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News
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Unknown
letter in
Science Fiction Review |
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November 2008
Again
we found something written by Phil that was till now unknown
on this website and on the Official PJF
Home Page. A letter
published
in the by Richard E. Geis edited fanzine Science Fiction Review,
issue number 60, Fall 1986.
In this letter Phil writes —among other things— the
gloomy
questions:
"...I ask myself what an old fart like me is doing still writing? Why
don't I just give up and join Ed Earl Repp and Ray Cummings in
oblivion? Or, since I'm not financially able to retire on Social
Security and some minor stocks and bonds, why not become a mainstream
writer? There's this novel, Pearl Diving in Old Peoria,
I've been thinking about for years. Why not do that?"
A scan of the letter goes to Mike of the Official PJF Home Page,
who has the permission from Phil to publish the letters online. So, you
can read this letter by Phil online completely in due time.
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Ripples
from Oz |
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24
November 2008
If
you have a friend who likes to lurk and nose in second hand bookshops,
and who has the sharp eyes of a hawk that misses almost nothing, then
you might get books like I got this one, The World of Oz by
Allen Eyles.
The friend looked into the book and asked if this one would be of
interest to me, with nearly a half page about Farmer's A
Barnstormer in Oz, including a picture of the cover of the
book.
The piece reads
like a sort of
review and concludes: "Most Oz devotees would probably prefer the
fairyland Baum created without Farmer's detailed introduction of sex
and violence. But A
Barnstormer in Oz is still a tribute to the power of the
original books in provoking such a far-ranging reinterpretation."
The
World of Oz
has had several publications, for instance by Viking in hardcover in
both the US and UK (1985), by HP Books (US) in paperback in 1985, and
by Penguin (UK) in paperback in 1985. My friend, Willem Hettinga, did
find a copy of the last one. Thanks Willem!
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German
articles |
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November 2008
Christian
Endres, German journalist, emailed recently that his article, originally planned for
publication
in the January 2009 issue of the German science fiction magazine phantastisch!,
number 33, will be published three months later in number 34, April
2009. This is because of the lenght of the article, which will be about
six pages.
See the publisher's website.
Christian also emailed about another article about Farmer, written by
Markus Jungvogel, that has been published in the German magazine Nautilus Abenteuer &
Phantastik #57. Individual copies can only be bought in
Germany, the publisher does not sell these to other countries. I could
not get a copy from them, so I am trying to get the information about
the article from Christian, before I can publish what this article
is about exactly.
See the publisher's website.
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Korean
edition of The Lovers |
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21
November 2008
For
a very long time I suspected that there must have been translations of
Phil Farmer's work in Korea and China, but I could not find any proof
of that. Mainly because of the to me strange characters of the Chinese
and Korean language.
But finally some proof has been found of at least one Korean
translation, of the novel The Lovers (연인들). This novel by
Philip José Farmer (필립 호세 파머 in Korean) has been published
by Nagyong munhwa in 1992.
The new information has been added on the book page.
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Discovered
publication |
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16
November 2008
The
story "Sail On! Sail On!"
has had fifty-two publications worldwide since its first publication in
December 1952. Well, make that fifty-three, because Lee Barry (US) has
discovered an undated second printing of the anthology The Road to Science Fiction #3,
edited by James Gunn, from publisher Mentor. This book has probably
been published in 1980 or 1981. The book number and the cover price
have been changed, but the cover illustration, by Paul Stinson, is the
same as with the first printing.
Thanks for the information and the cover scan Lee!
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Spanish
translation of The Peerless Peer |
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November 2008
The
novella The Adventure of the Peerless Peer
has had two publications in the mid 1970s. Just this year it has been
reprinted and included in the new collection Venus
on the Half-Shell and Others.
Only one published translation has been known till now, with the French
publication in 1975.
Online we discovered another translation, into the Spanish language, La Aventura del Par sinpar.
Not as a printed book, but the complete text can be read on the
internet, see here.
It seems to be an illegal publication, and even the cover of the
original Dell paperback has been photoshopped with the Spanish title.
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Australian
fanzine SF Commentary |
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11
November 2008
Thirty-five
years ago, on May 9, 1973, Farmer wrote a letter and sent it to Bruce
Gillespie in Australia. Bruce published the letter in his fanzine, SF
Commentary Issue 35-36-37 of July-August-September 1973.
I have been searching for years for a copy of this very rare
triple-issue fanzine of 146 pages, and finally found one for sale.
