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Brizzi,
Mary T. - Philip José Farmer
Critical study on the life and works of PJF, with essays about the Riverworld,
World
of Tiers, Night
of Light, Venus
on the Half-Shell and more. With a selected
bibliography, which
lists As You Desire
as a published book. It's not!
- Starmont House (Starmont Reader's Guide
3), ISBN 0-916732-05-3, trade paperback, -/1980, 80 pages, $ 3.95
[2nd printing: -/1981, $ 5.95.]
- Borgo
Press, ISBN 0-89370-034-7, hardcover, -/1980,
80 pages, $ 16.95
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Carey,
Christopher Paul - The Grandest Adventure
Subtitle: Writings on
Philip José Farmer 1996-2018.
A collection with a selection of Carey's essay and interviews with him.
Illustrated with photos and many book covers.
Contents:
- "Foreword", by
Michael Croteau
- "Preface"
- "Farmer's Escape from
Loki: A Closer Look"
- "The Green Eyes Have
It—Or Are They Blue?"
- "A Meteor Over Pangea"
- "The Innocent Dilemma:
Reflections on The
Unnaturals"
- "On Hadon of Ancient
Opar"
- "Through the Seventh Gate:
Pursuing Farmer's Sources in Savageology"
- "The Grand Master of
Peoria"
- "Philip José
Farmer on the Road to the Emerald City"
- "The Archaeology of
Khokarsa: Sources in Farmer's Ancient Oparian
Motherland"
- "The Magic Filing Cabinet
and The Missing Page"
- "How Much Free Will Does
a Pumpkin Have?"
- "An Inhabitant of Khokarsa" (interview)
- "More Real Than Life
Itself: Philip José Farmer's
Fictional-Author Period"
- "In the Alien Corn:
Philip José Farmer and The Other"
- "Philip José
Farmer and the Cross-time Continuum"
- "Philip José
Farmer: A Remembrance"
- "Philip José
Farmer and Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Shared
Mythography"
- "Philip José Farmer's Influence" (interview)
- "On Writing The Song
of Kwasin" (interview)
- "Gribardsun and the
Prehistoric Wold Newton Family"
- "Collaborating with a
Grand Master"
- "The Literary Archaeology
of Khokarsa"
- "An Archaeology of Dreams"
- "A Carmody-Raspold
Chronology"
- "The Foundation of Kôr" (interview)
- "On Writing Hadon,
King of Opar" (interview)
- "On Restoring Farmer's Flight
to Opar"
- "A History of The Song of
Kwasin"
- "Let's Go..."
- "Postscript—Philip
José Farmer: The Next Hundred
Years"
- Leaky Boot Press, ISBN 978-1-909849-61-7, trade
paperback, 07/2018, 283 pages, $18.99
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Chapman,
Edgar L. - The Magic
Labyrinth of Philip José Farmer
Critical and comprehensive look at Farmer's major themes and fiction.
With a selected bibliography. "...Generally, Chapman has done an
admirable job...", Gary K. Wolfe in his review
of this book in Science
Fiction Studies #37, Volume 12 Part 3, November 1985.
- Borgo Press (The Milford Series - Popular
Writers of Today, Volume 38), ISBN 0-89370-158-0, hardcover [no
dustjacket], -/1984, 96 pages, $ 11.95
- Borgo Press (The Milford Series - Popular
Writers of Today, Volume 38), ISBN 0-89370-258-7, trade paperback,
-/1984,
96 pages, $ 4.95
- Borgo Press / Wildside Press (The Milford Series -
Popular
Writers of Today, Volume 38), ISBN 978-0-89370-158-1, hardcover [no
dustjacket], not dated [= 09/2007], 96 pages,
$ 19.95
[A photograhic reprint of the 1984 edition, no updates.]
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Comani, Michele - L'eroe nell'immaginario di Philip José Farmer
The text of an Italian thesis: «The choice of the angle followed
by the author for his work on Philip José Farmer stems from the
reading of texts by Freud and Jung, but also by other scholars of
anthropology».
- (Italian)
Delos Digital (Universi/ty 1), ISBN 978-88-2541-291-8, ebook, 09/2020, (213 pages), € 2.75 or $ 2.99
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Croteau,
Michael - Collecting
Philip José Farmer - The Illustrated Guide - Volume 1
A beautiful book with 128 full color illustrations of most USA
hardcover and first paperback editions, plus some British editions.
