire and sustain his readers in difficult days." Bradley Hilltopics, Summer 2009 (Vol.15, Issue 3) Online: at Issuu.com Online: Bradley Hilltopics

Chapman, E.L. - "The Riverworld Series" Critical essay. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, Vol. 3, edited by Frank N. Magill Salem Press, ISBN 0-89356-450-8, hardcover [no dustjacket], 04/1984

Chapman, E.L. - "The World of Tiers" Critical essay. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, Vol. 5, edited by Frank N. Magill Salem Press, ISBN 0-89356-450-8, hardcover [no dustjacket], 04/1984

Chesneaux, Jean - "Un auteur americain: P.J. Farmer fascine par la regression" Essay [No further information] (French) La Quinzaine Litteraire #225, January 16, 1976

Chesneaux, Jean - "Une lecture extra-terrestre du 'Tour du Monde': 'The Other Log of Phileas Fogg' de P.J. Farmer" [No further information] (French) Revue des Lettres Modernes, Nr.456-461, 1976

Clute, John - "Philip José Farmer" Entry in the chapter 'Major Authors', a biography and bibliography. Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, edited by John Clute Dorling Kindersley [UK], ISBN 0-7513-0202-3, hardcover, 10/1995 Dorling Kindersley [US], ISBN 0-7894-0185-1, hardcover, 10/1995 SFBC, no ISBN, hardcover, 11/1995

Clute, John - "Philip José Farmer" Entry: "...known primarily for his sf, but whose outright fantasy novels are of strong interest...". Mentioned are The Green Odyssey, the World of Tiers series, and even the Riverworld series. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant Orbit [UK], ISBN 1-85723-368-9, hardcover, 04/1997 St.Martin's, ISBN 0-312-15897-1, hardcover, 05/1997 St.Martin's Griffin, ISBN 0-312-19896-8, trade paperback, 03/1999 [With an addenda and Corrigenda.] Little. Brown/Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-893-1, trade paperback, 04/1999 [With an Addenda and Corrigenda.] SFBC #15376, no ISBN, hardcover, 06/1999 [With an Addenda and Corrigenda.]	Peter Goodfellow

Connelly, Steven E. - "Philip José Farmer" Entry, one of the more than 1600 entries in this 1010 pages thick book that define popular culture in the USA. The Guide to United States Popular Culture, edited by Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne Bowling Green University Popular Press, ISBN 0-879728-21-3, hardcover, 06/2001

Connor, Ed - "Philip José Farmer: Out of Confusion, Surprise" [No further information] Moebius Trip #8, March/April 1971 [Fanzine]	Lewton

Coogan, Dr. Peter M. - "Wold-Newtonry: Theory and Methodology" Article. Myths for the Modern Age (Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe), edited by Win Scott Eckert MonkeyBrain Books, ISBN 1-932265-14-7, trade paperback, 10/2005 *Online*: read it here (PDF)	John Picacio

Cook, Monte - "Who Inhabits Riverworld?" In this essay Cook philosophizes if the people on Riverworld are the same as they were on Earth or if their bodies are only duplicates of the original bodies. And whether original or merely duplicates, what makes the person the same as they were on Earth. The only transportation between Earth and Riverworld is of the wathan or the soul. Can that make a person the same as on Earth, or do you also need the brain or its memories. Cook concludes that the wathan can't do the job. Philosophers Look at Science Fiction, edited by Nicholas D. Smith Nelson-Hall, ISBN 0-88229-740-6, hardcover, -/1982 Nelson-Hall, ISBN 0-88229-807-0, trade paperback, -/1982

Covert, Henry - "Ackerman and Farmer: A Strangeness of Mind" An article about the meetings between Forrest J Ackerman and Philip José Farmer, in the flesh and in the writing, and their very long friendship. Farmer discovered Forry (or 4E) in the letter columns of the early science fiction magazines (1929). They first met one another in 1953 at the World Science Fiction Convention, where Phil won a Hugo Award. Phil wrote a tribute about Forry, and made him a character in his novels The Imgae of the Beast (a parody as Woolston Heepish) and Blown (as himself). Dark Discoveries Issue 13, Spring 2009	Jason V Brock

Covert, Henry - "How the Farmer Grew a Universe" In the second part -see also next entry- of the introduction to the Wold Newton Universe (WNU) the writer discusses the members of the WNU and the stories in which they appear. Astonishing Adventures Magazine, Issue Five (December 2008)	Joanne Renaud

