Philip José Farmer International Bibliography: Works about Farmer, page 8: G

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Works about Philip José Farmer (8): G

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Gabutti, Diego - "Fine della storia per il grande inquisitore" Essay. (Italian) Fantascienza e communismo La Salamandra (I Campi Magnetici 12 ), no ISBN, paperback, 01/1979 (Italian) Christo Marziano Sevagram (Fantascienza Book Club 1), no ISBN, hardcover, 11/1984	Tony Roberts

Garrett, Randall - "The Bite of the Asp" Farmer's story "The Bite of the Asp" had been butchered by the editor of the magazine, Hugo Gernsback, upon publication in Science-Fiction Plus, March 1953, as "The Biological Revolt". Garrett proves that while comparing the original manuscript against the published story, describing "...how a good story was ruined...". Stellar Issue #13, 1957 [Fanzine, edited by Ted White.] 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

Geddie, Tom - "Philip Jose Farmer" A short biography and an overview on some of Phil's work, like the Riverworld series, the World of Tiers series, and the Father Carmody stories. Also mentioned is the Wold Newton Family. Phil was one of the guests at Fantasy Fair in June 1982. Fantasy Fair, no ISBN, Convention Program, 06/1982	David Martin

Giannini, A. James - "Afterword" Giannini describes the use of 'Tiersian therapy' with his patients and says about this novel: "..In reading the fictional re-creation of group process and the individual reaction to it, I felt I was an observer in my own therapetic groups. Though Philip Farmer has never observed any of these sessions, he has reconstructed them accurately..". Red Orc's Rage Tor, ISBN 0-312-85036-0, hardcover, 09/1991 (Ukrainian: "Послесловие") Пирамидальный мир (T.2) Gemma, ISBN 5-87274-002-6, hardcover, -/1992 (Italian: "Postfazione") La rabbia di Orc il Rosso Fanucci (Il libro d'oro 81), ISBN 88-347-0453-3, paperback, 04/1995 (German: "Nachwort") Der Zorn des Roten Lords Heyne (Band 5911), ISBN 3-453-13293-9, paperback, 09/1997 (Russian: "Послесловие") Многоярусный мир (Vol.2) Ast & Ermak, ISBN 5-17-01774-2, hardcover, 03/2004 (French: "Postface") La saga des hommes dieux - tome 2/2 La Découverte (Pulp Fictions), ISBN 2-7071-4351-0, trade paperback, 03/2005	Doug Beekman

Giannini, A. James - "Use of Fiction in Therapy" Article about the results of therapy based on fiction, for example the World of Tiers books by Farmer. This kind of therapy gave Farmer the idea to write Red Orc's Rage, see the previous entry. Psychiatric Times Vol.19 Issue 7, July 2001

Gieres, Jean-Marie - "Ethical Issues in Philip José Farmer's 'Trilogy of the Tiers' " Dissertation [No further information]. Privately published - Luxembourg, 1975

Goimard, Jacques - "Présentation" Foreword, about the major themes Farmer uses in most of his fiction, religion and sex, and how The World of Tiers fits in these themes. (French) La saga des hommes dieux La Découverte (Pulp Fictions), ISBN 2-7071-4269-7, trade paperback, 03/2004	Jean-François Colonna

Goizet, Annette - "Amour, sexualité, érotisme dans The Lovers (Les amants étrangers)" Essay [No further information.] (French) Eros, Science - Fiction Fantastique, edited by Roger Bozzetto Université de Provence, paperback, 1991

Greenberg, Martin H. - "Introduction" An introduction to Farmer's life, study and career and to his major literary themes and obsessions. About his writing Greenberg says: "His writing is characterized by rapid pacing, some weakness of plot, a wonderful use of puns, protagonists who are deeply flawed - a quality especially true in his 'heroic' figures - and a deep cynicism that pervades even his humorous work." The stories in this volume are also introduced with a few words. The Classic Philip José Farmer 1952-1964 Crown (Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 4), ISBN 0-517-55193-4, hardcover, 02/1984 (German: "Einleitung") Jenseits vom Raum und Zeit Heyne (Band 4387), ISBN 3-453-00978-9, paperback, -/1987 [The combined text of the introductions in both Classic PJF volumes, see next entry.]	Michael Booth

Greenberg, Martin H. - "Introduction" This introduction is the same as the one in the other Classic PJF volume (see previous entry), till the introduction comes to the stories in this volume which are also described with a few words each. The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973 Crown (Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 5), ISBN 0-517-55545-X, hardcover, 11/1984 (German: "Einleitung") Jenseits vom Raum und Zeit Heyne (Band 4387), ISBN 3-453-00978-9, paperback, -/1987 [The combined text of the introductions in both Classic PJF volumes, see previous entry.]	Michael Booth

