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1998 - 2018 by
Zacharias L.A. Nuninga
(Netherlands)
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Le Noir Dessein: the eight printing in France |
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22 Sep
2018
 In France publisher Le Livre de Poche keeps reprinting Philip José Farmer's Riverworld books.
In July this year the eight printing of Le Noir Dessein (The Dark Design) was released.
The period between this and its previous printing is not as short as it
used to be between printing, two or three years. This time it took
eight years after the seventh printing. But the publisher keeps them coming it seems.
The Riverworld books haven't been published in French as ebooks.
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FarmerFan #1 |
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16 Sep
2018
 The debut issue of the fanzine FarmerFan was presented at FarmerCon 100/ PulpFest 2018. A fanzine in letter format (28×21,5cm).
It contains three essays, and a very short bibliography of the pulp publications.
But no introduction, and/or no editorial, explaining the why and how of
this fanzine. Only a piece about the writers. What is its goal? How
often will it be published?
The three essays are Farmer related, not really about or by Farmer. Two
Wold Newton Universe (WNU) articles, and the third about the title numatenu in the Opar/Khokarsa series. Great researches, if you like these detailed explanations.
What did not impress me about the fanzine are the unnumbered pages (80 of
them). A Table of Contents with only the titles, not the page numbers.
The lay-out is not really attractive, it looks a bit like an old school
paper. The text typed with 1.5 rule over the full width of the page.
One of the essays, the one by Emmons, takes more than half of the
fanzine this way, with 43 pages. Why is the text not in two columns and
typed in 1 rule? Maybe in a bit smaller font?
Under each title are two book covers shown, but no further illustrations in the fanzine. Except for some ads.
No information in Number 1 if and when the next issue will appear. I
sure hope that the lay-out of Number 2 will be more inviting.
This issue refers to the website farmerfan.com, but the site is not updated. One of the pages you can «Purchase or download issues of FarmerFan». You cannot.
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FarmerCon 100 programs |
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11 Sep
2018
For
FarmerCon 100, celebrating Farmer's 100th birthday, there were three
programs made of 10 pages each. The covers of the three programs have a
continuous cover illustration done by Keith Howell. Click on the
picture to see it larger. I recognize most of the characters and items
in the picture, except for three: the man and woman behind Farmer's
left arm, and the woman in the second zero. Also the two black ravens
or crows.
The three programs contain a few
new pieces, essays by Darrell Schweitzer and Frank Schildiner, some
reprinted material and a few excerpts. It also brings "A Brief History
of FarmerCon", written by Leo Queequeg Tincrowder,
a pseudonym Farmer had used. Why it was used now and by whom
(Michael Croteau?) is unknown to me. I do not see the point why this
pseudonym was used. The name of Tincrowder is spelled wrong, it is
Tincrowdor.
Carrots or carats?
There were also small misspellings in The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection.
On page 232 is mentioned the story "Don't Wash the Carrots". You do
have to wash the carrots before you can eat them, but in this case it
should be the story "Don't Wash the Carats".
On page 471 we see 'Jonathan Somers Swift, III', as well as the name 'Jonathan Swift Somers III'. The second version is correct.
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Wow,
finally finished adding! |
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3 Sep
2018
It
took me a long time to add all the 41 stories and 18 essays into the
Bibliography. I had to make three new story pages for the three novel
excerpts in The Philip José Farmer
Centennial Collection.
It was a lot of work these past weeks. But what a massive collection
this is! Huge, beautiful, interesting and greatly done. With a very
nice wraparound cover illustration—for both the hardcover dustjacket
as the trade paperback cover—by Mark Wheatly. The paperback has a much younger Farmer face. The cover shows several
scenes from Farmer's work: Riverworld,
Venus on the Half-Shell,
Opar/Khokarsa,
Tarzan, King Kong, The
Lovers (I think) and the Wold
Newton meteorite. See here the full cover.
A worthy tribute to Philip José Farmer's career. I love it! Super!
The book is divided in
seven sections, one for each decade, starting with the 1940s, till the
2000s. The editor, Michael Croteau, gives for each decade a very
interesting synopsis of Farmer’s life and career.
I started reading the very humorous excerpt "Casting Turtles", which led to reading the complete novel again!
You can order
this book at Meteor
House! The hardcover cost $50, and the trade
paperback $35. Plus shipping. Or you can order one of the 52 limited deluxe, lettered and signed hardcover editions.
