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After King Kong Fell
Genre Science Fiction
Type Short story
Series Wold Newton Universe
Nominated for the Nebula Award (1975).
DESCRIPTION:
The 'true' story of the King Kong movie (1933). The story of the classic monster movie is given an astonishing new twist by a man who lived through it.
Michael Parry: "Anyone who has ever wondered what became of Kong's favourite girl, Ann Darrow, her rescuer, Jack Prescott, or Carl Denham, the man who captured Kong, will discover the surprising answers in this poignantly-written story."
Philip José Farmer in his foreword to the story: "This is one of my favorite stories",
 
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in Omega
Roger Elwood
New York, NY: Walker and Company
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-8027-5561-5
hardcover (21×14,5cm)
-/1973
190
$ 6.95
Thuy Le Ha
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Thuy Le Ha
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in Omega
Roger Elwood
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal Books
M3030
SBN 449-03030-095
paperback (18×10,5cm)
08/1974
159
$ 0.95
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in Best SF: 74
Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss
Indianapolis, NY: Bobbs-Merrill Company
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ISBN 0-672-52012-5
hardcover (23,5×15,5cm)
06/1975
viii + 253
$ 8.95
Glen Heller
With a very short introduction to the story by Harry Harrison. Published in the UK as Year's Best Science Fiction No.8.

Glen Heller
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in Nebula Award Stories Ten
James Gunn
New York, NY: Harper & Row
Harper Science Fiction
ISBN 0-06-011628-5
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
12/1975
xiii + 254
$ 7.95
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With a short introduction to the story by James Gunn.
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in The Girl in the Hairy Paw
Ronald Gottesman and Harry Geduld
New York, NY: Avon Books
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ISBN 0-380-00610-3
oversized paperback (27,5×21cm)
04/1976
285
$ 5.95
uncredited [= unknown]
A documentary study of the King Kong movie, with many photos, posters, comics etcetera, but only one story: this one.

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in Nebula Award Stories Ten
James Gunn
New York, NY: Berkley Medallion Books
Science Fiction, D3278
SBN 425-03278-7
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
12/1976
xiv + 240
$ 1.50
not credited [= Richard Powers]
With a short introduction to the story by James Gunn.

Richard Powers
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in The Grand Adventure
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy
ISBN 0-425-07211-8
trade paperback (23×15cm)
11/1984
xvii + 327
$ 7.95
not credited [= Michael W. Kaluta]
With a foreword to the story by Farmer. Illustrated by Pat Ortega.

Michael W. Kaluta
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in The Grand Adventure
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy
ISBN 0-425-07212-6
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
11/1984
xvii + 327
not priced [= $ 50.00]
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With a foreword to the story by Farmer. Illustrated by Pat Ortega.
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in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973
New York, NY: Crown Publishers
Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 5
ISBN 0-517-55545-X
hardcover (18,5×13cm)
11/1984
xv + 207
$ 8.95
Michael Booth
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Michael Booth
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in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973
New York, NY: Crown Publishers
# 1840 / Classics of Modern Science Fiction
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
12/1984
xv + 207
$ 5.98
Michael Booth
Book Club Edition (# 1840), with code O50 on page 206.

Michael Booth
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in The Monster Book of Monsters
Michael O'Shaughnessy
New York, NY: Bonanza Books
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ISBN 0-517-66293-0
hardcover (24×16cm)
08/1988
352
not priced [= $ 7.98]
Hannes Bok
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Hannes Bok
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in The Best of Philip José Farmer
Dorman T. Skindler
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 1-59606-036-0
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
02/2006 (trade)
03/2006 (numbered, signed, in slipcase)
04/2006 (lettered, signed, in traycase}
572
$ 38.00 | $ 175.00 | $ 300.00
Michael Komark
Published in three different editions.

Michael Komark
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in The Big Book of Adventure Stories
Otto Penzler
New York, NY: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
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ISBN 978-0-307-47450-6
trade paperback (23×17,5cm)
05/2011
874
$ 25.00
Rafael DeSoto
With an introduction to the story by the editor.

