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Philip José Farmer

26 January 1918 - 25 February 2009

Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.

Farmer is best known for his sequences of novel — especially the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for — and reworking of — the lore of celebrated pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters.

Philip José Farmer is also well known for remixing classic fictional characters, worlds, and both real and fake authors. This is epitomized with his Wold Newton family group of books that tie all classic fictional characters together as real people and blood relatives resulting from an alien conspiracy; his works such as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life make Farmer the ultimate grandfather of the modern literary mashup. - Wikipedia

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  • Cover of: To Your Scattered Bodies Go

    First published in 1971 25 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition toyourscatteredb0000unse
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  • Cover of: The fabulous riverboat

    First published in 1971 17 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition fabulousriverboa0000farm
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    First published in 1979 17 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition thievesworld00aspr
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  • Cover of: Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn

    First published in 1980 11 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition talesfromvulgaru00copy Cover of edition talesfromvulgaru00aspr Cover of edition talesfromvulgaru00robe
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  • Cover of: The dark design

    First published in 1977 7 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition darkdesign0000farm Cover of edition darkdesign00phil Cover of edition darkdesign0000farm_z5o2
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  • Cover of: The magic labyrinth

    First published in 1980 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition magiclabyrinth0000farm Cover of edition magiclabyrinth00phil Cover of edition magiclabyrinthri00farm_964
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  • Cover of: The World of Tiers: The Maker of Universes, the Gates of Creation, a Private Cosmos (World of Tiers)

    First published in 1965 9 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition worldoftiers00phil Cover of edition gatesofcreation00farm Cover of edition worldoftiers0002farm Cover of edition worldoftiersvolu00farm
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  • Cover of: Riverworld

    First published in 1979 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition riverworldgreats0000farm
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  • Cover of: Maker of Universes

    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The gates of creation

    First published in 1966 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (Bantam SF, Q8834)

    First published in 1975 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Alien sex: 19 tales by the masters of science fiction and dark fantasy

    First published in 1990 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Blown

    First published in 1969 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Venus on the Half-shell

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Flight to Opar.

    First published in 1976 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970

    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Magic Labyrinth

    First published in 2010 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Science Fiction Novel Super Pack No. 1: Fifteen hundred pages of fiction

    First published in 2016 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Le Fleuve de l'éternité, tome 1 : Le Monde du fleuve

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Riverworld and Other Stories

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, general, Science fiction, Riverworld (imaginary place), fiction, World of tiers (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction in English, World of Tiers (Imaginary place), Science fiction, American, Fiction, action & adventure, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Kickaha (fictitious character), fiction, Red orc (fictitious character), fiction, Africa, in literature, American Fantasy fiction, American literature, Burroughs, edgar rice, 1875-1950, Characters, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Kickaha (Fictitious character)
Places
Africa, England, Illinois, Ethiopia, New York, Paris, Peoria, Peoria (Ill.), Riverworld
People
Doc Savage, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), Eugene Foster, Herman Goering, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Lester Dent (1904-1959), Mrs Foster, Richard Francis Burton, Robert Wolff, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character)
Time
Sci-Fi, futurist, futuristic

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  • Kenneth Robeson
  • Philip Jose Farmer
  • Kilgore Trout
  • Jonathan Swift Somers III
  • Cordwainer Bird
  • Paul Chapin
  • Maxwell Grant
  • Dane Helstrom
  • Rod Keen
  • Harry 'Bunny' Manders
  • John H. Watson MD
  • Philip José Farmer
  • William Norfolk
  • Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor
  • Philip José FARMER
  • Philip Josè Farmer
  • Farmer Philip-Jose
  • FARMER PHILIP JOSE
  • PHILIP JOSE FARMER
  • Philip José Farmer [Kenneth Robeson]
  • Philip Jose Farmer
  • Philip José Farmer
  • philip jose farmer

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