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Received:
Tarzan
and the Dark Heart of Time |
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17 Aug
2018
Philip
José Farmer would have been very happy with this
publication, it
looks much more like a 'real' Tarzan book than the original one.
Robert R. Barrett in his Foreword:
«Ballantine originally planned to issue Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time
in a trade paperback, which very much pleased Phil. Ballantine also
hoped to release the novel at the same time as the movie Tarzan and the Lost City
in 1998. But many things conspired to interfere with this plan. ...
Finally, Ballantine made the decision to put out the novel as a mass
market paperback and wait another year, releasing it to coincide with
Disney's animated Tarzan film.»
It was then published under the title The Dark Heart of Time.
The undervalued Ballantine
publication, has been corrected more than a little with the fantastic
beautiful hardcover and trade paperback editions of Tarzan
and the Dark Heart of Time.
The name of Tarzan is clearly in the title of the novel this time, not
in a subtitle as with the Ballantine book. And the books got a very
nice cover illustration by Mark Wheatly!
Meteor House did a great job with these editions!
You can order
this book now at Meteor
House! The hardcover cost $35, and the trade
paperback $20. I saw the hardcover also for sale at Amazon.
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New
from Meteor House, and more |
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16 Aug
2018
Meteor
House has sent me the following items:
- The Philip Jose Farmer
Centennial Collection (hardcover),
- The Philip Jose Farmer Centennial
Collection (paperback),
- Tarzan and the Dark
Heart of Time (hardcover),
- Tarzan and the Dark
Heart of Time (trade paperback),
- FarmerCon 100
programs (3 booklets),
- The first issue of the new fanzine FarmerFan,
- and also some magnets and pins with FarmerCon 100 pictures.
I hope to receive the limited deluxe hardcover of The Philip Jose Farmer Centennial
Collection
in the near future. There is a lot of work to do to add these items,
and their contents (936 pages with the collection!), in the
Bibliography. That will be done in the coming days.
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Philip
wrote Philip an open letter |
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12 Aug
2018
Early
1970s
there was a dispute, that became something like a feud in the following
years, between Philip José Farmer and Stanislaw Lem.
As far as I can tell this might have started with an essay by Lem in
the Australian fanzine SF
Commentary #22, July 1971: "Sex in Science Fiction".
In SF Commentary
#25, December 1971, Farmer wrote an essay, "A Letter to Lem".
In SF Commentary
#29, August 1972, followed by "A
Letter to Mr. Farmer" by Lem.
Stanislaw Lem had a very low opinion of the American science fiction in
general. As Phil Farmer
wrote: «...his arrogant sneering putdown of all American s-f
writers except for a few whom he damned with faint praise.»
Lem's opinion was even much lower of the use of sex in this genre, and
mentioned Farmer's work several times in this regard.
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dispute reached a high point when in 1973 the board of the Science
Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) elected Stanislaw Lem an honorary
member.
This was for Farmer the reason to protest firmly in an angry letter,
published in SFWA Forum
#41 of July 1975, and finally to resign his membership of the SFWA.
Farmer's protest was supported by several other authors, like Sam J.
Lundwall and Philip K. Dick.
In SFWA Forum
#41, October 1975 [note: a second issue #41], Philip K. Dick wrote an "Open Letter to Philip
José Farmer",
in which he mostly vented his own frustration with Stanislaw Lem, and
the fact that he was "ripped off" by Polish publishers. While he was
invited to these publishers thanks to Lem.
In this same issue of SFWA Forum is a reprinted essay by Stanislaw Lem:
"Looking Down on Science Fiction (A novelist's choice for the world
worst writing)".
There was a whole controversy concerning Stanislaw Lem in the 1970s,
not only with Farmer and Dick, but many other authors as well. Next to
the above mentioned publications there are many other pieces written
about this in several magazines and fanzines. See for instance Science
Fiction Studies #12 (July 1977), #13 (November 1977) and #14
(March 1978).
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FarmerFan
fanzine |
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3 Aug
2018
Jason
Aiken, Will Emmons, and Sean Lee Levin released a fanzine, FarmerFan, at PulpFest/FarmerCon
100.
On the photo you see its first issue with a photo on the cover of Phil
made by me in 2002, my first visit to the US and meeting with my hero.
A photo that is used widely on the internet, with Wikipedia and ISFDB
for instance.
