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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Philip José Farmer's best selling novel is TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO, the Hugo Award winning debut novel in his Riverworld series. One of the greatest concepts in scifi, everyone who ever lived is resurrected on the banks of a million mile long river, with all their needs met, what could go wrong?

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Meteor House launched in 2010 with THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER volume 1. The four volumes in the series included previously unpublished material by Farmer himself as well as non-fiction about Farmer and his work and new authorized fiction by a wide range of contributors...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Here're some Philip José Farmer news . . . the signature sheets for the first hardcover edition of Time's Last Gift are making the rounds and will be at the printer by the end of the month. meteorhousepress.com/times-last-g...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Philip José Farmer wrote UP FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT in the 1970s, but it was first published when serialized over the first ten issues of Farmerphile (2005-2007), then published in a hardcover limited edition collection by Subterranean Press (2007), then in trade paperback by Meteor House (2020).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

One of Philip José Farmer's rarest titles is LOVE SONG. First published in paperback by porn publisher Brandon House (1970), then a limited edition hardcover by Dennis McMillan (1983), and finally as a trade and limited edition paperback by Ramble House (2004). thebedlamfiles.com/fiction/love...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@meteorhouse.bsky.social just announced their second books for 2025, Savageology, a collection of over 50 years of Doc Savage fandom by Philip José Farmer and others! Click here for all the details! meteorhousepress.com/savageology/

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Philip José Farmer started the novel THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE in the early 1970s but never finished it. Win Scott Eckert completed the novel a out Doc Wildman's daughter using Phil's outline and notes. Published in hardcover by Subterranean Press (2009) and in paperback by Meteor House (2014).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Philip José Farmer has written many versions and pastiches of Tarzan but none quite like LORD TYGER. It makes you wonder is anyone ever asked Phil what he would do if he was a billionaire . . .

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

One of Philip José Farmer's wildest novels is THE STONE GOD AWAKENS where a 20th century scientist awakens 20 million years in the future. Published by ACE in 1970, and Panther in the UK in 1976 (and reprinted many times), Meteor House published the first hardcover edition in 2022.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The two shared world anthologies, TALES OF RIVERWORLD and QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, feature stories by Philip José Farmer: "Crossing the Dark River," A Hole in Hell," Up the Bright River," and "Coda," as well as nineteen exciting tales by other well-known writers.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Philip José Farmer's novel THE GATE OF TIME was first published in 1966, then revised and published under Farmer's preferred title, TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH. Farmer wrote an essay, "Creating Artificial Worlds" (Pulsar, Summer 1979) about the lengths he went to creating this alternate version of Earth.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

After Christopher Paul Carey completed the third Ancient Opar novel, THE SONG OF KWASIN (which Philip José Farmer started in the the 1970s) Carey wrote three more novellas in Ancient Opar: EXILES OF KHO; HADON, KING OF OPAR; and BLOOD OF ANCIENT OPAR.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Just some pictures of Philip José Farmer and his wife Bette in their home in Peoria, IL.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

One of Philip José Farmer's first books was the collection, STRANGE RELATIONS (1960) containing the stories "Mother," "Daughter," "Father," "Son," and "My Sister's Brother." Reprinted many times, including in hardcover in the UK, the last edition (2006) included the novels THE LOVERS and FLESH.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Philip José Farmer created a "new pulp hero" with the stories "Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout," "The Return of Greatheart Silver," and "Greatheart Silver in the First Command," in WEIRD HEROES volumes 1, 2 and 6 in 1975 and 1977. The stories were collected in GREATHEART SILVER in 1982.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The legendary line of Ace Doubles ran from 1952 to 1978, with 76 books (152 titles). Philip José Farmer had two Ace Doubles, one from the early numbering period, F-165 (THE CACHE FROM OUTER SPACE / THE CELESTIAL BLUEPRINT) and ONE from the later period, 51375 (LORD OF THE TREES / THE MAD GOBLIN).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Philip José Farmer's story "Night of Light" (F&SF June, 1957) was expanded to novel length in 1966, and famously the phrase "Purple Haze" caught Jimi Hendrix's eye. The original version of the story was collected with the rest of the Father Carmody stories in FATHER TO THE STARS (1981).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A lifelong fan of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, Philip José Farmer fulfilled a childhood dream by writing the novel A BARNSTORMER IN OZ. Published in HC (Phantasia Press) and PB (Berkley) in 1982. In an interview in the Baum Bugle (Spring 1983) he discussed Baum's influence.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

