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Philip José Farmer


USA flag (1918 - 2009)

aka Kilgore Trout, John H Watson

Philip José Farmer is known primarily for his Science Fiction, but has produced two Fantasy series World of Tiers and Riverworld, the latter an afterlife fantasy in the tradition of John Kendrick Bangs.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
 
Series
World of Tiers
   1. The Maker of Universes (1965)
   2. The Gates of Creation (1966)
   3. A Private Cosmos (1968)
   4. Behind the Walls of Terra (1970)
   5. The Lavalite World (1977)
   6. Red Orc's Rage (1991)
   7. More Than Fire (1993)
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Herald Childe
   1. Image of the Beast (1968)
   2. Blown (1969)
   3. Traitor to the Living (1973)
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Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith
   A Feast Unknown (1969)
   Lord of the Trees (1970)
   The Mad Goblin (1970)
     aka Keepers of the Secrets
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Dayworld
   1. Dayworld (1985)
   2. Dayworld Rebel (1987)
   3. Dayworld Breakup (1990)
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Doc Savage
   183. Escape from Loki (1991)
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Novels
   The Green Odyssey (1957)
   Flesh (1960)
   A Woman a Day (1960)
     aka The Day of Timestop / Timestop!
   The Lovers (1961)
   Cache from Outer Space (1962)
   Fire and the Night (1962)
   Inside Outside (1964)
   Tongues of the Moon (1964)
   Dare (1965)
   Night of Light (1966)
   Two Hawks from Earth (1966)
     aka The Gate of Time
   Lord Tyger (1970)
   Love Song (1970)
   The Stone God Awakens (1970)
   The Wind Whales of Ishmael (1971)
   The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973)
   The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974) (as by John H Watson)
     aka The Adventures of the Peerless Peer
   Venus on the Half-Shell (1975) (as by Kilgore Trout)
   Ironcastle (1976) (with J H Rosny aîné)
   Jesus on Mars (1979)
   Dark Is the Sun (1979)
   The Unreasoning Mask (1981)
   Greatheart Silver (1982)
   A Barnstormer in Oz (1982)
   Stations of the Nightmare (1982)
   Nothing Burns in Hell (1988)
   The Caterpillar's Question (1992) (with Piers Anthony)
   Naked Came The Farmer (1998) (with others)
   The City Beyond Play (2007) (with Danny Adams)
   The Evil in Pemberley House (2009) (with Win Scott Eckert)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Queen of the Deep (2009)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Riverworld
   1. To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971)
   2. The Fabulous Riverboat (1972)
   3. The Dark Design (1977)
   4. The Magic Labyrinth (1980)
   5. The Gods of Riverworld (1983)
   6. River of Eternity (1983)
   Riverworld (1979)
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Khokarsa
   1. Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
   2. Flight to Opar (1976)
   3. The Song of Kwasin (2015) (with Christopher Paul Carey)
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Philip José Farmer recommends
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West of Eden (1984)
(Eden, book 1)
Harry Harrison
"Brilliant...a hell of a gripping story."
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The Pastel City (1971)
(Viriconium, book 1)
M John Harrison
"Harrison makes a tone poem of the far distant future where men and creatures which delight and terrify the imagination fight in the never-ceasing battle of good against evil."

Anthologies containing stories by Philip José Farmer
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Black Cat Weekly #119 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 119)
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Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 98)
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Black Cat Weekly #79 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 79)

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Awards
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1960) : The Alley Man
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1961) : My Sister's Brother
Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1966) : Day of the Great Shout
Hugo Best Novella winner (1968) : Riders of the Purple Wage [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella nominee (1968) : Riders of the Purple Wage [short story]
Hugo Best Novel winner (1972) : To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1975) : After King Kong Fell
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (2001)


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