Rafael DeSoto
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in The Apes of Wrath
Richard Klaw
San Francisco, CA: Tachyon
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ISBN 978-1-61696-085-8
trade paperback (23×15cm)
01/2013
372
$ 15.95
Alex Solis
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Alex Solis
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The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-12-1
hardcover (22,5×14,5cm)
07/2018
936
$ 50.00
Mark Wheatley
Each section has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
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The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-11-4
trade paperback (21,5×14cm)
07/2018
936
$ 35.00
Mark Wheatley
Each section has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
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The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Michael Croteau
(Lilburn, GA): Meteor House
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ISBN 978-1-945427-15-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (22,5×14,5cm)
09/2018
936
not priced [= $ 225.00]
Mark Wheatley
A limited deluxe hardcover edition.
Each section has its own "Decade Introduction"—a synopsis of Phil's life and career—by the editor.

Mark Wheatley
UK
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in Nebula Award Stories 10
James Gunn
London: Victor Gollancz
Harper Science Fiction
ISBN 0-575-02059-8
hardcover (20,5×13,5cm)
-/1975
255
£ 3.75
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With a short introduction to the story by James Gunn.
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in Year's Best Science Fiction No.8
Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss
London: Sphere Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-7221-4398-2
paperback (18×11cm)
-/1976
253
£ 0.65
uncredited [= unknown]
With a very short introduction to the story by Harry Harrison. A reprint of the earlier in the US published Best SF: 74.

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in Nebula Award Stories 10
James Gunn
London: Corgi Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-552-10485-X
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1977
255
£ 0.85
uncredited [= Tony Roberts]
With a short introduction to the story by James Gunn.

Tony Roberts
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in The Rivals of King Kong (A Rampage of Beasts)
Michel Parry
London: Corgi Books
Horror
ISBN 0-552-10604-6
paperback (18×11cm)
-/1978
205
£ 0.80
uncredited [= unknown]
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in The Monster Book of Monsters
Michael O'Shaughnessy
London: Xanadu
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ISBN 0-947761-42-X
hardcover (24×16cm)
05/1988
352
£ 9.95
Hannes Bok
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Hannes Bok
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in Tales of the Wold Newton Universe
Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey
London: Titan Books
A Wold Newton Anthology
ISBN 978-1-78116-304-7
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
10/2013
492
£ 7.99 ($ 15.95)
'Dreamstime'
Story introduction by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey.

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in Tales of the Wold Newton Universe
Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey
London: Titan Books
ISBN 978-1-78116-305-4
ebook
10/2013
(492)
£ 6.39
'Dreamstime'
Story introduction by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey.

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AUSTRALIA
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in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973
Richmond, Victoria: Greenhouse
Classics of Modern Science Fiction, Volume 5
ISBN 0-86436-022-3
hardcover (18,5×13cm)
-/1986
xvii + 207
not priced
Michael Booth
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Michael Booth
DENMARK
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Danish: "Efter King Kong's fald"
in Proxima
Erik H. Swiatek & Niels Dalgaard
Valby: Science Fiction Cirklen
Dansk Science Fiction Tidsskrift, Nr. 11
fanzine (21×14,5cm)
March 1977
52
Kr 11
Niels Søndergaard
Niels Erik Knudsen
Illustration by Niels Henningsen. There is an essay about Farmer by Palle Juul Holm in the same issue.

Niels Erik Knudsen
FRANCE
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French: "Après la chute de King Kong"
in L'Année 1978-1979 de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique
Jacques Goimard
Paris: Julliard
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ISBN 2-260-00153-X
trade paperback (24×15,5cm)
03/1979
315
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Wojtek Siudmak
Wth a very short introduction about Farmer by Jacques Goimard.

Wojtek Siudmak
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French: "Après la chute de King Kong"
in Philip José Farmer
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-00844-7
paperback (18×11cm)
01/1980
411
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
With an introduction to the story by Jacques Chambon.

Marcel Laverdet
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French: "Après la chute de King Kong"
in Philip José Farmer
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-00844-7
paperback (18×11cm)
10/1983
411
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
With an introduction to the story by Jacques Chambon.

Marcel Laverdet
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French: "Après la chute de King Kong"
in Le jeu de la création
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le grand temple de la sience-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-03657-2
paperback (18×11cm)
09/1990
415
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
With an introduction to the story by Jacques Chambon.

Marcel Laverdet
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French: "Après la chute de King Kong"
in Nouvelles des siècles futurs
Jacques Goimard & Denis Guiot
Paris: Omnibus
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ISBN 2-258-05611-X
trade paperback (20×13cm)
08/2004
xvi + 1253
€ 25,00
Jean-Pierre Pugi
not credited [= Krupa]
With a very short introduction about Farmer by the editors.

