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News
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Works
about PJF pages redone |
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30
May
2010
The
last few weeks I have been working hard to redo the pages 'Works About
PJF', see the index page.
There were till now only six pages with works about, but they were
getting far too big. Also thanks to the fanzine Farmerphile,
that published a lot of new material in the fifteen issues.
I had stopped adding most of the new material because I wanted to redo
the pages for a long time. That has finally been done, and as you can
see there are now twenty pages with works about Phil. The pages are
more practical now, just have a look.
Many links on this site to the Works About PJF pages will not work
properly at the moment, you might end on the wrong page. This will be
corrected in due time...
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Riverworld:
The Dark Design |
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30
May
2010
Next
month, early June, will Tor
publish the second book in the Riverworld
series, as a tie-in with the new Riverworld movie from
Syfy Channel.
The Dark Design is the
third novel in the series, of which Lester del Rey wrote in his review:
"...this Riverworld is a really grand creation—one of the
greatest inventions of science fiction. And The Dark Design adds
a great deal to it. It's a book no reader should miss...".
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Copies of
Pearls from Peoria |
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25
May
2010
Announcement
from Subterranean
Press: "While clearing out dozens of boxes of old Advance
Reading Copies from one of the SubPress basements, we stumbled across a
title we thought long out of print. Philip Jose Farmer’s Pearls
from Peoria remains not only the longest Farmer title
we’ve published (at over 770 pages), but also the most
popular. And we have 24 copies of the second trade printing in perfect
condition.
If you missed this one the first time around, snag a copy and marvel at
the wide variety in the 60+ pieces of fiction and non-fiction".
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Cover and
contents of The Worlds of PJF |
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17
May
2010
This
book, The Worlds of
Philip José Farmer: Protean Dimensions, was
announced here before on April
5th
and April 9th
for
publication in June 2010, at Farmercon V in Seattle. The cover and the
contents of this book are now known.
Contents:
* Foreword by Paul Malmont
* The Bite of the Asp by Randall Garrett
* Newly Born, Newly Dead by Philip José Farmer
* It Could Make a Great Fantasy by Laura Wilkes Carey
* My Summer Husband by Philip José Farmer
* Sail On! Sail On! by Philip José Farmer
* Read On! Read On! by James Gunn
* Comment on “Sail On! Sail On!” by Philip
José Farmer
* The Legend of Mishiwapo by Philip José Farmer
* Philip José Farmer’s Adventures in Hollywood by
Jack Mertes
* Bordering on the Absurd by Danny Adams
* Infamy by Edward Morris
* Le Maréchal by Paul Spiteri
* The Pollinators by Rhys Hughes
* Is He in Hell? by Win Scott Eckert
* The Blakeney Family Tree by Win Scott Eckert
* No Trees of Earth by David Bischoff
* A Kick in the Side by Christopher Paul Carey
* Flesh Endures by Dennis E Power
* The Final Flight of Greatheart Silver by Chris Roberson
* A Writer’s Prayer by Philip José Farmer
You can order a copy with the editor, Mike Croteau, at the Official PJF
Home Page, for only $20 (plus shipping).
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Riverworld
(2010) on DVD |
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7
May
2010
RHI
Entertainment will bring the new Riverworld mini series on DVD in June
in the US. Bridge Entertainment will do the same in my country, the
Netherlands.
I have added the new information about these DVDs on the page Miscellany, and also updated
the complete page.
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Free
eBooks and Audio Books |
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6
May
2010
The
free Audio Book The Green Odyssey, from
LibriVox Recordings, already had been listed on the page of audio books and
eBooks. But LibriVox
has two more free Farmer audio books, of the stories "Rastignac the Devil"
and "They Twinkled
Like Jewels". According to LibriVox these stories are in the
public domain.
The three titles, the novel and both stories, are also available as
free eBooks. They are in multiformat for most of the known eReaders and
can be downloaded from ManyBooks.
The new information has been added on the page with Audio Books & eBooks.
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King Kong
again |
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4
May
2010
Phil
Farmer did love the original King Kong movie
(1933). Many years later it inspired him to write the story "After King Kong Fell"
(1973).
This story was nominated
for a Nebula Award in 1975. It has been printed and translated many
times in as many anthologies and collections. What I didn't know was
that the story had also been printed in the documentary study of King
Kong, The Girl in the
Hairy Paw. The study has been edited by Ronald Gottesman
and Harry Geduld. The book was published by Avon in April 1976.
The
Girl in the Hairy Paw
is an oversize paperback. It has more than 250 pages full with essays,
reviews, analyses, info about the production process, stills, photos,
posters, comics, cartoons, and more, and of course the one story about
King Kong by Farmer.
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Riverworld
as eBook |
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2
May
2010
The
new Riverworld
omnibus from publisher Tor Books is also available as an eBook. It can
be bought for the price of $9.99 from Tor Books (webpage)
or from Barnes&Noble (see webpage).
I have added the publication on the page Audio Books & eBooks
At the same time I have added all the other eBooks and Audio
Books that I'm aware of also.
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