Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.
Farmer is best known for his sequences of novel — especially the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for — and reworking of — the lore of celebrated pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters.
Philip José Farmer is also well known for remixing classic fictional characters, worlds, and both real and fake authors. This is epitomized with his Wold Newton family group of books that tie all classic fictional characters together as real people and blood relatives resulting from an alien conspiracy; his works such as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life make Farmer the ultimate grandfather of the modern literary mashup. - Wikipedia
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American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, general, World of tiers (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction in English, World of Tiers (Imaginary place), Science fiction, American, Short stories, American literature, Characters, Fiction, fantasy, general, Kickaha (Fictitious character), Kickaha (fictitious character), fiction, Red orc (fictitious character), fiction, American Adventure stories, American Detective and mystery stories, English Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, History and criticism, Overpopulation, Phileas Fogg (Fictitious character), Red Orc (Fictitious character)People
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), Eugene Foster, Herman Goering, Lester Dent (1904-1959), Mrs Foster, Richard Francis Burton, Sherlock HolmesID Numbers
- OLID: OL220398A
- ISNI: 0000000114432064
- VIAF: 46760781
- Wikidata: Q296256
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q296256
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- Kenneth Robeson
- Philip Jose Farmer
- Kilgore Trout
- Jonathan Swift Somers III
- Cordwainer Bird
- Paul Chapin
- Maxwell Grant
- Dane Helstrom
- Rod Keen
- Harry 'Bunny' Manders
- John H. Watson MD
- Philip José Farmer
- William Norfolk
- Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor
- Philip José FARMER
- Philip Josè Farmer
- Farmer Philip-Jose
- FARMER PHILIP JOSE
- PHILIP JOSE FARMER
- Philip José Farmer [Kenneth Robeson]
- Philip Jose Farmer
- Philip José Farmer
- philip jose farmer
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