Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6) is an original collection featuring a short novel and other short fiction by American science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It was edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer between 2005 and 2007.[1] It includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.[2]
Cover of first edition (hardcover) | |
Editor | Christopher Paul Carey |
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Author | Philip Jose Farmer |
Illustrator | Jason Robert Bell Charles Berlin Keith Howell Karl Kauffman Shannon Robicheaux |
Cover artist | Charles Berlin & Keith Howell |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Subterranean Press |
Publication date | 2007 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 373 pp |
ISBN | 978-1-59606-128-6 |
OCLC | 180152497 |
Contents
edit- "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" by Christopher Paul Carey
- Up from the Bottomless Pit (novel)
- "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto"
- "The Essence of the Poison"
- "Keep Your Mouth Shut"
- "The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs"
- "The Doll Game"
- "The Rebels Unthawed"
- "The Frames"
- "The Light-Hog Incident"
- "The Unnaturals"
- "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia"
- "A Peoria Night"
- "I Still Live!"
- "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli"
- "Why Do I Write?"
Notes
editSources
edit- Carey, Christopher Paul. (2007) "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" in Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories by Philip José Farmer, Burton, MI: Subterranean Press. ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6
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