I have no idea what the contents of this issue is, other than what it
says on the cover. A copy of the first issue is on its way to me. I
will keep you informed. Also will let you know then how to get one. It
had a print run of only 40 copies.
There is no price on the cover. Maybe one can get a subscription on the
fanzine. Issue 2 should be out in December to coincide with Wold Newton
Day.
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Limited
Deluxe Edition |
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28 Jul
2018
Meteor
House had a surprise at FarmerCon
100. Next to the trade hardcover and paperback editions of The Philip José Farmer
Centennial Collection, came the announcement of a limited
deluxe hardcover edition.
This edition will be limited to 52 lettered copies, and signed by all
of the contributors: Michael Croteau – Editor, Tracy
Knight – Foreword,
Joe R. Lansdale – Introduction, Zacharias LA Nuninga
– Bibliography, Mark Wheatley – Cover Art.
Alas, not by the biggest contributor, Farmer himself (now that would
have been something....!).
It is a beautiful book in leatherette binding, with a sewn in silk book
mark. The end pages contain the color cover illustrations of both the
trade hardcover and the paperback.
It will cost you $225.00 plus shipping. Order it quick, if you want
one, at Meteor House.
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Great,
Greater, Grandest! |
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23 Jul
2018
Twenty-five
essays by and five interviews with Christopher Paul Carey. That is te
contents of his book The Grandest Adventure.
All of the pieces have been published before, some online. But often in
obscure fanzines. You could not get these essays very easy anymore or
even at all. Several were published many years ago, but they are
however still very readable.
It is a great and very interesting book. I had read most of the essays
before, but couldn't help myself in reading them again. Much to my
pleasure. Carey has an easy and enthusiastic way of writing, that keeps
you reading once you start a piece.
The book is extensively illustrated with photos and cover scans.
«One of the most momentous books yet published on Philip
José Farmer’s writing», according to the
cover text.
With this I fully and enthusiastically agree. A book like this one is
long overdue.
I love this book!
It is a worthwile tribute to the Philip José Farmer
Centennial Celebration. You can buy the book at Amazon.com
for $18.99.
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Great
new Farmer books! |
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16 Jul
2018
In less than two weeks time these books will be released.
At FarmerCon
100 in Pittsburg, PA. The titles are: The Philip José Farmer
Centennial Collection, and Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time.
The first is a huge collection of nearly 950 pages with 58 pieces of
short fiction and non-fiction, all by Philip José Farmer.
The Tarzan novel is a new edition, and for the first time in hardcover,
of The
Dark Heart of Time.
The website Greydogtales
has a great review
of the Centennial
Collection, and of The Best of Farmerphile, and
also of The Grandest
Adventure by Christophet Paul Carey, and The
Beast and Other Secret Histories by John Allen Small.
Plus a very interesting interview with Meteor House
publisher Michael Croteau.
The website of Amazing
Stories has also some nice words for the Centennial Collection,
see here.
And the website Publisher's
Weekly has a starred review
of this collection.
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Small's
immersions in the WNU |
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16 Jul
2018
John
Allen Small proudly filled a book, The Beast and Other Secret
Histories, with eleven essays celebrating Philip
José Farmer's 100th birthday. These
interesting essays are all researches in the Wold Newton Universe (WNU).
Most of the pieces had been published before, often online on the WNU
websites. But there is some great new material as well.
If you're interested in the WNU Mythos then this nice book is a welcome
addition to your library.
You can buy the book at Amazon.com
for $10.00.
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Heel
in the UK |
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19 Jun
2018
 There
still can items be found that I did not know of. As you can
see
and read with several of the recent posts on this site.
This discovery however surprised me a lot. The British version of If of May 1960,
with Farmer's story "Heel".
While I thought I had covered every publication of his stories in the
US and UK.
The UK edition is
identical to the corresponding US issue except for the cover price and
numbering.
It was published by Digest Productions (US) and distributed in England
by Strato Publications.
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Harry
Manders and Paul Chapin in Germany |
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14 Jun
2018
I
recently discovered two earlier German translations of stories by
Philip José Farmer. These two
were written under pseudonym with their original publication in The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction. The pseudonyms were also used with the
German translations.
The stories are "The Problem of the Sore
Bridge—Among Others" (1975) by Harry Manders, as "Der Fall mit den Juwelen"
in the anthology Ein
Affe namens Shakespeare (1976).
