Philip José Farmer International Bibliography: Works about Farmer, page 9: H-J

Works about Philip José Farmer (9): H-J

The entries are in alphabetical order of the writer's name.
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Hagan, Randall - "The Possible Subconscious Source of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld" Followed by "Some Comments" by Farmer. Moebius Trip Library's S.F. Echo #22, April 1975 [Fanzine.]

Haldeman, Joe - "Daring to be Farmer" A tribute to PJF. Haldeman describes how he became aware of PJF's writing and what he thinks of Phil as a person: "...He was and is an original. A gentleman who occasionally revealed the rogue inside...". Farmerphile Issue No. 1, July 2005 [Fanzine.]	Keith Howell

Hansom, Paul - "Strange Relations" A critical essay about the stories in the collection Strange Relations, describing the plot and analyzing each story. "..The use of alien encounters and environments to explore complex problems of personal development and sexual maturity provides fantastic scenarios that have an acceptable familiarity about them. The stories themselves have cleverly ironic twists. Farmer cleverly unsettles readers and interrogates accepted assumptions..". Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol.4, edited by T.A. Shippey Salem Press, ISBN 0-89356-910-0, hardcover [no dustjacket], 10/1996

Hanson, Alan - "Farmer's Vision of Ancient Opar" [No further information] Heritage of the Flaming God (An Essay on the History of Opar and Its Relationship to Other Ancient Cultures), edited by Alan Hanson and Michael Winger Waziri Publications, no ISBN, large paperback, 05/1999 [Limited to 500 copies.]	Thomas Yeates

Hanson, Alan - "Heritage of the Flaming God (A Classic Essay, Long Forgotten, Inspired Farmer)" The essay "Heritage of the Flaming God" - see entry above - was used by Farmer as a source for his Opar series. The history of this essay, written in 1971 by Frank Brueckel and John Harwood, and why it was published only in 1999 for the first time in the above mentioned publication, is given in this article. Farmerphile Issue No. 5, July 2006	Keith Howell

Harenko, Ari - "Philip Jose Farmer - universumien tekijä" An article about Farmer's life and career, and about nearly all of his published work in books. Some of his short fiction is also mentioned, for instance "O'Brien and Obrenov". Both the article and the bibliography are heavily illustrated with many book covers. (Finnish) Portti, Issue 1/1984 [A special Philip José Farmer issue with this article, a bibliography compiled by Raimo Nikkonen, the story "Äiti" ("Mother") and a Farmer oriented cover illustration.]	Reijo Purontakanen

Heaphy, Maura - "Philip José Farmer (1918 - )" One hundred authors are listed in this work of reference. The entry has a brief Biography, a list of Major Works (novels, collections and short stories) and Research Sources (Encyclopedias and Handbooks, Bibliographies, Biographies and Interviews, Criticism and Reader's Guide, Web Sites). This site is mentioned with the bibliographies. Science Fiction Authors: A Research Guide, by Maura Heaphy Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-515-2, trade paperback, -/2009	'Masterfile'

Holm, Palle Juul - "Ædle vilde - Syge guder" A very thorough and twenty-two pages long essay about Farmer -called one of the most productive and controversial science fiction talents- and his work. Many known influences in Farmer's writings are mentioned, like Freud and Jung, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Frank L. Baum, William Blake and others. Most of his books and stories gets attention in this essay. (Danish) Virkelige eventyr, edited by Ole Lindboe and Svend Kreiner Møller Spar Knægt, ISBN 87-87528-48-7, trade paperback, -/1978	Frihioff Johansen

Holm, Palle Juul - "Philip José Farmer's forfatterskab" Essay, about Farmer's life and writing career, about his books and stories. Especially written as an introduction to Farmer being the Guest of Honor at the next Scancon, Fabula77 in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 1977. (Danish) Proxima Nr. 11, March 1977 [There is also translated story "Efter King Kong's fald" ("After King Kong Fell") by Farmer in this issue.]	Niels Erik Knudsen

Huckenpohler, J.G. - "The Peerless Pastiche Farmer Does Doyle and Burroughs" Article, under the pseudonym Archimedes Q.Porter, Ph. D. Farmerphile Issue No. 3, January 2006	Charles Berlin

Huttner, Cheryl L. - "Name of a Thousand Blue Demons" 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

Jakubowski, Maxim - "Essex House: The Rise and Fall of Speculative Erotica" An article with a summary of the Essex House line from publishing house Parliament News, Inc. and the 42 titles published under this line, three of which are written by PJF. Farmer is mentioned throughout this article and even gets his own paragraph as one of the major contributors of Essex House: "...the editorial carte blanche of Essex House allowed his imagination to take full, fluent flight. It is not always in the best of taste, but he is certainly a master of startling speculative concepts...". Foundation #14, September 1978 Paperback Parade #13, June 1989 The Masquerade Erotic Newsletter Vol... No..., 1995

Jannone, Claudia - "Venus On The Half Shell as Structuralist Activity" An essay about the many levels that Venus on the Half-Shell can be read on: "...the novel itself is a maze of structures which reflect other structures like mirrors...". Extrapolation Vol.17 #2, May 1976 [Critical journal.]

Jungvogel, Markus - "Welt ohne Tod" As the subtitle, "Philip José Farmer und sein Flusswelt-Zyklus", already suggests, this article is about the Riverworld series. The article introduces the Riverworld setting and describes the events that take place in the five novels of the series. Jungvogel concludes that the Riverworld books balance between a very serious work and a comedy: "Einerseits stellen sich die Hauptfiguren ernste Fragen zu Ethik und Religionsphilosophie, anderseits erscheint der Flusswelt-Zyklus oft wie eine Art Satire auf das gesamte Science Fiction-Genre." (German) Nautilus Abenteuer & Phantastik Nr. 57, December 2008

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