THE MAKER OF UNIVERSES is the first novel in Philip José Farmer's World of Tiers series. First published in pb in 1965 (Ace), first hc in 1980 (Phantasia Press), the most important printing might be in THE WORLD OF TIERS VOLUME 1 in 1981 (SFBC) which brought the series to a wider audience.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Philip José Farmer and his work have inspired four different fanzines through the decades: The Wold Atlas (5 issues 1977-78) Farmerage (3 issues 1978-79) Farmerphile (15 issues 2005-09) Farmerfan (7 issues 2018-present) Farmerfan is free and still in production. farmerfan.com/farmerfan-is...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

According to Philip José Farmer, the story "The Biological Revolt" (Science Fiction Plus, October 1953) was "rewritten without my permission and ruined." Randall Garrett backed this up in the article "The Bite of the Asp," (Stellar ? 1957, reprinted in the Worlds of PJF 1).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Philip José Farmer wrote the opening chapter of the novel NAKED CAME THE FARMER (the thirteen chapter round-robin novel benefited the Peoria Public Library). In this photo, Farmer is signing George Scheetz's copy (George was the editor of the fanzine Farmerage). www.wcbu.org/local-news/2...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In 2021 Meteor House published THE MAN WHO MET TARZAN, a collection of articles, letters, and speeches Philip José Farmer wrote about Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan. FarmerCon XVI was virtual that year, and featured a panel discussing the book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9BB...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Philip José Farmer's first published science fiction story, "The Lovers," (Startling Stories, August 1952). It was expanded to novel length and published in paperback in 1961, then revised and published in hardcover in 1979. Worldwide it has been published over seventy times in twenty countries.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Philip José Farmer fulfilled a lifelong dream when he wrote ESCAPE FROM LOKI, and authorized Doc Savage prequel adventure. A young Clark Savage joins the army at age 16, fights in WWI and meets the men who would become his companions while in a German prison camp.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

TIME'S LAST GIFT is a prequel to Philip José Farmer's Ancient Opar series. Reprinted many times since 1972 it is getting its first hardcover edition from Meteor House, featuring new artwork by Bob Eggleton. Preorder discounts available now. meteorhousepress.com/times-last-g...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Born January 26, 1918, today is Philip José Farmer's 107th birthday!

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

www.pjfarmer.com, The Official Philip José Farmer Web Page, was launched in 1996 as an Unofficial site (it became official in 2001) with just an (incomplete) list of Farmer's books and stories. It didn't take off until the discovery of Galactic Central 23, a bibliography by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Philip José Farmer attended the Second International Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, March 23-31, 1969 with many other science fiction authors (see photos). He wrote an interesting report on the festival for the fanzine Luna (#6, 1969).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This picture of Philip José Farmer, Bette Farmer, and Harlan Ellison at Baycon 68 (the 26th Worldcon) appears in the VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION by Brian Ash. Phil won his second Hugo Award at this convention, this one for "Riders of the Purple Wage."

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Philip José Farmer's novel FLESH was written for Galaxy Beacon's short lived line of SF for "Adults Only". Legend has is the editor had to add sex scenes to the other books, but had to remove some from Phil's. Later editions of the book restored the deleted scenes. www.bookscans.com/Oddities/bea...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

