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that has a relation with Philip José Farmer or his work, but
does not fit on any of the other pages on this site can be found here.
Most of them are miscellaneous other media items: the Riverworld
movies, role playing games, a computer game, music, a novel with Phil
Farmer as a lead character in it, comics, a musical and more. |
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Doc
Savage
Comic
based on Phil Farmer's mention
of a proposed story in Doc
Savage: His
Apocalyptic Life (1973).
PJF's
own story based on his earlier
idea got published as Escape
from Loki,
a Doc Savage novel (1991).
The
comic story, with the title
"The Olympic Peril!", is written by Mike W. Barr and drawn by Gabriel
Morrissette
and Rick Magyar.
- Comic:
in Doc
Savage, Annual #1
DC
Comics,
-/1989, 64pp, $ 3.50
cover:
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A
Feast Unknown
Stage
adaptation with a multimedia
presentation of Farmer's novel A
Feast Unknown,
or as the performer, Jason Robert Bell, calls it: "a
Multi-Media/Experimental
Film cycle". Performed in thirty minute segments of the book from start
to finish, with added pre-recorded audio soundtrack composed by Bell,
as
well as video projections of hundreds of original drawings illustrating
the story.
Dates:
Theater:
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June 6, 16,
18, 30 and July 2, 3 - 2005
The
Brick Theater, New York
Jason
Robert Bell |
See: A
Feast Unknown website
See:
"My
Feast Unknown" (article/report)
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Robert Bell
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The Image of the Beast
Underground
comic version of the novel The
Image of the Beast, adapted and drawn by Grisly (=
Tim Boxell).
- Comic:
Last Gasp, -/1973, 36pp, 75¢
cover: Grisley
- Comic:
Last Gasp, -/1979, 36pp, $1.25
cover: Richard Larson
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Richard Larson |
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The King of the Beasts
A
four page comic of the short story "The
King of the Beasts", drawn by Rosey.
- Comic:
in: élan
vital (Journal of Creative Adventure) Volume 1, No. 1
[Magazine, edited by Mark S. Winn.]
Hermosa Beach, CA: Élan Vital Publications, -/1977, 79pp, $3.00
cover: uncredited
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Les
Amants Étrangers
Radio
play broadcast of The
Lovers in France.
Date:
Repeat date:
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Producer:
Director:
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September 25, 1976
July 25, 1981
France-Culture
Catherine Bourdet
Henri Soubeyran
Catherine Bourdet
Philip José Farmer
Dominique Paturel, François Maistre,
Robert Liensol, René Clermont,
Agathe Natanson, Georges Carmier,
Roland Menard, Jacques Degor |
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Moi,
Tarzan
A
French documentary about the origin and history of Tarzan, with three
Tarzan experts. Made for the French television, it was shown on the
TV channel Arte in 1996 and 2007.
French language, the two Americans are subtitled in French.
Release:
Runtime:
Television:
Genre:
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1996
60 minutes
Arte, France
Documentary
François Christophe
François Christophe
Med Hondo
George T. McWhorter (USA)
Francis Lacassin (France)
Philip José Farmer (USA) |
- DVD:
L'Harmattan / Zarafa Films, ISBN 978-2-296-02130-3,
-/2005, €
20,00 - in French
[All regions.]
- Video-on-demand:
Online at Documen.tv
- in English, for $4.99
[Full-screen on your computer. The French is subtitled in English.]
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Philip
José Farmer
The title of a track on an album of the hardcore
punk rock metal band Blöödhag. This album is with
very short heavy metal rock songs about science fiction authors and
their work, one of them Philip José Farmer.
- Music
CD:
Hell
Bent for Letters, by Blöödhag
Alternative Tentacles Records, VIRUS 357, Spring 2006, $12.00
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Philip
José Farmer conquiert l'univers
By
François Mottier.
A French novel in which Phil Farmer - with his permission - is a
character. According to this novel PJF 'died' October 7, 2012....
With a six pages long "Postface"
by Philip José Farmer.
See Mottier's essay
about his visit with Farmer.
- French book:
Glénat (Train D'Enfer), ISBN 2-7234-0152-9, paperback,
06/1980, 190pp cover: Luc Cornillon
[Illustrated with ten black and white illustrations by Luc Cornillon.]
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Riders
of the
Purple Wage
Stage
version,
a musical, of the story "Riders
of
the Purple Wage".
Premiere:
Theater:
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Producer:
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November 29, 1989
Live Bait Theater, Chicago
City Lit Theater Company (Chicago)
Arnold April
Arnold April
Philip José Farmer
Eric Barnes |
See: "Riders
of
the Purple Wage" (article)
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Riverworld
(Gurps)
A
Role
Playing Game based on the Riverworld
series,
written by J.M. Caparula, edited by Steve Jackson.
- Book:
Steve
Jackson Games (#6028), ISBN
1-55634-160-1, oversized paperback, -/1989,
128pp, $16.95
cover: Alan
Gutierrez
[Illustrated by Larry MacDougall.]
See: Steve Jackson Games website
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Riverworld
Computer
strategy
game based on the Riverworld
series.
