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"The Freshman" in Spain |
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8 February 2010
Farmer's story "The Freshman" was published for the first time in May 1979 in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In 1990 editor James Turner included the story in his Chtulhu anthology, Tales of the Cthulhy Mythos, published by Arkham House.
This anthology was translated and published in Spain in 2001 by
Valdemar. Years later the Spanish edition has been published again, now
in two parts, by the same publisher. In 2007 appeared the second half
of the book as Cuentos de los Mitos de Cthulhu: 2. El legado, with Farmers story "Matriculado en primero".
I discovered this publication only recently and had ordered a copy in Spain, which arrived last week.
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Burroughs Bulletin #81 |
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February 2010
It
was announced last year (see here)
that issue #81 of the Burroughs
Bulletin will be dedicated in tribute to Philip
José Farmer. This issue has now been published by the Burroughs
Bibliophiles. A copy of this issue is on its way to me, so I
haven't seen it yet.
The website of the Burrouhs Bibliophiles does not show yet
the contents of issue #81, but you can see it on the site of
Christopher Paul Carey. Chris also noted that the numbering on the
cover is wrong —it says New Series #80 where it should say New Series #81— and he
corrected the numbering on the cover scan on his site.
If you want to order a copy of the special Farmer issue of the Burroughs Bulletin be sure to order issue #81!
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2010, a
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February 2010
In
my contact with Christopher Paul Carey
I did 'complain' somewhat about
2010 becoming a bit of a dull year for Farmer fans, compared to the
last few years. No new books announced and no Farmerphiles
anymore. There are plans for a Farmercon this year, but that will not
be like the ones we had in Peoria, with Phil and Bette.
On this Chris said: "By sometime later this year I expect to be able to
announce some exciting news for Philip José Farmer fans."
He would not tell me anything more. I wonder, do you think Chris is
talking about The Song of Kwasin? Or
about a new start of Farmerphile? It
seems we will have to wait till later this year for the answer.
Regarding Farmercon, this is from Mike Croteau in the PJF Newsletter of
January 2010:
"In the spirit of keeping Phil in our hearts and our minds, and perhaps
in the public eye, we believe we have settled on the time and location
of Farmercon V. This year's event will move from Peoria to Seattle, the
weekend of June 26th. Also in Seattle that weekend, is the Hall of Fame
induction at the Science Fiction Museum. NO, Phil is not being inducted
this year."
Watch the Official
Philip José Farmer Home Page for more news about
Farmercon V.
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Review of
The Other in the Mirror |
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1
February 2010
Robert
M. Tilendis wrote last month a review of the omnibus The
Other in the Mirror, which has been edited by Christopher
Paul Carey.
The review has been published online with The Green
Man Review: "...It
contains three short novels that contain some of Farmer's most probing
examinations of character.
Carey, in his Introduction, frames his discussion of these three novels
within Hegel's concept of the Other —that which is different
than us— as a means of addressing Farmer's approach. In
Hegel's sense, we
achieve a state of self-aware freedom by coming to understand the Other
and incorporating it within ourselves. In Farmer's hands this becomes a
multi-layered phenomenon as identity —a key element of this
idea—
moves from the individual to the group to the Other and back again.
But what Farmer is describing in these novels is not the realization of
self, but the breakdown of the boundary between self and other..."
Telendis concludes his
review as follows: "Philip José Farmer was throughout his
career an iconoclast, tackling subjects within the framework of science
fiction that other writers in the field avoided. (Remember, he's the
man who brought sex into science fiction —in 1952, when sex
was
seldom discussed publicly— even post-Kinsey.) In these three
novels
he's done it again. And being by Farmer, of course, they are eminently
readable, seductive and rewarding."
Read the full
review here.
Copies of the omnibus The
Other in the Mirror can still be bought from its publisher
Subterranean
Press, or from any of the online book shops.
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Obituary:
Ernesto Vegetti (1943-2010) |
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January 2010
Today
I received the very sad news that Italian fan Ernesto Vegetti died on
January 16. He had been in hospital this month, seemed to recover from
the operation, but died suddenly of a heart attack. He was 66 years.