In the short letter from Phil he gives his opinion about the war in
Vietnam, "...the Vietnamese people would have been far better off if
the USA had stayed out...", and about Nixon, "...Nixon is being
revealed as what many of us know he was all along: a petty, mean,
cruel, and dishonest man...".
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Six
German printings more |
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11
November 2008
The
book page of The Fabulous Riverboat is
the next page to be restyled. More printings and more scans will be
coming on that page. But I am not yet finished, it will take some time
before the page is ready to publish it online. You will have to wait
for that.
As I am checking every publication against the books in my own
collection, or against the information online in case I do not have the
books myself, I found a serious source on the internet with new
information on several German printings.
And also six extra printings of the German edition of To
Your Scattered Bodies Go (Die
Flußwelt der Zeit) from publisher Heyne. The
fifth, seventh, and the ninth till twelfth printings have been added on
the book page, which now counts a total of 130 publications!
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Fifth
Riverworld book in Germany |
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9
November 2008
This
month, November 2008, will Piper (Germany) publish the fourth novel in
the Riverworld series,
Das
magische Labyrinth (The Magic Labyrinth).
And in December 2008 comes the fifth novel, Die Götter der Flusswelt
(Gods
of Riverworld). The cover of that book has been published on
the site of publisher Piper.
On the site you can read that the book will have a bonus story, that
hasn't been published before in Germany.
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Finally:
the lettered edition! |
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9
November 2008
In
January this year Subterranean
Press published the trade edition of Venus
on the Half-Shell and Others.
Two months later came the numbered and slipcased edition, but we had to
wait ten months before the traycased and lettered editions were
shipped. The manufacturer of the leather traycases was far behind with
its schedule. But here it is finally, and the traycase is as beautiful
as might be expected after the previous traycased editions from
SubPress (see here
and here).
This edition has an extra story not included in the other two editions,
the story "The
Impotency of Bad Karma". This is the very rare original
version of the also in this collection included, somewhat rewritten
story "The Last Rise
of Nick Adams".
I wrote a review
when I received the trade edition. I also discovered something strange
in the book, which led to "The Case of the Bellman's Foreword". The
results of the investigations in this case can be found on the February news page.
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Third
printing of Ace 'Double' |
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November
2008
In
1970 Ace published the Ace Double novel Lord
of the Trees | The Mad Goblin. The novels
were bound back to back and the book had two covers.
Then years later Ace combined the two novels —and stated this
to be
the second printing— in an omnibus edition, of which you can
see the cover at right.
Only recently I discovered that Ace had reprinted this omnibus edition,
and so that there exists a third printing. Today I received a copy and
added the information to the pages of both novels.
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Gods of
Riverworld in Romania |
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5
November
2008
The
fifth novel in the Riverworld
series has finally been published in Romania.
In 2006 Nemira
published the first three books in the series. In November 2007 came
the fourth part, Labirintul
Magic (The Magic Labyrinth), and
now in September 2008 came book five, Zeii Lumii Fluviului
(Gods
of Riverworld).
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Farmerphile
#14 received |
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5
November
2008
A
few days ago I received my copy, again signed by Philip José
Farmer, of the quarterly magazine Farmerphile,
Issue number 14
of October 2008.
In number 13 we had an excerpt from the new novel The Song of Kwasin,
and in this issue the very appetizing excerpt from the new novel The Evil in Pemberley House
by Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert.
Both novels
have
yet to be published.
Again a very interesting issue! Mike Croteau, the publisher, introduces
Farmerphile
Issue Number 14, "...this monster issue...", on The Official PJF Home Page.
You can also order your copy there for $11.
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Books |
In November eleven new book
publications have been added on the book pages.
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 Gods
of Riverworld
The Romanian edition (Zeii
Lumii Fluviului) from Nemira, 2008.
Lord
of the Trees | The Mad Goblin
The third printing from Ace, early 1980's.
The
Lovers
The Korean edition from Nagyong munhwa, 1992.
To
Your Scattered Bodies Go
Six German printings from publisher Heyne were added.
Venus
on the Half-Shell and Others
The lettered, signed and traycased edition from Subterranean Press,
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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 "Michal Dutkiewicz")
 "W.W. Denslow")
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 "Paul Stinson")
 "Gadino")
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 "Johann Peter Reuter")
 "Daniel Ljunggren")
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 "David Ho")
 "Charles Berlin")
