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SHORT FICTION INDEX NEXT STORY PREVIOUS STORY	The Good of the Land Genre Mainstream Type Short story Series - The story was written originally in 1955, but only published for the first time in 2002. First published on Bermuda. DESCRIPTION: From the introduction: "...In September 1955, US President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack. At the time, author Philip José Farmer had been reading The Golden Bough by James George Frazer, which inspired him to write the following short story. Under the circumstances, Frederik Pohl, then the editor at Galaxy magazine, felt that the story was in poor taste. Farmer put it away...".   PUBLICATION HISTORY | US | UK/BERMUDA |	9 Publications
US	Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes in Pearls from Peoria Paul Spiteri Burton, MI: Subterranean Press - ISBN 1-59606-059-X hardcover (23,5×16cm) 09/2006 (1st) (trade edition) 12/2006 (2nd) (trade edition) 773 $ 45.00 Keith Howell & Charles Berlin With a short introduction. Keith Howell & Charles Berlin Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes in Pearls from Peoria Paul Spiteri Burton, MI: Subterranean Press - ISBN 1-59606-059-X hardcover (23,5×16cm) 10/2006 (numbered, signed, in slipcase) 03/2007 (lettered, signed, in traycase) 773 $ 150.00 | $ 300.00 Keith Howell & Charles Berlin With a short introduction. Keith Howell & Charles Berlin Collection Edited by Publisher Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes in Pearls from Peoria Paul Spiteri Burton, MI: Subterranean Press ISBN 978-1-59606-777-6 ebook 01/2016 (773) $ 6.99 Keith Howell & Charles Berlin With a short introduction. Keith Howell & Charles Berlin Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Michael Croteau (Lilburn, GA): Meteor House - ISBN 978-1-945427-12-1 hardcover (22,5×14,5cm) 07/2018 936 $ 50.00 Mark Wheatley Each section in the book has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor. Mark Wheatley Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Michael Croteau (Lilburn, GA): Meteor House - ISBN 978-1-945427-11-4 trade paperback (21,5×14cm) 07/2018 936 $ 35.00 Mark Wheatley Each section in the book has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor. Mark Wheatley Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Michael Croteau (Lilburn, GA): Meteor House - ISBN 978-1-945427-15-2 hardcover [no dustjacket] (22,5×14,5cm) 09/2018 936 not priced [= $ 225.00] Mark Wheatley A limited deluxe hardcover edition. Each section has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor. Mark Wheatley
UK/BERMUDA	Magazine Edited by Publisher Series+no. Format Date Pages Price Cover photo Notes FIRST PUBLICATION in RG Magazine William J. Zuill Hamilton, Bermuda: Crown Communications Volume 10, No. 6 magazine (28×21,5cm) October/November 2002 92 not priced Ann Spurling With a short introduction. Story illustrated by Arthur Bean. RG Magazine is a supplement of Bermuda's daily newspaper The Royal Gazette. Included also is an article on Philip José Farmer and his work by Roger Crombie. Ann Spurling
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