Ernesto was a major figure in the Italian science fiction
world. He loved science fiction, wrote many articles and reviews,
helped organizing conventions, and kept promoting the science fiction
story in his country, Italy
He was maybe best known as the webmaster and bibliographer of the index
of all Italian science fiction, the Catalogo SF,
Fantasy e Horror.
But Ernesto was not only known in Italy however. He also helped many
other science fiction fans and bibliographers around the world, with
information on
Italian publications. He helped me in the early days of this
bibliography and stayed a regular contributor. He also contributed for
instance a
lot of information in The Internet
Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB).
Grazie e addio Ernesto!
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Mexican
story publication in 1957 |
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26
January 2010
Farmer's
story "The Night of Light"
was published for the first time in June 1957 in The Magazine of Fantasy
& Science Fiction. Only a few months later, in
October 1957, appeared the Spanish translation, "Noche de luz", in the
magazine Ciencia y
Fantasia. Farmer's name was misspelled on the cover as
José Philip Farmer.
Till now I had assumed that the magazine had been published in Spain. I
had no copy to verify the data. It is evident now that I was wrong. The
magazine had been printed in Mexico.
This is the first Mexican Farmer publication in the bibliography, no
other publication is known from this country. I have corrected the data
on the story page,
and on the Translated Stories
index page.
There is no publication of the story "Noche de luz" in Spain, that I
know of. But there is a Spanish publication of the expanded story, the
novel Noche
de luz.
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Second
Italian printing of Pianeta d'aria |
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20
January 2010
Unknowingly
I had mixed up some data of the first and second printing of an Italian
edition of The Wind Whales of Ishmael
(Pianeta d'aria).
Fanucci published the first one in June 1988 and the second one in July
1988. I didn't even know there were two printings!
Fred Fischer (Houston, US) observed on the book page, with his first
printing at hand, the mix up of data. Because of his email I discovered
I only have the second printing in my collection.
Now both printings are mentioned on the book page, with the
correct data. Thanks Fred!
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The Evil
in Pemberley House: 50% Off |
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18
January 2010
Subterranean
Press in their latest newsletter:
"With all of our new releases, we need to clear some space at the
warehouse, so we're going to be running some Ebay
auctions over the next few weeks...".
One of the books on eBay is the limited edition of The
Evil in Pemberley House,
written by Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert. This
edition
is numbered, signed by Win Eckert and comes with a chapbook. Normal
price is $60, on eBay now for $30.
So, if you want a copy of the limited edition, now is the time to buy
one!
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Another
book of reference |
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14
January 2010
Libraries
Unlimited published last year the book Science Fiction Authors: A
Research Guide
by Maura Heaphy. One hundred authors were selected for this guide, and
each entry contains a brief biography, a list of major works and a list
with research sources.
You already guessed it, there is also an entry on Philip
José Farmer. For visitors of this website there is nothing
new with Farmer's entry in Science
Fiction Authors: A Research Guide, or it must be that The
Gate of Time is now part of the Dayworld series (it's not!) or that
the novel The
Lovers is "an extended fix-up" of "The Lovers" and "Moth and Rust" (also not true!).
Otherwise it is a handsome and affordable resource. And another good
thing is that this website is mentioned in the book with the Farmer
bibliograhies.
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More
Flesh publications in Russia |
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11
January 2010
Just
discovered are two Russian publications of the novel Flesh
(Плоть).
The books were published several years ago, in 1992 by The Soviet
Composer in an omnibus, together with a detective by a Russian author.
And in 1994 by publisher Al-Fa in an omnibus, together with science
fiction novels by Robert Silverberg and Edmond M. Hamilton.
Both publications and covers have been added on the book page.
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Kickaha's
World |
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10
January 2010
According
to Phil himself: "A
Private Cosmos was not my title. An Ace Books editor
changed Kickaha's World
to the present title for some reason I've not been able to figure out."
This comes from Farmer's foreword in the 1981 Phantasia Press edition
of A
Private Cosmos.
Because his original title hadn't been used with this novel Farmer planned to use it
for the sixth World of
Tiers novel, but that one got published as More
Than Fire.
Farmer, in the above mentioned foreword: "Kickaha (a.k.a Paul Janus
Finnegan) was a major but not lead character in the first in the
series, Maker of
Universes. He was not in the second, Gates of Creation.
