Philip José Farmer International Bibliography: Towards the Beloved City

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Towards the Beloved City

Genre	Science fiction
Type	Novelette
Series	-

Also published as "Toward the Beloved City".
Philip José Farmer in his introduction to the story: «Elwood said that Revell liked this unsentimental story very much, and he himself said that he had not really understood Revelations until he read "Toward the Beloved City". I've been a reader of the Bible most of my life, and when I was a child had vivid and terrifying nightmares about the Last Judgments. Note the plural.»

DESCRIPTION:

A religious story about a group of Christians, threatened by heathens, trying to survive in bare country, in the end of the world as we know it, and on their way to the beloved city. Can these people keep to their beliefs if there are extraterrestrials involved.
According to Roger Elwood in his introduction, this story «...is heavily based upon Scripture, indeed, from beginning to end. The story is wonderfully inspiring, and takes place during the latter days.»

PUBLICATION HISTORY
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12 Publications

Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	FIRST PUBLICATION in Signs and Wonders Roger Elwood Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company - ISBN 0-8007-0521-1 hardcover (21×14cm) -/1972 157 $ 3.95 not credited [= unknown] Story title on the back of the dustjacket as "Toward the Beloved City".	-

Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in The Book of Philip José Farmer New York, NY: DAW Books UQ1063 / No. 63 SBN 451-UQ1063-095 paperback (18×10,5cm) 07/1973 (1st) 07/1973 (1st) [Canadian printing] 239 $ 0.95 Jack Gaughan With an introduction to the story by Farmer.	Jack Gaughan

Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	in Chronicles of a Comer and Other Religious Science Fiction Stories Roger Elwood Atlanta, GA: John Knox Press - ISBN 0-8042-1933-8 trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm) 03/1974 139 $ 2.95 Robert J. Lee -	Robert J. Lee

Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	in Visions of Tomorrow Roger Elwood New York, NY: Pocket Books Science Fiction ISBN 0-671-80775-7 paperback (18×10,5cm) 11/1976 390 $ 1.95 Charles Moll -	Charles Moll

Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Dates Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in The Book of Philip José Farmer New York, NY: Berkley Books Science Fiction ISBN 0-425-05298-2 paperback (17,5×10,5cm) 02/1982 (1st) 04/1982 (2nd) 248 $ 2.50 James Warhola With an introduction to the story by Farmer.	James Warhola

Title Anthology Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in LDSF 2: Latter-Day Science Fiction 2 Benjamin Urrutia Ludlow, MA: Parables - ISBN 0-96114960-0-2 trade paperback (21,5×14cm) -/1985 188 $ 6.50 Kay Kudlinski With an Editorial Afterword, about the expression "The Antichrist".	Kay Kudlinski

Title Collection Edited by Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in Up the Bright River Gary K. Wolfe Burton, MI: Subterranean Press - ISBN 978-1-59606-329-7 hardcover (23,5×16cm) 03/2011 333 $ 40.00 Bob Eggleton -	Bob Eggleton

Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in The Book of Philip José Farmer West Yorkshire: The Elmfield Press - ISBN 0-7057-0067-4 hardcover (21,5×13,5cm 07/1976 239 £ 4.95 Josh Kirby With an introduction to the story by Farmer.	Josh Kirby

Title Collection Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Cover art Notes	"Toward the Beloved City" in The Book of Philip José Farmer London: Granada Books Science Fiction ISBN 0-586-05656-4 paperback (18×11cm) 07/1983 318 £ 1.95 Richard Clifton-Dey With an introduction to the story by Farmer.	Richard Clifton-Dey

RUSSIA

	Title Omnibus Publisher Series+no. Bookno. Format Date Pages Price Translation Cover art Notes	Russian: "На пути к возлюбленному городу" in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 16 Riga & Moscow: Polaris - ISBN 5-88132-290-8 hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm) 04/1997 416 - A. Dumesh I. Leontiev -	I. Leontiev

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