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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 web
address!
www.
philipjosefarmer.com
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New
Publications
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The Philip José Farmer
Centennial Collection, with an amazing amount of fiction
and non-fiction by Farmer, will be published by Meteor House in July
2018.
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Tarzan
and the Dark Heart of Time.
A reissue by Meteor House in July 2018.
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The
Grandest Adventure: Writings on Philip José Farmer,
by Christopher Paul Carey. Published in July 2018.
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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
2018 (?).
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Christopher Paul Carey will write a trilogy about Kôr, son of
Hadon of Opar. Might be published in 2018-2019 (?).
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Up
From the Bottomless Pit
No further info yet.
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