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Rip van Winkle's Long Wet Dream
Genre Science Fiction / Erotic
Type Short story
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The title above comes with the story, the Table of Contents on the back of the magazine Puritan gives "The Long Wet Dream of Rip Van Winkle" as the title.
Slightly rewritten—introducing the purple haze in the story—and published as "The Long Wet Purple Dream of Rip Van Winkle".
DESCRIPTION:
Philip José Farmer's erotic version of the story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. A funny story about a highly erotic and explicit, very long dream of Rip Van Winkle. In his dream he travels through time.
 
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in Puritan (Adult American Dreambook)
Richard Jaccoma
Allentown, PA: Puritan Publishing Co., Inc.
Number 7
magazine (27,5×20,5cm)
-/1981
146
$ 9.95
John Meza
Illustrated by Greg Theakston.


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"The Long Wet Purple Dream of Rip Van Winkle"
in The Purple Book
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New York, NY: Tor Books
Jim Baen Presents
ISBN 0-523-48529-8
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
08/1982
287
$ 2.95
Howard Chaykin
Second version, the story is slightly rewritten. This book gives "The Long Wet Dream of Rip Van Winkle" as the original title, it's not (see above).

Howard Chaykin
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"The Long Wet Purple Dream of Rip Van Winkle"
in Riders of the Purple Wage
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New York, NY: Tor Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-812-51905-1
paperback (17×10,5cm)
04/1992
216
$ 3.99
David Hardy
Second version, the story is slightly rewritten.

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"The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle"
in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (3): Portraits of
a Trickster

Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-0-983-74611-9
trade paperback (23×15,5cm)
08/2012
282
$ 25.00
Keith Howell
This is the first and original version, but with a different title. With a short introduction about the two versions of the story. 

Keith Howell
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"The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle"
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-12-1
hardcover (22,5×14,5cm)
07/2018
936
$ 50.00
Mark Wheatley
This is the first and original version. Each section of the book has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
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"The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle"
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-11-4
trade paperback (21,5×14cm)
07/2018
936
$ 35.00
Mark Wheatley
This is the first and original version. Each section of the book has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
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"The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle"
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-15-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (22,5×14,5cm)
09/2018
936
not priced [= $ 225.00]
Mark Wheatley
This is the first and original version. Each section has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
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