But by the time I wrote A
Private Cosmos it was evident, to me at least, that
Kickaha had displaced Wolff as the main character. The wild Hoosier
trickster had taken over, and I did not object at all. The irrational,
the true author, my unconscious, had dictated the choice of protagonist
and the course of events."
Earl Evers in his 1968 review:
"It is almost impossible to criticize any reasonably well done
adventure fantasy of the ERB school—you either like it or you
don't. If you don't, then you can put down the characteristics of the
school itself. If you do, you can defend them. But there isn't much you
can say about an individual book except to point out how well the
author operated within the rather restrictive format..."
"...the whole series is worth reading. If you are an ERB fan, though,
maybe you'd better not read it—"The World of Tiers" is
Farmer's
attempt to write swashbuckling adventure fantasy in the ERB vein, and
he shows Burroughs up just about any way you judge the stories..."
"...The story line of A
Private Cosmos
isn't particularly believable in summary, (and I'm not going to
summarize it) but the action keeps your eye moving fast enough so you
don't notice. The details of background keep the inquiring part of your
mind busy, so reader identification is almost total, which is about the
best the writer of adventure fiction can hope to achieve.
"All three "World of Tiers" books are a hell of a lot of fun to read,
and I'll even recommend them to more "serious" sf readers who don't
usually go for ERB-type adventure fantasy...".
The book page of this
novel has been
updated and restyled, with more publications, from 45 to 54, and lots
more cover scans, from 20 to 52 covers.
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2009 -
The Year in Review |
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5
January
2010
Last
year was an unlucky year. 2009 didn't bring us much happiness, to make
an understatement.
We lost Phil Farmer in February
at the age of 91. Many pieces have been written about this loss, on
paper and on the web.
His passing away was much grieved at. Thinking about this still hurts.
We lost a great man and a wonderful and very gifted writer.
Only a few months later another loss, with the death of Phil's wife
Bette. She passed away in June
at the age of 86. Both Phil and Bette were, and still are, greatly
missed by many of their friends and family.
I sure hope they do enjoy their stay on the Riverworld, and that they
did find one another on the endless river banks of that world.
But we lost even more.
No new issues of Farmerphile after
the fifteenth and final issue
in January 2009. It makes my life as a bibliographer much easier, I
still haven't had the time to completely index the last four issues,
but as a Farmerphile I miss the quarterly publications. It has brought
us lots of interesting pieces by and about Phil. Thanks Mike, Win, Paul
and Chris for publishing and editing Farmerphile!
In June 2009 was the last and maybe final Farmercon, the Philip
José Farmer Memorial Gathering. Phil and especially Bette
loved these little conventions, and invited many of those present at
their house after the convention. These special meetings will be missed
dearly by many of us Farmerphiles.
The year 2009 brought eight new book publications, and one chapbook.
Also one magazine, the before mentioned final issue of Farmerphile.
Biggest new publication in 2009 will be the novel The
Evil in Pemberley House, by Philip José Farmer
& Win Scott Eckert. The novel was well received with positive
reviews.
The new Riverworld mini series
has been filmed in 2009. It will be aired in 2010 by Syfy.
The restyling of the book pages on this website, and rechecking every
book publication at the same time, is in its final stage. Only the
pages of A
Private Cosmos, which will be ready any day now, and The
Lavalite World have to be done. And then on with the story
pages, eBooks, Audio Books, Works About pages and the other plans I
have.
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The Other
Log in Brazil |
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30
December
2009
Only
five different Farmer novels have been published in Brazil (index).
Maybe because the Portuguese books were imported and sold in
Brazil also, that no other books were published.
One of Brazilian publications is the translation of the novel The
Other Log of Phileas Fogg, which has been published by two
different publishers. As O
Outro
Diário de Phileas Fogg by Editora Global (1974)
and as O
Diário de Bordo de Phileas Fogg by Francisco
Alves (1987)..
None of the other Brazilian books have had the honor of being published
twice or even even being reprinted. Not even the in 1988 Nova Award
winning O
Planeta do Rio
(To
Your Scattered Bodies Go).
