Philip José Farmer

 UK The answer is an ambitious attempt to create a logical universe in which all those fictional heroes could have lived and interacted by the late author Philip José Farmer which has proved to be Nerdvana for that particular sort of reader who simply ...

On May 22, a reprint of the 2005 novel Crossing Infinity by author Karen Haber (and Silverberg's wife—speaking of Silverberg) will be released. And May 25, wiil see the reprint of Two Hawks from Earth, by the late Philip José Farmer coming to bookstore ...

 NJ And Moore offers a special tribute to the late Philip José Farmer, whose “World Newton” series was a major inspiration for the League. Part one here, part two here, part three here. Preview of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 #1 here ...

 CA Ballard's disillusionment with the hard science fiction of the time led him to become a founding figure in science fiction's New Wave movement during the sixties, joining with the likes of Philip José Farmer, Harlan Ellison, and Ursula K. Le Guin to ...

 CA Tahmoh Penikett ("Battlestar Galactica") and Laura Vandervoort ("Smallville") star in "Riverworld," based on the series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer. Ryan Carnes ("Dr. Who") has been cast in the title role of The Phantom and his alter ego Chris ...

Riverworld," based on the novel series by SF author Philip Jose Farmer, centers on the greater part of humanity that lived on Earth suddenly finding themselves resurrected on a terraformed planet known as Riverworld. Among these people are war ... Helo to Riverworld Malaysia Star

Crows Nest  UK A previous Riverworld pilot movie aired on the channel in 2003, but didn't lead to a series. Riverworld is based on the books by Philip Jose Farmer about an Earth-like planet consisting of one huge river valley. Everyone who has lived on Earth up until ...

 CA Riverworld" and "The Phantom" could become series. "Riverworld" is based on the series of novels by Philip Jose Farmer. The classic comic book character The Phantom has been reimagined and transported to present day. ...

 CA Isaac Asimov edited the anthology Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space, which among others featured two stories by the late Philip José Farmer set in his Wold Newton universe: "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" and "A Scarletin Study". ...

  USA Some of his best books included the first two Riverworld novels, "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" and "The Fabulous Riverboat," his five "World of Tiers" novels, and two short story collections, "Down in the Black Gang" and "The Book of Philip Jose Farmer ...

 France L’article dans son entier est là "The observation is this : there are some SF writers who seem to have an immediate and dramatic impact on other writers, and younger writers in particular. The early ’50s saw a fair number of imitation Bradbury stories, ...

Philip Jose Farmer, who died on February 25 aged 91, was an inventive and prolific writer best known for his Riverworld series of science fiction novels; he was also responsible for a number of pastiches of famous pulp fiction characters, ...

By Dennis McLellan Philip Jose Farmer was working for a steel and wire company in Peoria, Ill., and writing part time in 1952 when he stirred up the science-fiction world with his first published sci-fi tale, a controversial novella that appeared in ... Philip José Farmer Telegraph.co.uk

 NY The wildly inventive and passionately polemical science-fiction writer Philip José Farmer quietly expired at home, Ash Wednesday morning, at the ripe age of 91. I and many others first became aware of Farmer's work in the 1970s, shortly after the first ...

 CA …The big news this week was unfortunately sad. Legendary Sci-fi writer Philip Jose Farmer passed away Wednesday at the age of 91. Farmer’s most famous works were his Riverworld and World of Tiers series. He was named a SFWA Grandmaster in 2001, ...

 GA If you thought “The Dark Knight” was grim, you haven’t seen anything yet. I could write about the death of famed science fiction author Philip José Farmer, creator of “Riverworld” and other cornerstone epics of the genre, but obituary columns rarely ...

 Bermuda I'm not allowed to nominate myself for the Nobel, so I'd be grateful if one or two of you would do it for me. The last surviving great science fiction writer of the 1940s and 1950s passed away this week, at the age of 91. Philip José Farmer was the ...

Philip Jose Farmer grew up in Peoria, Illinois, a place politicians and marketers have long used as shorthand for Main Street American normalcy. ("But will it play in Peoria?") He attended Bradley University, a respectable post-secondary institution, ...

 MN Philip Jose Farmer, a prolific and popular science-fiction writer who shocked readers in the 1950s by depicting sex with aliens and challenged conventional pieties of the genre with caustic fables set on bizarre worlds of his own devising, ...

 NC Philip Jose Farmer, a prolific and popular science-fiction writer who shocked readers in the 1950s by depicting sex with aliens and challenged conventional pieties of the genre with caustic fables set on bizarre worlds of his own devising, ...

AP AP PEORIA — Philip Jose Farmer, one of the most celebrated science fiction, fantasy and short story writers of the 1960s and '70s, died Wednesday. He was 91. Mr. Farmer died "peacefully" in his sleep, according to a message posted on his official ...

 NY Philip Jose Farmer, famed scifi novelist, passed away in his sleep this morning. This is shocking to me: I just read his Tarzan "biography" a week ago. • Battlestar Galactica writer Mark Verheiden -- widely hailed as one of the most important talents ...

 CT He had the most incredible imagination. I hope that what he is experiencing now is wonderful beyond his wildest dreams.” Michael Croteau, webmaster for pjfarmer.com, the official Philip Jose Farmer Web site, calls Farmer “that great teacher we all wish ...