With a foreword
by Farmer.
- Brobdingnagian
Press, no ISBN, trade paperback, -/1998,
72 pages, $ 25.00
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon I
Program booklet for the convention of July 30-31, 2006 in Peoria,
Illinois. It was held at the house of the Farmers, on invitation only.
Contents:
- Farmercon I - Parallel Con Reports:
- An Outsider,
on the Inside
-
Peorian Rhapsody (in Purple)
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A Peace on Refelection
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"To Your Battered Scotties Go", by Walt Liebscher
- "The Fabulous Showboat", by Walt Liebscher
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 07/2006 (12 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon II
Program booklet for the convention of August 4-5, 2007 in Peoria,
Illinois. It was held at the house of the Farmers, on invitation only.
Contents:
- Welcome to Farmercon II
- Letters (from some who were not able to come)
[Fictional
letters by characters from Phil's stories.]
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"A
Kick in the Side", by Christopher Paul Carey
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 08/2007 (16 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon 90 (III)
Program booklet for the convention of July 26, 2008 in Peoria, Illinois.
It was called FarmerCon 90 because of Farmer's 90th birthday earlier
that
year.
Contents:
- FarmerCon 90 Schedule of Events
- What Exactly is a "Farmercon" Anyway?
- Just One Day, by Paul Spiteri
[Travel log of
his one day trip from the UK to the USA.]
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Collaborating with a Grand Master (announcements):
- Getting Ready
to Write, by Phil & Paul Spiteri
- The Song of Kwasin, by Phil & Christopher Paul Carey
- The Evil in Pemberly House, by Phil & Win Scott Eckert
- Cougar by the Tail, by Phil & Tracy Knight
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2008 Award for Achievement in Wold Newton Studies
- The 2008 Farmerphile Awards for Best Article and Best Artwork
- "The Time
Distorter", by uncredited [= Paul Spiteri]
[Story of how
Farmer became Phileas Fogg, with the use of a time machine.]
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 07/2008 (24 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon IV
Program booklet for the convention of June 6-7, 2009 in Peoria,
Illinois. This was "The Philip José Farmer Memorial
Gathering",
because of Phil's death on February 25th, 2009.
Contents:
- FarmerCon IV Schedule of Events
- Phil's Biggest Fan: Bette Farmer
- "Under the Cover",
afterword by Philip José Farmer
- "The Cache of
Inspiration from Peoria", by Steve Matson
- "Strangers and Brothers",
by Philip José Farmer
- What Philip José Farmer Taught Me
(By Farmerphiles
Near and Far)
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"Down in
Phil Farmer's Basement", by Steven Connelly
- "The Keys to the Gates",
by Gary K. Wolfe
- 2009 Award for Achievement in Wold Newton Studies
- 2009 Farmerphile Awards for Best Article & Artwork
- The Rite of Writing the Right Words
(Philip
José Farmer's Opening Lines)
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"The Bright
Heart of Eternity", by John Allen Small
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 06/2009 (44 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon V
Program booklet for the convention of June 25-27, 2010 in Seattle,
Washington. Held in conjunction with the Locus Awards Weekend and the
Hall of Fame Induction at the SF Museum.
Contents:
- FarmerCon History
- Who - What - Where - When
- "The Man of a Thousand
Heroes" by Paul Spiteri
- Past FarmerCon Programs
- "Philip
José Farmer on Roger Zelezny" (by PJF)
- The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (announcement)
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 06/2010, (16 unnumbered
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon VI Supplement
This year not a FarmerCon program booklet, but a special supplement in
the magazine that was published for PulpFest 2011. FarmerCon was taking
place at PulpFest, July 29-31, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio.
Contents of the supplement:
- "So, Just Who Is Philip
José Farmer Anyway", by Michael Croteau
- FarmerCon VI Programming
- Meteor House Presents: The
Worlds of Philip José Farmer - Of Dust and Souls.
