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News
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Brazilian
publication of Flesh |
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June 2008
There
still are publications of Farmer's work out there that we do not know
of. Once in a while one of those publications is discovered, like
this book from Brazil.
In 1971 Sabiá published Carne
in a trade paperback, an in portuguese translated edition of the novel Flesh.
This edition has been added on the book
page.
The search for yet unknown publications will be continued. If you have
information about books missing on these pages, please let me know. Any
help is welcome.
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World of
Tiers in Lithuania |
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June 2008
Publisher
Eridanas in Lithuania published in 1994 the first novel in the World of Tiers series,
Visatų
kūrėjas (The Maker of Universes) as
number 13 in
their book series 'Pasaulinės fantastikos aukso fondas' (PFAF). The
book series went on, but no further parts of the World of Tiers series
were printed.
Recently I discovered that Eridanas had published another two novels of
the
World of Tiers series, thirteen and fourteen years after the first came
out. Strangely enough not parts two and three, but
the novels three and five of this series.
In June 2007 Eridanas published Nuosavas
kosmosas (A Private Cosmos), and in
February 2008 Lavalitinis
Pasaulis (The Lavalite World), the
numbers 416 and 424 in the publisher's book series.
There is no indication on the publisher's website
that the other parts of the World of Tiers series will be published at
some later time.
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Forthcoming
books |
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June 2008
Two
dates for the forthcoming books have been set. First for the omnibus The Other in the
Mirror from Subterranean Press, which can be
expected in March 2009 according to Locus magazine.
There is no news on this yet on the publisher´s website.
French publisher Le Livre de pôche announces September 2008
as the publication date for the collection La
Nuit de la lumière. See the publisher's website.
I have still no idea if the earlier announced publication for this
summer of Two Hawks from Earth will
actually take place. There is no information on the publisher's website
about this and my email to the publisher, MonkeyBrain Books, did not
get any answer.
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Farmercon
90 in July |
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June 2008
Next
month, on July 26th, will Farmercon
90 take place in Peoria, hometown of Phil and Bette
Farmer. With the latest update of The Official PJF Home Page
came some more information where it will take place, and what the
program will be. For more information on this, see the page Upcoming
Events.
You can also vote for the Farmerphile Awards for Best Article and Best
Artwork. Voting can be done on this page,
where you will find the nominated articles (you can read the articles
online if you don't have the issues of Farmerphile) and
the nominated artwork (also online).
My wife and I will attend Farmercon
90 in Peoria. Hope to meet some of you too next month!
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Received
The Empire of the Nine artwork |
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June 2008
Last
week came the parcel with the original artwork of the omnibus The
Empire of the Night. It looks on the large format
(66×43cm)
even more impressive than on the cover of the book. Lord Grandrith en
Doc Caliban engaged in a battle with their enemies, with the Nine
vaguely in the background. It is a great painting! I am a proud owner
of it. Of course the copyright of the painting is still with the
artist, Mark Salwowski.
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Two
months work for one book page |
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June 2008
The
book page of To Your Scattered Bodies Go,
the largest book page on this site, has finally been restyled. It has
been an enormous job and it took me nearly two months to finish the
page with all the new information and all the new cover scans.
The old page had 89 publications and 30 covers, but now you will see
122 publications and 80 covers scans. There are several more US,
German, Italian, French and Japanese publications added.
Strangely enough I cannot find proof of the 20th printing of the
Berkley Books edition. Maybe this one has only been used for the boxed set of Riverworld
books in 1981?
Tim O'Neil wrote a blog
entry on December 23, 2007 about the cover art
of the different editions of To
Your Scattered Bodies Go, that starts
with the line: "There is no field in publishing more cursed with lame
book covers than that of fantasy and science fiction."
You can now make up your own mind on this with all the shown covers on
the book page.
There are several I like and especially dislike. My favorites are the
ones by John Stevens for the Ballantine/Del Rey edition (1998) and by
Keith Scaife for the HarperCollins edition (1993), and also the one by
Manchu for the French Le Livre de Poche edition (1992).
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Venus on
the Half-Shell and Others reviewed by the Green Man Review |
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June 2008
Online
magazine Green Man
Review published in their latest issue a review by Robert M.
Tilendis of Farmer's collection Venus on the Half-Shell and
Others:
"...a collection of examples of just how out-there Farmer can get...
...These stories are, aside from being a lot of fun, supremely
literate, even erudite and probably, on some level totally
scandalous... ...Carey's doing a wonderful job of bringing us the
stories of Farmer, and this collection is right on target...".
Read the full review here.
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| Added
Books |
Thirty-six publications have
been
added on the book pages in June.
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 Flesh
The Brazilian edition, Carne,
from Sabiá, 1971.
The Lavalite World
The Lithuanian edition, Lavalitinis
Pasaulis, from Eridanas, 2008.
A Private Cosmos
The Lithuanian edition, Nuosavas
kosmosas, from Eridanas, 2007.
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Thirty-three publications were added on the book page, with books from
the US, Germany, Italy, France and Japan.
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Still no exact
numbers
right now. When the restyling
is finished I will give these numbers again.
These are the about numbers, the last time - in November 2006 - they
were counted:
1275
publications
750 different covers
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