 KS He had the most incredible imagination. I hope that what he is experiencing now is wonderful beyond his wildest dreams.” Michael Croteau, webmaster for pjfarmer.com, the official Philip Jose Farmer Web site, calls Farmer “that great teacher we all wish ...

By Robyn Sidersky (CNN) -- Author Philip Jose Farmer died in his sleep Wednesday, according to a message on his Web site. Farmer was known for his science-fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He was 91. The Peoria, Indiana, native's most ...

At Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow remembers Philip José Farmer, one of the great, towering talents of science fiction, the man whose Riverworld' books transported me farther than any other sf I'd read at that point." 1918 - 2009. More from John Coulthart ...

 Australia HUGO award-winning American author Philip Jose Farmer has died, just a month after turning 91. Farmer was best known as a writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories, in particular the Riverworld and World of Tiers series, ...

 CA It's been more than two decades since I read anything by Philip José Farmer, the venerable science fiction writer who passed away yesterday. So you'll have to take the following words of praise with a caveat that applies to all the art I enjoyed in my ...

The story is The Lovers and the unknown author bears the strangely exotic sounding name of Philip José Farmer. The response from readers is electric. "Letters poured into Startling Stories praising the story," says Michael Croteau, web-master of The ...

by Keith Phipps February 25, 2009 The prolific and widely influential science fiction writer Philip José Farmer has died at the age of 91. Farmer's career mixed acclaim, and daring that courted infamy. With stories like "The Lovers," which won him a ...

 NY Science fiction pioneer Philip Jose Farmer "passed away peacefully in his sleep," his website noted this morning. The 91-year-old author was best-known for his Riverworld series, a surreal collection of books about a world where historical figures ...

Book Review: Probing jungle king's universal appeal  NC - Jan 24, 2009 their heroes straight (pun slightly intended) may prefer the more respectful Tarzan Alive: The Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke by Philip Jose Farmer.

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of our Fathers" was a nominee for the Hugo in the same category. Philip José Farmer tied for the Hugo Award for Best Novella for "Riders of the Purple Wage." Samuel R. Delany won the Nebula for Best Short Story for "Aye, and Gomorrah. ...

The father John Carmody stories in a French edition. - Information on a cover artist. - News about the Philip José Farmer Encyclopedia. Visit the International Bibliography at: www.xs4all.nl/~rnuninga/ or www.philipjosefarmer.tk. ...

By Win Scott Eckert Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer. Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer Farmerphile no. 14 now available, including an excerpt from the novel The Evil in Pemberley House by Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert ...

By vae_editor Philip José Farmer 1973 Not exactly what i expected. I thought that Farmer was going to give us some insight into the inconsistencies in the original "Around the World in Eighty ...

By RobB The Other in the Mirror by Philip Jose Farmer and Dustjacket by Bob Eggleton (Subterranean Press, Hardcover 3/01/2009) – I read Farmer’s Riverword novels and really enjoyed the first few quite a bit so this omnibus could be pretty cool. ...

By N. L. D. In this book, the first part of his Riverworld series, Farmer introduces what is one of the most ambitious concepts in Science fiction. All of mankind who live to adulthood find themselves . . .

Venus on the Half Shell was my first and probably one of my favorite Philip Jose Farmer books. It was kind of my gateway drug to the Farmer Universe. Clark.

By Fictive Speculator I received a copy of The Best of Philip Jose Farmer for my birthday last week and have enjoyed picking and choosing some of the short stories from the book. So it should be no surprise that Farmer is on my mind of late, especially as I ...

By Jesse Willis Librivox Audiobook - The Green Odyssey by Philip Jose Farmer The Green Odyssey By Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Mark Douglas Nelson 10 Zipped MP3s or Podcast - 6 Hours 6 Minutes [UNABRIDGED] Published: December 2006 ...

By Jason Ellis This highlighted the fact that there are protocols that we need to learn so that we read SF effectively. Gunn uses Philip Jose Farmer’s “Sail On, Sail On” to guide students through a close reading in order to elevate the protocols from ...

By Blue Tyson When you first come across Philip Jose Farmer, you will generally pick up on the fact that you have come across something new and different, and this is even more of the case if it was a considerable time that you did so. ...

By Dorian The Book of Philip Jose Farmer, 1973, Philip Jose Farmer Why is Tarzan in a top-hat? Because Philip Jose Farmer, that's why. For more "why: because" statements, the management recomends:

By Blue Tyson Riverboat battle. An improvement on some the tedious discursions that could get annoying in the previous book, although some of this does drag at time. Mysteries still abound, in and around the John v Sam upcoming riverboat clash. ...

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By Tim Cavanaugh Among the other unavailables, one is of special interest. An intermediary said Philip Jose Farmer was ill and sent his regrets. You may or may not recall Farmer as the deep-cover author of Venus On the Half Shell, a science fiction parody ostensibly written by Kilgore Trout, the hack-write...

By Michael I found this list of the top 50 science fiction books meme (according to the Science Fiction Book Club apparently). So I thought I’d join in. Bold is read and Italic is Reading. I found this list of the top 50 science fiction books meme (according to the Science Fiction Book Club apparently). So I...