Includes the following small excerpts of three stories:
- "Strangers &
Brothers"
- "Skinburn"
- "Kwasin and the Bear
God"
- The
Pulpster No. 20, July 2011
[Magazine, published for PulpFest 2011. Edited by Tony Davis. The Pulpster has a
four page 'FarmerCon VI Supplement'.]
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Gladney |
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon VII
Program booklet for the convention of August 9-12, 2012 in Columbus,
Ohio. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2012.
Contents:
- FarmerCon VIII: Schedule of Events
- "Closing the Khokarsa Cycle - The Story of a Song" by uncredited
[= Christopher
Paul Carey?]
-
"The Wold Newton Family and Universe - An Introduction" by
uncredited [=
Win
Scott Eckert?]
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"The
Princess of Terra" by Charlotte
Corday Marat (= PJF)
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 08/2012, 20 pages
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Eggleton |
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon VIII
Program booklet for the convention of July 25-28, 2013 in Columbus,
Ohio. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2013.
Contents:
- FarmerCon VIII: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon VIII: Even More Thing to Do
- "Through the Seventh Gate"
by Christopher Paul Carey
- "Excerpt from The Scarlet Jaguar"
by Win Scott Eckert
- "Afterword to Doc Savage Omnibus #13"
by Philip José Farmer
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 07/2013, (20 unnumbered
pages)
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Burton |
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon IX
Program booklet for the convention of August 7-10, 2014 in Columbus,
Ohio. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2014.
Contents:
- FarmerCon IX: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon IX: Even More Thing to Do
- "Voyage to Strange Days"
by Michael Croteau
- "The Foundation of Kôr",
interview with Christopher Paul
Carey
- "Announcing The
Monster on Hold by PJF and Win Scott Eckert"
- "Introduction"
and "The Monster on
Hold", by Philip José Farmer
- Meteor House/Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 08/2014,
(24 unnumbered pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon X
Program booklet for the convention that was held from August 13-16,
2015 in Columbus, Ohio. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2015.
Contents:
- FarmerCon X: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon X: Even More Thing to Do
- An Interview with
Christopher Paul Carey, by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga
- The Evolution of Meteor House's Signed Limited Edition Novellas
- "The Freshman",
story by Philip José Farmer
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 08/2015, (28 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon XI
Program booklet for the convention that was held from July 21-24, 2016
in Columbus, Ohio. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2016.
Contents:
- FarmerCon XI: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon XI: Even More Thing to Do
- An
Interview with Danny Adams, by Michael Croteau
- Collaborating with Philip José Farmer (The FarmerCon Panel)
- "Getting Ready to Write:
A Polytropical Paramyth" by Philip José Farmer
& Paul Spiteri
- Meteor House, pamphlet, 07/2016 (18 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon XII
Program booklet for the convention that was held from July 27-30, 2017
in Pittsburgh, PA. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2017.
Contents:
- FarmerCon XII: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon XII: Even More Thing to Do
- "A
Slender Tribute to a Big Man", by Philip José
Farmer
- "Man of War—A Two Hawks Adventure (Interview with Heidi
Ruby Miller)", by Michael Croteau
- "Looking Ahead to 2018", by Paul Spiteri
- Meteor House, pamphlet, 07/2017 (14 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon 100 (1-2-3)
Three program booklets for the 13th FarmerCon that was held on July
26-29, 2018
in Pittsburgh, PA. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018. The program
book was divided in three pamphlets, each one with a part of the
continuous cover illustration done by Keith Howell.
See here the complete
cover.
FarmerCon
100 (1), contents:
- FarmerCon 100: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon 100: Even More Thing to Do
- "Philip
José
Farmer: Daring", by Darrell Schweitzer
- "The 1970s excerpt",
by Michael Croteau
-
"An
Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke", by Philip
José Farmer
[Only the Introduction
to the interview, and the "Editor's Note".]
FarmerCon 100 (2),
contents:
- "Philip José
Farmer: A Remembrance", by Christopher Paul Carey
- "A Brief History of FarmerCon", by Leo Queequeg Tincrowder
[Who and why
using this pseudonym is beyond me... Tincrowder is also spelled wrong:
it is Tincrowdor.]
