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Palumbo,
Donald (ed.) - "Erotic universe"
The
relationship between sex and the fantastic in
science
fiction is explored and
discussed in
fifteen essays in the volume Erotic
Universe. Four of these essays, actually written
by Judith Bogert (two essays), Valerie Broege and Leonard G. Heldreth,
discusses also work by PJF, especially Flesh, Image
of the Beast, Venus on the Half-Shell
(wrongly credited to Vonnegut) and the story "Father".
The story "My Sister's
Brother"
and the novels The
Lovers and A
Woman a Day are also mentioned briefly.
- Erotic
Universe (Sexuality and
Fantastic Literature), edited by Donald Palumbo
Greenwood
Press, ISBN 0-313-24101-5,
hardcover, -/1986
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Pergameno,
Sandro - "Prezentazione"
Introduction
about parallel worlds
and alternate Earths. A subject written about from the early days in
sf,
in classic novels as The Blind Spot by Homer Eon
Flint & Austin
Hall (1921) and Murray Leinster's Sidewise in Time
(1934), till
more modern writings from John Brunner, Poul Anderson, Keith Laumer,
Philip
K. Dick and this novel by Philip José Farmer.
- (Italian)
Roger
Two Hawks
Nord
(Cosmo 156), ISBN 88-429-0158-X,
paperback,
05/1985
Nord
(Tascabili Fantascienza 24),
ISBN 88-429-0759-6, paperback, 03/1994
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Boris
Vallejo
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Pergameno,
Sandro - "Prezentazione: Farmer, il dio burlone"
Introduction
about the themes in
the stories included in this Italian edition of Riverworld
and Other
Stories and in PJF's work in general, about why Farmer used
fictional
authors as pseudonym, but as the title (translated: "Farmer, Lord of
the
tricksters") already indicates, especially about Farmer's use of the
trickster
as a character in his work.
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Michael
Whelan
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Pergameno, Sandro - "Prezentazione: Philip José Farmer,
fabbricante di universi"
Introduction to and overview of Farmer's books and stories, from "The
Lovers" and the John
Carmody stories to the Riverworld
and World
of Tiers series, about the diverse styles he successfully
used in these and in "Riders
of the
Purple Wage" for instance.
- (Italian)
Il
mondo di Lavalite
Nord (Cosmo Oro 39), ISBN 88-429-0336-1, hardcover, 09/1979
Nord (Cosmo Oro 39), ISBN 88-429-0336-1, trade paperback, 09/1988
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Franco
Storchi
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Perkins,
Michael - "The Essex House Novelists"
This
is chapter six from the book,
in which Perkins writes about the start of the Essex House line and the
42 books that were published. Farmer is mentioned in this article as
one
of the major contributors with three novels, The
Image of the Beast, Blown
and A Feast Unknown:
"...Farmer
makes probably the best use of a classic science fiction approach to
erotic
fiction...". Philip José Farmer also has written afterwords
in five other authors' books in the Essex House line.
- The
Secret Record (Modern Erotic
Literature), by Michael Perkins
William
Morrow, ISBN 0-688-03121-8,
hardcover, -/1976
William
Morrow, ISBN 0-688-08121-5,
trade paperback, -/1977
Masquerade
Books, ISBN 1-56333-039-3,
paperback, -/1992
- Online:
read it here.
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Platt,
Charles - "Strange Relations of Philip José Farmer"
An
exploration of the biological
ideas Farmer used in these stories and novels: "Mother", Flesh, The
Lovers and "The
Alley Man".
Platt states that Farmer has written "...truly remarkable stories
around
fascinating biological ideas."
- Zenith
Speculation #7, December
1964
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Post, J.B.
&
White, Ted - "A Look At Sex In SF"
[No
further information.]
Part Two of "A Look At Sex In SF" has been written by Norman Spinrad,
see here.
- Science
Fiction Times #464, March
1969
[Fanzine]
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Power,
Dennis E. - "Asian Detectives in the Wold Newton Family"
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
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John
Picacio
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Power,
Dennis E. - "Creative Mythography: The Conundrums of Kickaha"
Article, which starts with: "The character of Paul Janus Finnegan, or
Kickaha, presents the Farmerian scholar with a few mysteries; that of
his lineage, his parentage and the conundrum of his existence." With
this article Power tries to solve the mysteries and riddles around
Kickaha.
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Shannon
Robicheaux
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Power,
Dennis E. - "Images of the Soul"
An article about the possible connection between the otherwise
unrelated Traitor to the
Living and the Riverworld series.
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Keith
Howell |
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Power,
Dennis E. - "Jungle Brothers, or, Secrets of the Jungle Lords"
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
[As by David Vincent, Jr.]
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John
Picacio
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Power,
Dennis E. - "White-Skinned Grey-Eyed God"
Article in which Power researches the origin of the name or names of
Tarzan, or Zan Tar, or Sahhindar, or ....
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Berlin |
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Power,
Dennis E. - "When Day Breaks the Stone God Awakens"
Are the worlds of Ulysses Singing Bear -in The
Stone God Awakens- and the Dayworld
series
the same? Or otherwise related? Because stoning technology is used in
both worlds. In the article all kinds of connections are being made
between these and other PJF stories.