Not only did The Other
Log of Phileas Fogg have two editions, but also a reprint
of one of them. I just discovered that Editora
Global reprinted their publication O
Outro
Diário de Phileas Fogg in 1980 with a different
cover.
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German
omnibus Bizarre Beziehungen |
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December
2009
A
copy of the second printing of the German omnibus Bizarre
Beziehungen (Strange
Relations)
from the publisher Heyne (1993) has been found. We already had the
information about the third printing, but the second one was until now
missing in the bibliography.
The omnibus contains the novels Die
Liebenden (The Lovers) and Eine Frau pro Tag (A
Woman a Day), with the story collection Bizarre Beziehungen (Strange
Relations).
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More
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December
2009
Thanks
to Fred Fischer (US) two more publications of the novel The
Lovers are known now, which brings the total amount
of publications of this book to 50.
Fred emailed me the information about the second printing of the
Ballantine/Del Rey paperback, of March 1981. And also about the second
printing of the Spanish publication, Los Amantes, from
publisher Orbis, 1986.
Strangest thing is, that I discovered that I do own a copy of the
second printing of the Orbis publication. It seems I had totally
forgotten to check the book and include the information in the
bibliography. This has been corrected with the updated information.
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The Dark
Design from Tor in 2010 |
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13
December
2009
You
already could pre-order Riverworld
from Amazon, a book that will be published in March 2010 by Tor. This
omnibus includes the first two Riverworld novels, To
Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat.
See also Forthcoming
Books.
Now you also can pre-order the third Riverworld novel, The
Dark Design, from Amazon. Tor will publish this one in June
2010. List price is $17.99.
According to the list "Forthcoming Books through September 2010" in the
December 2009 issue of Locus,
issue 587, which also shows the above mentioned books, no more
Riverworld titles are planned till that month. We will have to wait if
and when they will be published by Tor.
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Story
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13
December
2009
From
France I received three anthologies and three magazines, all with
stories by Phil. Five of these story publications were already known in
the bibliography, but the sixth is new. The story "Attitudes" (the
same title in French) has been published in the anthology Histoires de planètes,
which has had three printings. The one of March 1976 is new on these
pages.
When I'm finished restyling the book pages I will start redoing the
story pages. More information and more scans will be added on those
pages.
First I have to finish the last two book pages. Right now I am
working on the page of A Private Cosmos and then
at last on The Lavalite World.
Before I start on the story pages I will add a new page with eBooks and
Audio Books. Lots of work to do for me also.
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Philip
José Farmer estate sale: 20-40% off |
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10
December
2009
Just
for the month December only the Official PJF Home Page
has a 20% discount on all books that are for sale from Philip
José Farmer's Estate Sale. If you buy several
books the discount can go up to 40%.
Take a look at all those wonderful editions, many of which are signed
by Farmer. Now is the time to buy some of these books. So, if you want
the very rare hardcover edition of A Feast Unknown (The Fokker
D-LXIX Press, 1975) or the first hardcover edition of To
Your Scattered Bodies Go (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971), or any
of the other books for reasonable prices, now is the time!
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New audio
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December 2009
Recorded
Books (search for 'author': Philip Jose Farmer) brought in
2000 the first complete audio
version of the novel To
Your Scattered Bodies Go. It was then taped on six audio
cassettes.
That version has been republished in March 2008 on seven CDs. The price
is $44.95 for nearly eight hours recording.
In June 2009 Recorded Books published the second Riverworld novel, The
Fabulous Riverboat, on eight CDs. This recording of
nine hours will also cost you $44.95.
Both recordings can be downloaded from the website of www.audible.com
(search for Philip Jose Farmer) and will cost you $27.97 for
the first, and $24.49 for the second novel..
Recorded Books will bring the third Riverworld novel, The
Dark Design, as an Audio Book in March 2010. Narrator of all
recordings is Paul Hecht.
I have announced
it before this year, that maybe I should make a new page with
Audio Books and eBooks. I didn't know where to put all the new audio
and e-publications. This page is now in progress of becoming real. Very
soon I hope.
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More novels in the Riverworld
series in Spain.
The fourth and fifth novels in the Riverworld
series in Poland.
All five Riverworld
books will have new editions in the US.
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