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The Philip José Farmer centennial collection / edited by Michael Croteau ; introduction by Joe R. Lansdale ; foreword by Tracy Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farmer, Philip José, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American.
- Suspense fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Suspense fiction, American.
- Short stories.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 936 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Lilburn, GA] : Meteor House, [2018]
- Summary:
- To mark Philip Jos? Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades, The Philip Jos? Farmer Centennial Collection goes far beyond the typical "best of" anthology by including classic science fiction, poems, articles, tributes, speeches, and more, all from Farmer's magic pen. This mammoth collection boasts an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, and a bibliography by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, while each decade features a synopsis of the Grand Master's life and career. --Amazon.
- Contents:
- Bradley Brave sees New York
- O'Brien and Obrenov
- Imagination
- The lovers
- Sail on! sail on!
- Sestina of the space rocket
- Mother
- Lovers and otherwise
- Attitudes
- Totem and taboo
- The Tin Woodman slams the door
- On a mountain upside down
- Uproar in Acheron
- The king of the beasts
- Riverworld
- The blind rowers
- Riders of the purple wage
- The jungle rot kid on the nod
- My father the ripper
- Kickaha's escape
- The Josés from Rio
- Only who can make a tree?
- The sliced-crosswise only-on-Tuesday world
- An exclusive interview with Lord Greystoke
- Sketches among the ruins of my mind
- After King Kong fell
- Writing Doc's biography
- Sherlock Holmes and sufism
- The problems of the sore bridge-among others
- To the wizard of sci-fi
- A fimbulwinter introduction
- Osiris on crutches
- Phonemics
- The last rise of Nick Adams
- The freshman
- Creating artificial worlds
- The making of Revelation, part 1
- Buddha contemplates his novel
- The long wet dream of Rip Van Winkle
- The man who came for Christmas
- Plane talking
- The Peoria-colored writer
- R.I.P. if
- Why and how I became Kilgore Trout
- St. Francis kisses his ass goodbye
- Evil, be my good
- Wolf, iron, and moth
- Why do I write?
- A hole in hell
- More than most
- Casting turtles
- The face that launched a thousand eggs
- Keep your mouth shut
- The good of the land
- The first robot
- The princess of Terra
- That great Spanish author, Ernesto
- The terminalization of J. G. Ballard
- The light-hog incident.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 923-936).
- ISBN:
- 9781945427121 :
- 1945427124 :
- OCLC:
- 1082355778
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