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Jason
Robert Bell |
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Power,
Dennis E. & Coogan, Dr. Peter M. - "John Carter: Torn from
Phoenician
Dreams"
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
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John
Picacio
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Powers,
Richard Gid - "Introduction"
This
introduction is followed by
Farmer's comments.
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Powers,
Richard Gid - "Introduction"
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Preiss, Byron - "Introduction"
An introduction to the story "Greatheart
Silver in Showdown at Shootout".
- Weird Heroes - Volume 1, edited
by Byron Preiss
Pyramid (A3746), ISBN 0-515-03746-X, paperback, 10/1975
Ibooks, ISBN 0-7434-7955-6, paperback, 04/2004
[Also with an author's
foreword and afterword by PJF.]
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Jim
Steranko
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Preiss,
Byron - "Introduction"
An introduction to the story "The
Return of Greatheart Silver".
- Weird
Heroes - Volume 2, edited by Byron Preiss
Pyramid (A4044), ISBN 0-515-04044-4, paperback, 12/1975
[Also with an author's
foreword.]
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Jim
Steranko
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Preiss,
Byron - "Introduction"
An
introduction to the story "Greatheart
Silver in the First Command".
- Weird
Heroes - Volume 6, edited by Byron Preiss
Pyramid (M4037), ISBN 0-515-04037-1, paperback, 04/1977
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Steve
Hickman
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Preiss,
Byron - "Introduction"
An
introduction to the story "Savage
Shadow".
- Weird
Heroes - Volume 8, edited
by Byron Preiss
Jove/HBJ
(M4257), ISBN 0-515-04257-9,
paperback, 11/1977
[Also
a foreword
by PJF.]
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Steve
Hickman
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Pringle,
David - "A Feast Unknown"
Critical
essay and review of the
novel A Feast
Unknown. "...It has
a strong sexual (and specifically sado-masochistic) content which many
readers may find repugnant. Certainly, it is unsuitable for children.
However,
it is not merely a sick and exploitative exercise in 'talking dirty':
it
is written with a verve and imaginative force which have kept the book
alive. At times it is very funny, but it can be seen to have a serious
purpose ... a fantasy-romance quite unlike any other in modern popular
fiction..."
- Modern
Fantasy: The Hundred Best
Novels, edited by David Pringle
Grafton,
ISBN 0-246-13214-0, hardcover,
-/1988
Grafton,
ISBN 9-246-13420-8, trade
paperback, -/1988
Peter
Bedrick, ISBN 0-87226-328-2,
hardcover, -/1989
Peter
Bedrick, ISBN 0-87226-219-7,
trade paperback, -/1989
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Max
Ernst
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Pringle,
David - "Philip José Farmer"
Entry,
with an overview of PJF's writing career, mentioning along the way
-with a brief description- every major novel, story or series.
- The
Science Fiction Encyclopedia,
edited by Peter Nicholls
Doubleday,
ISBN 0-385-13000-7, hardcover,
-/1979
Doubleday/Dolphin,
ISBN 0-385-14743-0,
trade paperback, -/1979
Granada,
ISBN 0-246-11020-1, hardcover,
-/1979
Granada/Panther,
ISBN 0-586-05380-8,
trade paperback, -/1981
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Dave
Christensen
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Pringle,
David - "Philip José Farmer"
Entry,
a short introduction to his writing: "Besides being an enormously
inventive and daring sub-creator of his own astonishing world, Farmer
is also a kind of Midas, in that his literary touch turns pulp icons
into gold."
- The
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction (The Definitive Illustrated Guide), edited by David
Pringle
Carlton
Books, ISBN 1-85868-188-X,
hardcover, -/1996
JG
Press, ISBN 1-57215-212-5, hardcover,
-/1996
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Pringle, David - "The Unreasoning Mask"
Critical essay/review in which Pringle praises PJF's The
Unreasoning Mask highly: "...a late work which
shows us Farmer at his most intriguing ... The Unreasoning
Mask
is a metaphysical space opera on the grandest scale ... this is a work
of outrageously extravagant fancy, narrated for the most part in rather
dry style... it is a a very odd book from a wayward talent...".
- Science
Fiction: The 100 Best Novels,
by David Pringle
Xanadu, ISBN 0-947761-11-X, hardcover, 10/1985
Xanadu, ISBN 0-947761-10-1, trade paperback, 10/1985
Carroll & Graf, ISBN 0-88184-259-1, hardcover, -/1986
Carroll & Graf, ISBN 0-88184-346-6, trade paperback, -/1987
Carroll & Graf, ISBN 0-7867-0481-0, trade paperback, -/1997
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Pringle,
David and Clute, John - "Philip José Farmer"
Entry.
This article is with permission
of the authors published on this site, as "The
Most Anarchic SF Writer".
- The
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction,
edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
Orbit,
ISBN 1-85723-124-4, hardcover,
-/1993
St.Martin's
Press, ISBN 0-312-09618-6,
hardcover, -/1993
St.Martin's/Griffin,
ISBN 0-312-13486-X,
trade paperback, 11/1995
[With
an updated supplement.]
SFBC
(no #), no ISBN, hardcover,
02/1996
[With
an updated supplement.]
Orbit,
ISBN 1-85723-897-4, trade
paperback, 11/1999
[Updated
version.]
- Grolier Science
Fiction: The Multimedia
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Grolier,
CD-Rom, 1996
[An
updated version from the 1993
book.]
- Online:
read it here
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