Greenberg, Martin H. - "Introduction to "The Alley Man"" Greenberg recalls Farmer receiving the Hugo Award in 1953 for "..the Best New Writer in science fiction.." and that he lived up to the honor with "..some of the most innovative work of the last thirty-five years..". Farmer's story is compared to Asimov's "The Ugly Little Boy". The Great SF Stories: #21 (1959), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg DAW (#823 / UE2428), ISBN 0-88677-428-4, paperback, 06/1990 [Also with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.] (Italian: "Introduzione") Le grandi storie della fantascienza 21, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg Armenia, ISBN 88-344-0481-5, paperback, 10/1991 Bompiani, ISBN 88-452-5155-1, trade paperback, 04/2002 [Also with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.]	Robin Hidden

Greenberg, Martin H. - "Introduction to "Sail On! Sail On!"" In the year 1952 Farmer's story "The Lovers" got published, "..which was too long for inclusion here..". So the editors picked another important story that "..is almost as remarkable as the former story in its own way..". The Great SF Stories: #14 (1952), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg DAW (#660 / UE2106), ISBN 0-88677-106-4, paperback, 01/1986 [Also with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.]	Tony Roberts

Grossman, Leigh Ronald - "Philip Jose Farmer (1918-2009)" Introduction about Farmer's life and writing career, with the story "Riverworld". 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, 08/2011	Crop / Shutterstock

Gunn, James - "Farmerworld" A foreword about alternative-history stories to Farmer's story "Sail on! Sail on!". The Road to Science Fiction #3 (From Heinlein to Here), edited by James E. Gunn Mentor (ME 1784), ISBN 0-451-61784-3, paperback, 12/1979 Mentor (ME 1910), ISBN 0-451-61910-2, paperback, not dated [= unknown] 2nd White Wolf, ISBN 1-565-04821-0, trade paperback, 07/1996 Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0-8108-4245-9, trade paperback, 05/2002 (Polish: "Farmerworld") Droga do Science Fiction, tom 3/1 (Od Heinleina do dzisiaj), edited by James Gunn Alfa, ISBN 83-7001-171-3, hardcover, -/1987 (Czech: "Farmerworld") Od Heinleina po Aldisse, edited by James E. Gunn AFSF, ISBN 80-85390-15-9, paperback, -/1994	Paul Stinson

Gunn, James - "Introduction to "After King Kong Fell"" A summary of PJF's live, writing career and his then recent writing projects: a biography of Allan Quartermain, which has never been published, and a screen treatment for the movie 'Doc Savage: Archenemy of Evil', which has never been used. About the story Gunn says: "..Farmer is a grandfather who writes about grandfathers in a way few grandfathers write..". Nebula Award Stories 10, edited by James Gunn Harper & Row, ISBN 0-060-11628-5, hardcover, 12/1975 Victor Gollancz, ISBN 0-575-02059-8, hardcover, -/1975 Berkley (D3278), SBN 425-03278-7, paperback, 12/1976 Corgi, ISBN 0-552-10485-X, paperback, -/1977	Richard Powers

Gunn, James - "Read On! Read On!" Essay. Phil Farmer's story "Sail On! Sail On!" is used as an example for close-reading to show how reading science fiction is different from the ways in which more traditional fiction is read. 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

Gunton, Sharon R. - "Farmer, Philip José 1918-" After a very short introduction, "...Farmer's most intriguing work, known as the Wold Newton Series, plays with the concept of time and reality, mingling fictional characters with real people...", there are several excerpts of critical essays and reviews. Articles from Leslie A. Fiedler, Franz Rottensteiner, Claudia Jannone, Russell Letson and J.A. Sutherland, and three reviews, from The Times Literary Supplement on The Fabulous Riverboat, by Ross Rosenberg on Jesus on Mars and by Thomas M. Disch on Dark is the Sun. See also Carolyn Riley (in CLC-1). Contemporary Literary Criticism, CLC-19 (Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Filmmakers, Screenwriters and Other Creative Writers), edited by Sharon R. Gunton Gale Research Company, ISBN 0-8103-0121-0, hardcover [no dustjacket], -/1981

Güven, Dr. Sönmez - "Önsöz" Introduction to The Lovers. (Turkish) Âşıklar Ithaki Yayinlari, ISBN 975-8607-63-4, paperback, -/2002	unknown

Güven, Dr. Sönmez - "Philip Jose Farmer Neden ve Nasil Kilgore Trout Olmuştu" Introduction to Venus on the Half-Shell. (Turkish) İstiridye Kabuğundaki Venüs Ithaki Yayinlari, ISBN 975-8725-27-0, paperback, -/2003	Hajime Sorayama

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