- CD-Rom:
Cryo
Interactive Entertaiment, -/1998
See
two reviews at: GameOver
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Riverworld
(2003; TV movie)
See the special
Riverworld
(2003) movie page.
A pilot film. Intended to be the first part of a series for
Sci-Fi Channel, but the rest of the series was never made. Loosely
based on the first two novels in the Riverworld
series,
for instance most of the lead characters are different from those in
the books.
The movie has been nominated for The 30th Annual Saturn Awards ("Best
Television Presentation" 2003).
Premiere:
Runtime:
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Executive Producer:
Director:
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March 22, 2003
90 minutes
Sci-Fi Channel (USA)
Alex Proyas (et al)
Kari Skogland
Stuart Hazeldine
Brad Johnson (Jeff Hale)
Karen Holnes (Mali)
Emily Lloyd (Alice Liddell Hargreaves)
Jeremy Birchall (Lev Ruach)
Kevin Smith (Valdemar)
Nikita Kearsley (Gwenafra)
Brian Moore (Monat, the alien)
Cameron Daddo (Sam)
Jonathan Cake (Nero)
Paolo Rotondo (Flavius)
Patrick Kake (Tane)
Colin Moy (Langer)
Lloyd Edwards (Mysterious Stranger)
Crawford Thomson (Warrior) |
- DVD:
- Universal Studios (# 23789), ISBN 0-7832-9384-4,
11/2004, about $20.00
- Italian: Il Popolo del Fiume
(Riverworld)
Eagle Pictures, -/2004
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Riverworld
(2010; TV
movie)
See the special
Riverworld (2010)
movie page.
A mini series, in two parts of 90 minutes each. Made by RHI
Entertainment for Syfy Channel. The film is loosely based on the Riverworld novels.
Premiere:
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Television:
Executive Producer:
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April 18, 2010
178 minutes
Syfy Channel (USA)
Michael O'Connor
Stuart Gillard
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Tahmoh Penikett (Matt)
Laura Vandervoort (Jessie)
Mark Deklin (Sam)
Peter Wingfield (Burton)
Jeananne Goossen (Tomoe)
Matthew MacCaull (Hal)
Matty Finochio (Antonio)
Romina D'Ugo (Allegra)
Kwesi Ameyaw (Youseff)
Meg Roe (Amalie)
Thea Gill (Female
Caretaker)
Alan Cumming (Judas
Caretaker)
Arnold Pinnock (Simon)
Michael Adamthwaite (Evgeny)
Bruce Ramsay (Pizarro) |
- DVD:
- RHI Entertainment, 06/2010, about $20.00
- Dutch: Riverworld
Bridge Entertainment (#2449827), 05/2010, about €10,00
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The Stone God Awakens
An underground comic of the novel The Stone God Awakens. It is a serialized version of the first part of the novel, drawn by Roland Trenary. Published in five issues of Normal Bean (numbers 1-5), plus a poster in the Preview Issue, and also one in issue 6.
All issues were published and edited by Roland Trenary.
- Comic:
- Normal Bean, Preview issue
Roland Trenary, -/1978, 12pp, $ 1.50
[A center poster on two pages.]
- Normal Bean, Number 1
Roland Trenary, -/1980, 24pp, $ 1.50
[First part of the adaptation, 9 pages, plus cover.]
- Normal Bean, Number 2
Roland Trenary, -/1980, 24pp, $ 1.50
[Second part of the adaptation, 22 pages, plus cover.
"Limited Edition 200 copies" on the cover.]
- Normal Bean, Number 3
Roland Trenary, -/1980, 24pp, $ 1.50
[Third part of the adaptation, 13 pages, plus cover.]
- Normal Bean, Number 4
Roland Trenary, -/1981, 24pp, $ 1.50
[Fourth part of the adaptation, 16 pages, plus cover.]
- Normal Bean, Number 5
Roland Trenary, -/1983, 16pp, $ 2.00
[Part five of the adaptation, 9 pages, plus color cover.]
- Normal Bean, Number 6
Roland Trenary, -/1985, 16pp, $ 1.00
[Only a one page poster c.q. joke, with a previous in the story used drawing.]
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Thoan
A
Role
Playing Game in French based on The
World of Tiers.
The
book
has an original introduction
by
Farmer, a full color map of the World of Tiers and over
180 illustrations of the inhabitants of the fabulous five tiers. The
illustrations are by Alexis Santucci.
- Book:
Descartes, ISBN
2-748-0100-9, oversized hardcover,
-/1995, 432pp, FF295 cover: Wojtek
Siudmak
See: Descartes
publisher
or
see: Thoan,
website about this game
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Trivial
Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition
In this
edition of the game Trivial Pursuit is a card with a question and answer
that
might be of some interest to PJF fans.
- Hasbro,
game, -/2002, $39.99
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World of Tiers
The title of a
track on an album of the space rockband Hawkwind.
- Music LP and CD:
Levitation, by Hawkwind
Released on LP: Bronze Records (1980)
Later released on CD (with an extra track):
- Griffin Records GCD 230 (1994)
- Essential Music ESM 736 (1999).
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