The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection, Hardcover/Philip Jose Farmer

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Description To mark Philip Jos Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades, The Philip Jos Farmer Centennial Collection goes far beyond the typical "best of" anthology by including classic science fiction, poems, articles, tributes, speeches, and more, all from Farmer's magic pen. This mammoth collection boasts an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, and a bibliography by Zacharias L. A. Nuninga, while each decade features a synopsis of the Grand Master's life and career. At well over 900 pages, this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians, and is available in trade paperback and hardcover, featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley. TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction by Joe R. Lansdale Foreword by Tracy Knight The 1940s Bradley Brave Sees New York O'Brien and Obrenov Imagination The 1950s The Lovers Sail On Sail On Sestina of the Space Rocket Mother Lovers and Otherwise Attitudes Totem and Taboo The Tin Woodman Slams the Door The 1960s On a Mountain Upside Down Uproar in Acheron The King of the Beasts Riverworld The Blind Rowers Riders of the Purple Wage The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown) Kickaha's Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos) The Jos s From Rio The 1970s Only Who Can Make a Tree The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind After King Kong Fell Writing Doc's Biography Sherlock Holmes & Sufism The Problem of the Sore Bridge--Among Others To the Wizard of Sci-Fi A Fimbulwinter Introduction Osiris on Crutches Phonemics The Last Rise of Nick Adams The Freshman Creating Artificial Worlds The 1980s The Making of Revelation, Part 1 Buddha Contemplates His Novel The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle The Man Who Came for Christmas Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz) The Peoria-Colored W