And "The Volcano"
(1976) by Paul Chapin, as "Der
Vulkan" published in the anthology Tod eines Samurai
(1977).
Both anthologies are part of a long time running series Die besten Stories aus The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from publisher
Heyne.
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FarmerCon
100 in July |
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16 May
2018
In
about two months will the 13th FarmerCon been held. The con is this
time called FarmerCon 100, because of Farmer's 100th Birthday this
year. It takes place from Thursday July 26 till Sunday July 29 in
Pittsburgh, together with PulpFest 2018.
See the website of PulpFest
2018 or of The
Official Philip José Farmer Web Page, for all the
information.
I will not be able to attend the con, alas. I wish everyone
who
is going a great time in Pittsburgh. There will be some great books
released in the weekend.
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And
yet another two letters |
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14 Apr
2018
 Checking further the information on
Philip José Farmer at ISFDB I found another
two letters missing in my bibliography.
First is a letter in the fanzine New Venture #4, of the
Summer 1976. As I do not have a copy yet I do not know what's in the
letter.
The second letter, a very small one, is in Locus
#392 of September 1993. It is one of the 'Locus Silver Anniversary
Letters', and in it Farmer writes:
«Congratulations on your 25th anniversary. Your
professionalism equals or exceeds that of national publications (I'm
not including the National
Enquirer among the other big journals), and you should be
very proud.
--Philip José Farmer»
The letter is accompanied with a photo of Phil from 1968, the year that
Locus
started. The photo was made by Walter J.
Daugherty.
It is strange that I missed the letter in Locus, because I
have a subscription on this magazine since the early 1970s. I hope that
I haven't missed more.
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Reprint
of original French collection |
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10 Apr
2018
 I mentioned ISFDB two weeks ago,
with some previous unknown letters by Farmer.
This time I discovered at ISFDB
a reprint of the French collection Philip José Farmer.
There is some confusion about the title of this collection. Sometimes
you see it with the name of the series or sub-series as part
of
the book title, as Le
livre d'or de la science-fiction: Philip José Farmer.
This is not correct.
This collection, with ten stories, was originally published in 1980.
The reprint of this book is from October 1983. I have never seen a copy
for sale, and could not find one yet since my 'discovery'.
It was reprinted again in 1990, where the title changed to Le jeu de la création.
The sub-series name changed to 'Le grand temple de la science-fiction'.
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The
Grandest Adventure of Philip José Farmer |
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3 Apr
2018
Christopher
Paul Carey already announced the coming of this book earlier, see the
entry of February 21, 2018 on this site.
His book, The Grandest
Adventure: Writings on Philip José Farmer, will
be released this year in July.
«To mark the centenary year of the birth of one of science
fiction and fantasy’s undisputed masters, Philip
José
Farmer (1918–2009), Farmer scholar and collaborator
Christopher
Paul Carey has collected in these pages a large selection of his essays
and interviews on Farmer and his work. Written over a period of more
than twenty years, these pieces, many of them originally published in
obscure and hard-to-find places, offer insights into some of
Farmer’s most important and popular novels and stories. One
of
the most momentous books yet published on Philip José
Farmer’s writing, The Grandest Adventure will make a welcome
addition to the libraries of fans, devotees, and casual science fiction
readers alike.»
Cover art by Charles Berlin
Preface by Michael Croteau
Publisher: Leaky Boot Press
Trade Paperback: 286 pages
ISBN: 978-1-909849-61-7
List Price: $18.99
Publication Date: July 2, 2018
See the website
of Christopher Paul Carey.
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Three
more letters by Phil |
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29 Mar
2018
For
some years now I'm adding information of the books and stories in my
collection to The
Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). The
submissions happen when my time permits.
Of course I'm also adding the information on works by Philip
José Farmer.
But once in a while the ISFDB has information for me about Phil that is
not in my Bibliography yet. This time I found the information of three
more letters in fanzines by Farmer. They were unknown to me.
The letters appeared in:
The page with PJF's letters has been
changed.
Farmer's letter in SF
Commentary #25 is in fact an eight pages long essay,
called "A Letter
to Lem". Maybe in response to the essay by Stanislaw Lem in SF Commentary #22,
July 1971: "Sex in Science Fiction".
Lem and Farmer were not the best of friends. Farmer had been upset
about some highly critical things Lem had said about American sf in
general and Farmer’s books in particular: "the neanderthalish
views" in Farmer's work with sexual themes.
