Philip José Farmer: The Grand Adventure

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The Grand Adventure

Genre	Science Fiction
Type	Collection
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6 stories and 1 novel: "The Shadow of Space", "A Bowl Bigger than Earth", "Sketches Among the Ruins of my Mind", "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World", "After King Kong Fell", "Totem and Taboo" and "The Adventure of the Three Madmen".
The last one is a rewritten and revised version of the short novel The Adventure of The Peerless Peer.
Also: "The Peoria-Colored Writer" (introduction), "An Overview of the Fair" (introduction) and forewords to each story by Philip José Farmer.
DEDICATION: "For Phil".

COVER TEXT:
Whether it is in the inventiveness of his science fiction or the charades of his literary revisionism, Philip José Farmer's work has always been characterized by humor, psychological playfulness and sexuality. Winner of the highest accolades in science fiction, three-time Hugo Award winner Farmer has taken his place alongside Tolkien, Asimov and LeGuin, with his unconventional and ambitious Riverworld series.
In this edition, he reveals the story of his rise in the science fiction field and presents, with new introductions, a sextet of his best stories and a newly revised novel.
The context for these selections is as unpredictable as their author: a World's Fair of the 21st century, dedicated to the work of Philip José Farmer and described by the author himself!
(Berkley Books)

PUBLICATION HISTORY
| US | GERMANY | ITALY |

4 Publications

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	FIRST PUBLICATION New York, NY: Berkley Books Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy ISBN 0-425-07211-8 trade paperback (23×15cm) 11/1984 xvii + 327 $ 7.95 not credited [= Michael W. Kaluta] Published with Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Illustrated by Robert Gould, Ed Verraux, Angelwine, David Johnson, Alex Nino, Pat Ortega & Michael W. Kaluta. Both Berkley editions were published nearly simultaneously, but this one came first.	Michael W. Kaluta

Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	New York, NY: Berkley Books Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy ISBN 0-425-07212-6 hardcover [no dustjacket] (23,5×16cm) 11/1984 xvii + 327 $ 50.00 - First hardcover, bound in maroon cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine and illustrations on the cover. In a slipcase, also with maroon cloth. Limited to 325 numbered copies, signed by Farmer. Published with Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Illustrated by Robert Gould, Ed Verraux, Angelwine, David Johnson, Alex Nino, Pat Ortega & Michael W. Kaluta. Both Berkley editions were published nearly simultaneously, but this one came second (some weeks later).	-

GERMANY

	Title Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes	German: Weltraum Aventüren Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe Science Fiction Special, Band 24 088 ISBN 3-404-24088-X paperback (18×11,5cm) -/1986 350 DM 9,80 Martin Eisele, Susi Grixa, Karin Koch, Michael Kubiak & Helmut Pesch Michael W. Kaluta Illustrated by Robert Gould, Ed Verraux, Angelwine, David Johnson, Alex Nino, Pat Ortega & Michael W. Kaluta.	Michael W. Kaluta

ITALY

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Italian: La grande avventura
Milan: Rizzoli
Mistral
ISBN 88-17-69506-8
trade paperback (22×14cm)
09/1989
313
L 19.000
Andrea Terzi
not credited [= Michael W. Kaluta]
Illustrated by Robert Gould, Ed Verraux, Angelwine, David Johnson, Alex Nino, Pat Ortega & Michael W. Kaluta.

Michael W. Kaluta

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