Covert, Henry - "The Many Worlds of Wold Newton" Who is Philip José Farmer? And what is Wold Newton anyway? Two self asked questions that the writer of this article answers, the result of which gives an introduction to Farmer's Wold Newton Family and the extended Wold Newton Universe. Part two of the article has been published in the next issue, see the entry above. Astonishing Adventures Magazine, Issue Four (August 2008)	John Donald Carlucci

Crombie, Roger - "A Feast Unexpected" An article about how science fiction turns mainstream. It's also a tribute to Philip José Farmer and his works, an explanation why Crombie lurks in bookstores searching for new items for his PJF collection, and finally a sort of a report of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of "The Lovers" in Peoria, August 2002. RG Magazine Vol.10 No. 6, Oct./Nov. 2002 [Magazine, supplement of Bermuda's daily newspaper The Royal Gazette. Included also is a short story by PJF, "The Good of the Land".]

Crombie, Roger - "Notes from the Shipwrecked" Introduction, which Crombie calls "Some personal thoughts on the reprinting of The Green Odyssey" and where he gives some historical perspective of the novel and its publication, especially the first, rare hardcover edition. Crombie is attracted to Farmer, because "...He expresses his wild concepts with his omnipresent puckish sense of humour...". The Green Odyssey Ramble House, no ISBN, paperback, 05/2004	Gavin L. O'Keefe

Crombie, Roger - "Trout Fishing in Bermuda: Why and How" The 'adventures' of Crombie while he searched for the origins of Kilgore Trout on Bermuda. He did meet a Simon Wagstaff, but "...Trout had cleverly covered his tracks...". Farmerphile Issue No. 5, July 2006	Keith Howell

Croteau, Michael - "Afterword" Mike is pondering on the question if this collection is "The Best" of PJF, looking at several of the included stories, and he concludes "...I believe that this volume, like all the stories in it, will stand up well over time and will be considered an important book in the Farmer canon...". The Best of Philip José Farmer Subterranean Press, ISBN 1-59606-036-0, hardcover, 02/2006	Michael Komark

Croteau, Mike - "Bibliophile - a discussion on Greatheart Silver" Originally Farmer wrote the humorous three stories of Greatheart Silver for the Weird Heroes ("A New American Pulp!") series, edited and developed by Byron Preiss. Croteau discusses the complete story and some of its background. Farmerphile Issue No. 8, April 2007	Keith Howell

Croteau, Mike - "A Biographical Note about Philip José Farmer" A short biography how PJF came to the Wold Newton theory: "In hindsight it is possible to look at Philip José Farmer's life and say that it was almost inevitable that he would create the Wold Newton Universe." Myths for the Modern Age (Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe), edited by Win Scott Eckert MonkeyBrain Books, ISBN 1-932265-14-7, trade paperback, 10/2005	John Picacio

Croteau, Michael - "Editor's Preface" A piece about Farmer, the start of the official PJF website, the discovery of the 'Magic Filing Cabinet' --Farmer's archive with unpublished manuscripts, some of them unfinished-- that led to the start of the fanzine Farmerphile, and finally led to the book at hand. The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (1): Protean Dimensions, edited by Michael Croteau Meteor House, ISBN 978-0-615-37005-7, trade paperback, 06/2010	Keith Howell

Croteau, Michael - "Editor's Preface" Mike explains the reason for the subtitle, "Of Dust and Soul", based on Farmer's interests in writing, and gives a general introduction to the entries in the four sections of the anthology. Mike: "It is my hope that [this book] will give the reader a glimpse into the heart and mind of a man who may best be described as a seeker". The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (2): Of Dust and Soul, edited by Michael Croteau Meteor House, ISBN 978-0-983-74610-2, trade paperback, 09/2011	Laura Givens

Currey, Lloyd W. - "Philip José Farmer" A checklist of the first printings, as well as of subsequent printings and editions which are "...of interest to researchers and collectors" (mainly special editions and first hardcovers). Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (A Bibliography of First Printings of Their Fiction), edited by Lloyd W. Currey G.K. Hall & Co., ISBN 0-8161-8242-6, hardcover [no dustjacket], -/1979 RB Publishing, ISBN 0-9719995-0-3, CD-Rom, -/2002 [Revised edition, else the same as the 1979 printed edition, not updated also. In PDF-format.]

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