Stanislaw Lem responded on Farmer's essay with "A Letter to Mr. Farmer".
This was published in SF
Commentary #29, August 1972. On the cover of this 'Special
Violence Issue' it says: "LEM battles with FARMER".
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La
revue des lettres modernes: Jules Verne |
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19 Mar
2018
 Sometimes
it takes an awfully long time to find an item I am looking for. That
also happened with a copy of the French literary magazine La revue des lettres modernes.
Issue 456-461 of July 1976 is completely devoted to Jules Verne's Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts
jours (Around
the World in Eighty Days).
In this paperback is also an essay by Jean Chesneaux: "Une lecture
extra-terrestre du Tour
du Monde: The
Other Log of Phileas Fogg, de P.J. Farmer".
This is about Farmer's sequel, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg,
to the above mentioned novel. And about the relation of Fogg
with the two alien races in this novel.
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The
Bronze Gazette 81 |
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15 Mar
2018
 The editor, Chuck Welch, already
promised it earlier, that the fanzine The Bronze Gazette
would offer more essays about Farmer this year, the year of his 100th
Birthday.
Included in this issue is "Sons
of Savage: Doc Caliban", written by Arthur C. Sippo.
This is a reprint of Sippo's very interesting "Afterword" for the 2012
Titan Books edition of A Feast Unknown.
Sippo: «Feast
is not an aberration in his oeuvre, but rather typically Farmerian.
There are several things in Feast
that remain somewhat shocking even today.»
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Thoan,
la saga des Hommes-Dieux |
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27 Feb
2018
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Tarzan
and the Dark Heart of Time |
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22 Feb
2018
Great
announcement from the publisher:
«Meteor House, as a part of the yearlong celebration of the
100th
anniversary of the birth of Philip José Farmer, is thrilled
to
announce the first hardcover publication of his authorized Tarzan
novel, Tarzan and the
Dark Heart of Time—a book that takes place in
1918, the year of Farmer’s birth!
One of the most famous heroes in literature is back! Tarzan, Lord of
the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by
Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master,
and
author of the incredible Riverworld saga.»
«In addition,
this handsome new
edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs
artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar
Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott
Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.»
The book, a reissue of The Dark Heart of Time
(1999), will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with
PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29.
Hardcover for $35, and the trade paperback for $20. You can preorder
them now at Meteor
House!
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Writings
on Philip José Farmer |
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21 Feb
2018
 Christopher
Paul Carey has sent off the manuscript of The Grandest Adventure: Writings
on Philip José Farmer 1996-2018 (the tentative
title) to the publisher.
Chris: "Wow, what a trip down memory lane that was to write the preface
and read through the manuscript! More than 76,000 words!"
No further details at this
moment, other than that it may be published in the Summer of 2018.
As I understood from Chris it will not be published by Meteor House.
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Seven
World of Tiers novels in Thoan |
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20 Feb
2018
Publisher
Mnémos in France released a third omnibus with novels by
Philip José Farmer. In 2016 they
published the five Riverworld novels as Le
Monde du fleuve, and the three Opar / Khokarsa novels as Opar.
And now in 2018 they have the omnibus Thoan. This contains
all seven novels of the World
of Tiers series: Le
faiseur d'univers - Les
portes de la création - Cosmos privé
- Les murs de la Terre
- Le monde Lavalite
- La rage d'Orc le Rouge
- Plus fort que le feu.
I ordered the book, and received the confirmation that it has been
sent. As soon as I receive it I will add the information in the
Bibliography.
The omnibus has about 1200 pages and cost €35.00. You can
order it through Amazon.fr (ISBN 978-2354086145).
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Russian
and Ukrainian books |
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4 Feb
2018
From
the Russian online shop Ozon.ru I received, within a week, two
parcels with twelve books from Russia and
Ukraine. All are hardcovers.
The books, omnibuses and anthologies, are already known and included in
the bibliography. I will check the data in the bibliography against the
books, and correct these if necessary. Also will replace the covers
with my own scans.
This will keep me busy for a while...
And I need more bookshelves.
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The
Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection |
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1 Feb
2018
Meteor
House is
celebrating Farmer's 100th Birthday with a huge collection. Nearly 950
pages with 58 pieces of short fiction and non-fiction, all by the Grand
Master Philip José Farmer.