An abridgement of Philip José Farmer's novel JESUS ON MARS was to appear in Asimov's SF Magazine, but the paperback came out a few months early (9/1979). The abridged version eventually appeared in RIVERWORLD WAR (6/1980) and is included in Meteor House's editions of the novel (2022).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Philip José Farmer's biography of Doc Savage was published in hardcover in 1973. Then an expanded edition was published in paperback 1975 and again in 1981. Meteor House published a deluxe hardcover in 2013 with many bonus essays, then a 50th anniversary edition in 2023 with variant covers.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Philip José Farmer's story, "The Face that Launched a Thousand Eggs," was written in 1953 and is based on an incident that happened to Phil in college in 1941. It was not published until 2005 in the debut issue of Farmerphile. It has been reprinted in Farmer collections three times.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Philip José Farmer attended the 11th World Science Fiction Convention (Philcon 2) in September 1953. He won the Hugo Award for Best New Discovery (author or artist). He attended many conventions and WorldCons throughout his career, often as the Guest of Honor.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Philip José Farmer wrote the introduction to THE ASTONISHED EYE (PS Publishing 2001) by Tracy Knight. "I'm an old and weary book reader, but Tracy Knight's [novel] is a gripping page-turner...always inventive and twisting and turning in unexpected but logical directions...a deep pleasure."

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

One of Philip José Farmer's favorites of his own novels is THE UNREASONING MASK (Putnam 1981). It made David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels list. www.worldswithoutend.com/lists_pringl...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

From conventions, to book stores, to limited editions, to fans mailing him their favorites, Philip José Farmer signed a lot of books. Somewhere between 1977 and 1980 he stopped using a printed J for José. He also had fun inscribing books. www.pjfarmer.com/ESOTERICA-si...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Philip José Farmer was a long time member of the Burroughs Bibliophiles, and won the Golden Lion Award at the 1970 dum-dum. He appeared, or was mentioned, in the Burroughs Bulletin many times over the years. How cool is this: www.cafepress.com/mf/69608437/...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Even more rare than the hardcover first printing of Philip José Farmer's first novel, THE GREEN ODYSSEY (Ballantine, 1957) is the publisher's note sent out with review copies. Here is collection of Farmer publisher notes from throughout his career: www.pjfarmer.com/ESOTERICA-pu...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Philip José Farmer's story, "Riders of the Purple Wage," first published in the groundbreaking anthology, DANGEROUS VISIONS (Harlan Ellison, ed.), was the 1968 Hugo winner for Best Novella. It has been reprinted many times, including in five different Farmer collections.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

THE OTHER LOG OF PHILEAS FOGG by Philip José Farmer tells the "true" story of the events behind AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Jules Verne. Meteor House's edition, THE FULL ACCOUNT, stitches both both novels together so you get the full story in real time. meteorhousepress.com/the-full-acc...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The collection, MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe (Win Scott Eckert ed., Monkeybrain Books, 2005), features nine pieces by Farmer and essays by fourteen Wold Newton scholars. A great intro to the WNU, if you can find a copy. www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/M...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Philip José Farmer published the short story, "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World" in 1971, then returned to that world with the novels, DAYWORLD (1985), DAYWORLD REBEL (1987), and DAYWORLD BREAKUP (1990). In 2016 an unfinished prequel, A HOLE IN WEDNESDAY was completed by Danny Adams.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

When was the last time you played Trivial Pursuit, and did you ever come across this question about Philip José Farmer in the 20th Anniversary Edition?

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

British author J. T. Edson embraced Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Family in his own writing, especially the character, Bunduki, a descendent of Tarzan. Farmer dedicated the novel FLIGHT TO OPAR to Edson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._E...

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The first and only publication by Vern Coriell's Fokker D-LXIX Press was a reprint of A FEAST UNKNOWN by Philip José Farmer, with illustrations by Richard Corben. The hardcover was limited to 200 copies (signed by Farmer and Corben), the trade paperback 800 copies (2nd state with black lettering).

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"The Tin Woodman Slams the Door" is an essay by Philip José Farmer describing how much the world of Oz meant to him as child. Originally published in the fanzine, "Destiny" (Summer 1954), it has been reprinted three times, once in OZ STORY and twice in Farmer collections.

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www.pjfarmer.com @philipjosefarmer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

MOTHER WAS A LOVELY BEAST: A Feral Man Anthology, edited by Philip José Farmer, is a collection of nine tales, both factual & fictional, about humans raised by animals, including "Extracts from the Memoirs of Lord Greystoke."

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