89 followers
Philip José Farmer
(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, Mystery, 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)
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)
Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith
A Feast Unknown (1969)
Lord of the Trees (1970)
The Mad Goblin (1970)
aka Keepers of the Secrets
A Feast Unknown (1969)
Lord of the Trees (1970)
The Mad Goblin (1970)
aka Keepers of the Secrets
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)
Stations of the Nightmare (1982)
Greatheart Silver (1982)
A Barnstormer in Oz (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)
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)
Stations of the Nightmare (1982)
Greatheart Silver (1982)
A Barnstormer in Oz (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)
Collections
Strange Relations (1960)
The Alley God (1962)
The Celestial Blueprint (1962)
Down in the Black Gang (1971)
The Book of Philip Jose Farmer (1973)
Riverworld War (1980)
The Cache (1981)
Father to the Stars (1981)
The Purple Book (1982)
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer, 1952-1964 (1984)
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer, 1964-1973 (1984)
The Grand Adventure (1984)
Riders of the Purple Wage (1992)
Pearls from Peoria (2006)
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer (2006)
Up from the Bottomless Pit (2007)
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others (2008)
They Twinkled Like Jewels (2009)
Up the Bright River (2010)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with others)
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (2013)
The Alley God (1962)
The Celestial Blueprint (1962)
Down in the Black Gang (1971)
The Book of Philip Jose Farmer (1973)
Riverworld War (1980)
The Cache (1981)
Father to the Stars (1981)
The Purple Book (1982)
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer, 1952-1964 (1984)
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer, 1964-1973 (1984)
The Grand Adventure (1984)
Riders of the Purple Wage (1992)
Pearls from Peoria (2006)
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer (2006)
Up from the Bottomless Pit (2007)
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others (2008)
They Twinkled Like Jewels (2009)
Up the Bright River (2010)
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011) (with others)
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (2013)
Anthologies edited
Mother Was a Lovely Beast (1974)
Tales of Riverworld (1992) (with Richard Gilliam, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
Quest to Riverworld (1993) (with Richard Gilliam, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
Tales of Riverworld (1992) (with Richard Gilliam, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
Quest to Riverworld (1993) (with Richard Gilliam, Martin H Greenberg and Edward E Kramer)
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction
Omnibus editions
Empire of the Nine (1988)
The Other in the Mirror (2009)
Heel & The Wounded (2009)
Rastignac the Devil / Despoilers of the Golden Empire (2010) (with Randall Garrett)
The Flying Eyes / Some Fabulous Yonder (2012) (with J Hunter Holly)
Gods of Opar (2012) (with Christopher Paul Carey)
Philip Jose Farmer SF Gateway Omnibus (2014)
The Other in the Mirror (2009)
Heel & The Wounded (2009)
Rastignac the Devil / Despoilers of the Golden Empire (2010) (with Randall Garrett)
The Flying Eyes / Some Fabulous Yonder (2012) (with J Hunter Holly)
Gods of Opar (2012) (with Christopher Paul Carey)
Philip Jose Farmer SF Gateway Omnibus (2014)
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)
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)
Khokarsa
1. Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
2. Flight to Opar (1976)
3. The Song of Kwasin (2015) (with Christopher Paul Carey)
1. Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974)
2. Flight to Opar (1976)
3. The Song of Kwasin (2015) (with Christopher Paul Carey)
Black Cat Weekly
79. Black Cat Weekly #79 (2023) (with others)
98. Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023) (with others)
79. Black Cat Weekly #79 (2023) (with others)
98. Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023) (with others)
Anthologies containing stories by Philip José Farmer
An ABC of Science Fiction (1966)
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
Worlds of If 116 (1967)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year (1972)
The Hugo Winners: Volume 2, Part 2 (1973)
Nova 3 (1973)
aka The Outdated Man
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 (1974)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975)
The Best of New Dimensions (1979)
After the Fall (1980)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
Sci-Fi Private Eye (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Quest to Riverworld (1993)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Dangerous Visions 1 (1967)
Worlds of If 116 (1967)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year (1972)
The Hugo Winners: Volume 2, Part 2 (1973)
Nova 3 (1973)
aka The Outdated Man
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 (1974)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975)
The Best of New Dimensions (1979)
After the Fall (1980)
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 (1981)
A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (1981)
Sci-Fi Private Eye (1984)
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987)
Quest to Riverworld (1993)
Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You (1995)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (1999)
Short stories
| Fresh-man | |||
| Sail On! Sail On! (1952) | |||
| Mother (1953) | |||
| The God Business (1954) | |||
| Totem and Taboo (1954) | |||
| The Alley Man (1959) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| My Sister's Brother (1960) aka Open to Me, My Sister | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The King of the Beasts (1964) | |||
| Day of the Great Shout (1965) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| A Bowl Bigger than Earth (1967) | |||
| The Felled Star (part 1) (1967) | |||
| Riders of the Purple Wage [short story] (1967) | Nebula Awards (nominee) Hugo | ||
| The Shadow of Space (1967) | |||
| Don't Wash the Carats (1968) | |||
| The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod (1968) | |||
| The Oogenesis of Bird City (1970) | |||
| The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World (1971) | |||
| After King Kong Fell (1973) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind (1973) | |||
| The Adventure of the Three Madmen (1974) | |||
| A Scarletin Study (1975) | |||
| The Making of Revelation, Part I (1980) | |||
| One Down, One to Go (1990) | |||
| Coda (1993) | |||
| Up the Bright River [short story] (1993) |
Awards
|
Philip José Farmer recommends
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."
Visitors also looked at these authors