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"Sexual
Implications of the Charge of the Light Brigade", by
Philip
José Farmer
FarmerCon
100 (3), contents:
- "The Truth of the Nine",
by Frank Schildiner
- "FarmerCon Memories" (photo page)
- "The Light-Hog Incident",
by Philip José Farmer
- "FarmerCon 100 Word Search" (puzzle)
- Meteor House, 3 pamphlets, 07/2018 (10+10+10
unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - FarmerCon XIV
Program booklet for the convention that was held on August 15-18, 2019
in Pittsburgh, PA. Held in conjunction with PulpFest 2019.
Contents:
- FarmerCon XIV: Schedule of Events
- FarmerCon XIV: Even More Thing to Do
- "My Friends, Phil and Bette", by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D.
- "The Grant-Robeson Papers", by Philip José
Farmer
- "A Daring Tribute", by Don Simpson
- "Afterword to Greatheart Silver in Showdown at Shootout", by Philip José Farmer
- "To Write a Hero", by Paul Spiteri
- Meteor House, pamphlet, 08/2019 (18 unnumbered
pages)
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - Living Legend Reception
This reception was held on May 19, 2001 in honor of Philip
José Farmer receiving the 2001
Grand Master Award. This booklet is a report of the event,
with many photos. It also contains the announcement of the SFWA
president, that PJF is the Grand Master for 2001, and a photo of the
award.
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 05/2001, (24
unnumbered pages)
[Privately published by Michael Croteau.]
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Croteau,
Michael (editor) - The Lovers
A nice chapbook published on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary Celebration
of "The Lovers"
on August 10, 2002 in Peoria. It was given for free to the people
attending the celebration. It contains original art, reprinted letters
about "The Lovers" from the magazines short after its first publication
in 1952, a portrait of Phil by Harlan
Ellison, many letters from
other science fiction authors congratulating Phil with this
anniversary, and the text of the plaque that Farmer received during the
celebration from the International Philip José Farmer Fan
Club.
- Michael Croteau, pamphlet, 08/2002, 24
pages
[Privately published by Michael Croteau.]
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Knapp,
Lawrence - The First Editions of Philip José Farmer
Bibliography. Very useful at the time of publication, although is
misses several (non-fiction) items. It lists As You
Desire as a published book, it's not!
- David G. Turner, pamphlet, 06/1976, 8 pages, $ 1.50
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Nuninga,
Zacharias L.A. - Philip José Farmer - Bibliography
A privately published and very limited edition. Comprehensive
bibliography, it lists all known editions and translations, short
fiction, non fiction and covers much else by and about Farmer. It
was the start for this website
eventually.
- Zacharias
L.A. Nuninga, pamphlet, -/1989, 26 pages
[Privately published by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga.]
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Small,
John Allen - The Beast
and Other Secret Histories
Subtitle: Writings
Inspired By The Father Of The Wold Newton Mythos.
A collection of Wold Newton Universe essays, with which Small
celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Philip José
Farmer.
Contents:
- "Introduction"
- "The Beast"
- "The Phelps Dossier"
- "The Forgotten Sackett"
- "Kiss of the Vampire"
- "The Eugenics War: Declassified"
- "A Case of a Case of Secret Identity Recased"
- "The Questor File"
- "The Bat, the Hornet and the Shadow"
- "Fogg the Third"
- "The Super Friends-Scooby Doo Counter-Revolution Polka"
- "The Bright Heart of
Eternity"
- Ethan Books, ISBN 1-9740-8812-X, trade paperback,
04/2018, 146 pages, $10.00
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Stephensen-Payne,
Phil and Benson Jr., Gordon - Philip José Farmer:
Good-Natured
Ground Breaker
A very comprehensive bibliography. It covers in eighteen sections all
the works by and about Farmer through 1990. One of the best
bibliographies of Farmer's work on paper.
- Galactic Central, pamphlet, 03/1987
[First draft.]
- Galactic Central, ISBN 0-912613-11-4, pamphlet,
08/1988,
23 pages, £ 1.75 / $ 3.00
[Updated and corrected version.]
- Galactic
Central (Volume 23), ISBN 1-871133-22-X, pamphlet, 07/1990, 63 pages,
£ 2.75 / $
4.50
[2nd Revised Edition.]
- Borgo
Press, ISBN ?, hardcover, -/1990, 63 pages
[Intended for libraries only.]
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