This book, The Philip
José Farmer Centennial Collection, will be
released at FarmerCon 100, July 26-29, 2018, in Pittsburgh, PA.
I love the cover, done by Mark Wheatly.
«The contents have been chosen to illustrate not only the
science
fiction Grand Master’s career, but his life as well.
Featuring an
introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a
bibliography by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, a decade by decade summary of
his career, and two different covers by Mark Wheatley! The book is
available in both trade paperback and hardcover.»
You can preorder
one of the editions, or both of course, now.
It is $50 for the hardcover and $35 for the trade paperback, plus
shipping.
I wonder if Meteor House has more surprises for us this year.
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Philip José Farmer
Day |
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January 26, 1918 - 2018 |
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Photo:
Zacharias L.A. Nuninga (2002)
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Swords
of Mars |
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19 Jan
2018
 I
found another Russian publication of Farmer's story "The God Business".
It was published in September 1991 in the anthology Мечи Марса (Mechi Marsa;
translated as Swords of
Mars) by publisher Алиса (Alice).
The anthology contains, next to Farmer's story, also three stories by
Leigh Brackett ("The Dancing Girl of Ganymede", "Enchantress of Venus",
and "The Beast-Jewel of Mars") and one by Robert E. Howard ("A Witch
Shall Be Born").
Only two of Brackett's stories have a
relation to Mars. Farmer's story hasn't.
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The
Bronze Gazette 80 |
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7 Jan
2018
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Advanced
Readings in D&D: Philip José Farmer |
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26 Dec
2017
I
had missed it completely the past four years, but on November 25, 2013,
Mordicai Knode wrote a post at Tor.com
with the above title.
 «In
“Advanced Readings in D&D,” Tor.com writers
Tim Callahan and
Mordicai Knode take a look at Gary Gygax’s favorite authors
and
reread one per week, in an effort to explore the origins of Dungeons
& Dragons and see which of these sometimes-famous,
sometimes-obscure authors are worth rereading today. Sometimes the
posts will be conversations, while other times they will be solo
reflections, but one thing is guaranteed: Appendix N will be written
about, along with dungeons, and maybe dragons, and probably wizards,
and sometimes robots, and, if you’re up for it, even more.
This week it’s Philip José Farmer and his World of
Tiers,
an epic that bridges high fantasy, the pulps and whimsical
science-fiction.»
It is quite interesting, the essay leads to the conclusion that The
Maker of Universes "is a DM's novel".
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The
Bronze Gazette 80 |
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26 Dec
2017
Issue
80, Winter 2017, of the fanzine about Doc Savage, The Bronze Gazette,
was published this month. I did not yet
receive my copy of it, but under follows the announcement.
This issue has a great cover!
The website:
«This was our issue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Philip José Farmer. Included are reprinted
Farmer-penned articles on Doc Savage and Escape from Loki,
plus new work from Chuck Welch and Jeff Deischer. Everything, new and
old, beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.»
You can order Issue 80 at the website of The Bronze
Gazette. Do not wait too long with your order as older issues
soon are sold out.
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Argentinian
novel Carne |
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26 Nov
2017
Again
a discovery by Fred Fischer (USA). He saw it online, with the South
American site Mercado Libre (something like eBay), the Argentian
publication of Carne (Flesh).
The book is for sale for $80 (Argentinian peso). That is less than US$5.
There is not much of information with the book. I have no idea when it
was published. Mercado
Libre
only gives the format and the page count. I haven't been able to find
more information online of this publication. My guess is that it is a
copy of the Spanish edition with a new cover, something that happened
in more cases with the Argentinian editions. In that case it will have
been published in 1975 or later.
 I
also found a bad picture of another edition of the same novel on
Mercado Libre. But no information whatsoever. So I have no idea if this
is the first or second edition, or even if it really exists.
There is no information to be found online on any of these two books.
They are not included in the Spanish Bibliography, Tercera
Fundación.
If anyone knows more about these two, please let me know.
Thanks again Fred for the discovery!
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New
Publications
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Not yet confirmed, but these
titles are mentioned in the past one or two years. All from Meteor
House:
The
Monster on Hold, written by Farmer & Win Scott
Eckert, in the summer of
2019 (?).
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Christopher Paul Carey will write a trilogy about Kôr, son of
Hadon of Opar. Might be published in 2019-2020 (?).
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Up
From the Bottomless Pit
No further info yet.
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