COVER
TEXT: The
Other in the Mirror brings together three classic novels
by Philip José Farmer: Fire
and the Night, Jesus
on Mars, and Night
of Light. All three are united by one of SF’s
central tropes, that of The Other. Fire and the
Night
is a mainstream novel so rare that even many of Farmer’s most
dedicated fans have never read it. First published in 1962, it is also
one of the author’s most daring works, exploring the issue of
racial Otherness in a mesmerizing tale of temptation and entrapment in
a small industrial Midwestern town.
In Jesus on Mars,
Richard Orme and the crew of the Barsoom
embark on the first manned mission to the Red Planet, intent on
investigating what seemed to be evidence of life beamed back to Earth
by a robotic survey satellite. But Orme discovers in the hollowed-out
Martian caverns what he and the scientists back home least expect: a
group of aliens, as well as humans transplanted from first century A.D.
Earth, led by a being who claims to be Jesus of Nazareth Himself. Soon
Orme and his crew are shocked to find that The Other they face is made
all that more alien because of its similarity to humanity’s
past. Night of
Light is
not only one of Farmer’s most psychologically gripping SF
tales, it is also the novel which inspired Jimi Hendrix’s
psychedelic rock classic “Purple Haze.” John Carmody is a
fugitive from Earth, condemned to exile for brutally murdering his wife.
Hired by the galactic Church on a mission to squelch a burgeoning rival
religion, Carmody must take the Chance on the planet Dante’s Joy
and risk his worst nightmares becoming reality. But that’s not
the worst of it: the Fathers of Algul and the Fathers of Yess have
their own plans for the conscienceless Carmody—for to the
inhabitants of Dante’s Joy, Carmody himself is The Other...and
they need his alien flesh to give birth to God.
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FIRST PUBLICATION
Burton,
MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 978-1-59606-231-3
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
06/2009
496
$ 45.00
Bob Eggleton
Trade edition, dark yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering on the
spine. 'First Edition' stated on the copyright page. With an
introduction, "In the Alien Corn: Philip José Farmer and The
Other", by Christopher Paul Carey.
Bob Eggleton
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
Burton,
MI: Subterranean Press
-
ISBN 978-1-59606-231-3
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
06/2009
496
$ 125.00
Bob Eggleton
Limited edition of one hundred and twenty-five numbered copies, signed
by Philip José Farmer, in a slipcase. Dark brown leather
boards
with gilt lettering on the spine. The slipcase is covered with black
cloth. 'First Edition' stated
on the copyright page. With an introduction, "In the Alien Corn: Philip
José Farmer and The Other", by Christopher Paul Carey.
Bob Eggleton
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
Burton,
MI: Subterranean Press
-
ISBN 978-1-59606-231-3
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/2009
496
$ 300.00
Bob Eggleton
Limited edition of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Philip
José Farmer, in a special traycase. Dark brown leather
covered
boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The traycase is covered with
purple cloth and has silver lettering on the spine. 'First Edition'
stated
on the copyright page. With an introduction, "In the Alien Corn: Philip
José Farmer and The Other", by Christopher Paul Carey.
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