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Philip José Farmer

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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Born 26 January 1918
Died 25 February 2009

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  • Cover of: To Your Scattered Bodies Go

    Cover of edition toyourscatteredb0000unse First published in 1971 — 25 editions
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  • Cover of: The World of Tiers: The Maker of Universes, the Gates of Creation, a Private Cosmos (World of Tiers)

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  • Cover of: The dark design

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  • Cover of: The Lavalite World

    First published in 1977 — 6 editions
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Born 26 January 1918
Died 25 February 2009

Subjects

Fiction, science fiction, general, American Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, general, Science fiction, Riverworld (imaginary place), fiction, World of tiers (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction in English, World of Tiers (Imaginary place), Science fiction, American, Fiction, action & adventure, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Kickaha (fictitious character), fiction, Red orc (fictitious character), fiction, Africa, in literature, American Fantasy fiction, American literature, Burroughs, edgar rice, 1875-1950, Characters, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Kickaha (Fictitious character)

Places

Africa, England, Illinois, Ethiopia, New York, Paris, Peoria, Peoria (Ill.), Riverworld

People

Doc Savage, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), Eugene Foster, Herman Goering, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Lester Dent (1904-1959), Mrs Foster, Richard Francis Burton, Robert Wolff, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character)

Time

Sci-Fi, futurist, futuristic

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Alternative names

  • 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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