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News
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October 2008
The
novel The
Green Odyssey is a book in the public domain. It is freely
available on the internet, as text,
as audio
files (mp3 and ogg files), or you can buy it for a few
dollars on CD, see on eBay,
or download it as eBook
or download it to your Kindle.
Publisher Waking Lion Press
had two editions in 2006 and republished it in July 2008 in their line Boomer
Books, "books designed especially for comfortable reading".
You can buy this Boomer Books edition for $12.95.
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Lettered
Editions in Stock and Shipping |
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19
October 2008
Chris
Carey alerted me that today Subterranean
Press posted on their website that they are getting some
long-awaited lettered editions out the door. One of these lettered
editions is that of Venus
on the Half-Shell and Others. The lettered editions will be
shipped no later than Tuesday, the 21st of October.
It still meens that I have to wait another couple of weeks before I
have the book in my hands, but after so many months I can wait that bit
longer...
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Price
winning story in Danish fanzine |
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19
October
2008
It
is not an easy story to translate, the Hugo Award winning story "Riders
of the Purple Wage" (1967), but still it has been translated
in seven different languages: French, Danish, Spanish, Italian, German,
Russian and in Czech.
The second time the story was translated was for the publication in the
Danish fanzine Månedens
bedste science fiction #16, April 1977. The cover of the
fanzine has been scanned by Hans Kiesow (Denmark) which he sent to me.
Thank Hans!
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Cover of
Two Hawks from Earth |
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16
October
2008
Not
the publisher, MonkeyBrain Books,
but Amazon.com
is the first with the preordering information on the new
edition of Farmer's Two Hawks from Earth, the revised
version of The
Gate of Time.
The very nice cover illustration —I love it— is
done by Lee Moyer. The new painting, without the text, can
be seen on his website.
This edition will have a new afterword by Chris Carey.
The book is scheduled for publication in May 2009. See also Forthcoming Books.
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New
Polish editions |
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16
October
2008
In
August 2008 publisher Mag came with three new editions. The first, Gdzie wasze ciała porzucone
(To
Your Scattered Bodies Go), is a reprint of the 1997 edition.
That is also the case with the second
book, Najwspanialszy
parostatek (The Fabulous Riverboat).
Both books have new cover illustrations.
The third book, also the third Riverworld
novel, Mroczny
wzór
(The
Dark Design), is completely new. It has been translated by
Robert Waliś.
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The fourth and fifth Riverworld books are scheduled for publication by
Mag in 2009. See Forthcoming
Books.
I received the information of these new editions from Robert in Poland.
Thanks Robert!
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Farmerphile
#14: Wold Newton issue |
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15
October
2008
The
October 2008 issue of Farmerphile
will be published in a few weeks time. It contains several articles by
Wold Newton Universe fans, like Art Sippo, Rick Lai, Dennis Power and
Win Scott Eckert. For a special reason the magazine reprints
Phil´s story "Tongues
of the Moon"
and has other Farmer items.
Table of contents:
This Played in Peoria? - by Art Sippo
A Whale of a Time - by Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor
Tongues of the Moon - by Philip José Farmer
The Voice of Farmer in My Vermiform Appendix - by Rhys Hughes
Creative Mythography - by Win Scott Eckert
Farmerphile Interviews Win Scott Eckert
Excerpt from The Evil in Pemberley House - by Philip José
Farmer & Win Scott Eckert
Say, What's the Big Idea? - by Michael Carroll
The Doc Ravage Presidential Campaign - by Rick Lai
Bibliophile - by Paul Spiteri
Boris the Bear: Wold Newton and Philip José Farmer - by
Steve Mattsson
Oh the Humanity - by Dennis E. Power
Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet:
- Greartheart Silver - by Philip José Farmer
- Doc Wildman's Coat of Arms - by Philip José Farmer
You can order your copy for only $11 at the website.
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Official
PJF Home Page updated |
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15
October
2008
Again
right on schedule this month, on the 9th of October, Mike Croteau
published the update of the Official PJF Home Page.
With all kinds of additions to the site: cover scans of fanzines and
books, nine humorous inscriptions by Phil, an uncorrected proof, a
cover proof, and promotional items, etceteras.
There is also lots of news about the contents of the forthcoming issue
of Farmerphile
# 14.
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pjfarmer.com |
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No
reprint of Farmer interview |
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13
October
2008
A
year ago
I doubted if the publisher Dinoship actually ever would publish the
announced book Haunters
of the Dark. In this collection of interviews by Philip A.
Shreffler would also be an old (1979) interview
he had with Phil.
Today I am pretty sure this book will not be published anymore.
Amazon.com finally cancelled my order for this book, because they were
not able to obtain it from any of their sources.
The website
of the publisher hasn't changed or been updated in a very long time. My
emails to the publisher, Bob Madison, stayed unanswered.
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Two rare
Farmer books for sale! |
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13
October
2008
Fantastic
Literature Limited, "the UK's largest and best online
purveyor of out of print books, rare books and used books in the genres
of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, thrillers, ghost stories,
weird tales and macabre fiction", has some Farmer paperbacks for sale
with the latest booklist H08 of October 2008.
Two of the offered books are very rare, The Gate Is the Sun
and Farmer on Mars.
You can buy these novels for £1.45 and £1.95
respectively. I already have both books, under a different title that
is (see here and here), but maybe one of
the readers is interested in these? One tip
though, read the descriptions in the booklist carefully...
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Father
John Carmody stories in French |
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9
October
2008
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Cover
artist of The Lovers |
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7
October 2008
There
are only a few Greek editions in my collection of Farmer books. Both
editions of The Lovers, Οι
Εραστες
in Greek, are still missing, alas. The information in this
bibliography comes from several sources on the internet.
The cover artist of the 1996 Para Pente edition stayed
unknown.
Russell Wright (Australia) mailed about the missing information of the
cover
artist. It is done by John Bolton (website), the
title of the illustration is "Shameless" and it's from his rare, 1994
Vampir portfolio.
Russell did sent along a picture of the painting. Click on the cover to
see that painting. Thanks Russell!
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| Added
Books |
In October six new book
publications have been added on the book pages.
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 The
Dark Design
The Polish edition (Mroczny
wzór) from Mag, 2008.
The
Fabulous Riverboat
The 2008 Polish edition (Najwspanialszy
parostatek) from Mag.
Father
to the Stars
The French edition (La
nuit de la lumière) from Le Livre de
pôche, 2008.
The
Green Odyssey
The 2008 edition from Waking Lion Press / Boomer Books.
Night
of Light
The French edition (La
nuit de la lumière) from Le Livre de
pôche, 2008.
To
Your Scattered Bodies Go
The Polish edition (Gdzie
wasze ciała porzucone) from Mag, 2008.
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Still no exact
numbers
right now. When the restyling
is finished I will give these numbers again.
These are the about numbers, the last time - in November 2006 - they
were counted:
1275
publications
750 different covers
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