Krupa
GERMANY
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German: "Nachdem King Kong gestürzt war"
in: Der Tag vor der Revolution
James Gunn
Rastatt: Moewig
Playboy Science Fiction, 6732
ISBN 3-8118-6732-6
paperback (18×12,5cm)
-/1982
239
DM 6,80
Eva Malsch
not credited [= unknown]
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German: "Nach King Kongs Sturz"
in: Der Dienstagsmensch
René Oth
Darmstadt: Luchterhand
Sammlung Luchterhand, SL 516
ISBN 3-472-61516-8
paperback (18×11,5cm)
08/1984
212
DM 12,80
Martin Eisele
Olga Rinne
With an introduction to the story by René Oth.

Olga Rinne
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German: "Nach King Kongs Sturz"
in: Weltraum Aventüren
Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei-Lübbe
Science Fiction Special, Band 24 088
ISBN 3-404-24088-X
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1986
350
DM 9,80
Martin Eisele (story) & Michael Kubiak (introduction)
Michael W. Kaluta
The story is introduced by PJF and illustrated by Pat Ortega.

Michael W. Kaluta
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German: "Nach King Kongs Sturz"
in: Jenseits von Raum und Zeit
München: Heyne
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Band 4387
ISBN 3-453-00978-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1987
617
DM 14,80
Martin Eisele
John Harris
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John Harris
HUNGARY
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Hungarian: "Miután King Kong leesett"
in: Galaktika
Péter Kuczka
Budapest: János Sziládi
Volume VII, No. 135
magazine (27,5×21cm)
December 1991
96
Ft 72
János Kóczián
Jim Burns
Story illustrated by Zsolt Lovász.

Jim Burns
ITALY
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Italian: "Dopo la caduta di King Kong"
in: La scimmia e l'incubo
Michel Parry
Milan: SIAD Edizione
I Libri della Paura 15
no ISBN
trade paperback (20×13cm)
06/1980
218
L 5.000
Paolo Busnelli
Karel Thole
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Karel Thole
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Italian: "Dopo la caduta di King Kong"
in: La grande avventura
Milan: Rizzoli
Mistral
ISBN 88-17-69506-8
trade paperback (22×14cm)
09/1989
313
L 19.000
Andrea Terzi
not credited [= Michael W. Kaluta]
The story is introduced by PJF and illustrated by Pat Ortega.

Michael W. Kaluta
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Italian: "Dopo la caduta di King Kong"
in: Urania (Mostri del cielo e della terra)
Michael O'Shaughnessy
Milan: Mondadori
Urania #1155
magazine (19×13cm)
06/1991
144
L 4.500
Andrea Terzi
Vicente Segrelles
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Vicente Segrelles
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Italian: "Dopo la caduta di King Kong"
in: Creature dello spazio profondo
Giuseppe Lippi and Michael O'Shaughnessy
Milan: Mondadori
Millemondi 19
no ISBN
trade paperback (19,5×11,5cm)
03/1999
368
L 9.900
Andrea Terzi
Marco Patrito
An omnibus with a novel by A.E. van Vogt and a reprint of the above publication Mostri del cielo e della terra (1991).

Marco Patrito
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Japanese: "キング・コング墜ちてのち"
"Kingu kongu ochite nochi"
in SF宝石
in SF Hoseki
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Tokyo: Kobunsha
Volume 1 No. 1
magazine (21×14,5.cm)
08/1979
250
¥ 500
Ito Norio
Mizoguchi Takeshi
illustrated by Mizoguchi Takeshi.

Mizoguchi Takeshi
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Japanese: "キング・コング墜落のあと"
"Kingu kongu tsuiraku no ato"
in キング・コングのライヴァルたち
in Kingu kongu no raivu~aru-tachi
Michael Parry
Tokyo: Hayakawa bunko
NV237
ISBN 4-15-040237-X
paperback (15×10,5cm)
11/1980
299
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Usagawa Akiko
Tsunoda Sumio
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Japanese: "その後のキング・コング"
"Sonogo no kingu kongu"
in 書物の王国17 怪獣
in Shomotsu no ōkoku 17 kaijū
Higashi Masao
Tokyo: Kokusho Kankokai, Ltd.
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ISBN 4-336-04017-6
hardcover (22×14,5cm)
01/1998
216
¥ 2268
Kurasaka Kiichirou
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Swedish: "Efter King Kongs fall"
in: Efter King Kongs fall
Stockholm: Delta Förlags AB
Science fiction ABC
ISBN 91-7228-276-2
trade paperback (21,5×14cm)
-/1981
248
not priced
Karin Malmsjö
(of PJF)
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