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Philip José Farmer

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Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Peoria, Illinois. A voracious reader, Farmer decided in the fourth grade that he wanted to be a writer. For a number of years he worked as a technical writer to pay the bills, but science fiction allowed him to apply his knowledge and passion for history, anthropology, and the other sciences to works of mind-boggling originality and scope.

His first published novella, “The Lovers” (1952), earned him the Hugo Award for best new author. He won a second Hugo and was nominated for the Nebula Award for the 1967 novella “Riders of the Purple Wage,” a prophetic literary satire about a futuristic, cradle-to-grave welfare state. His best-known works include the Riverworld books, the World of Tiers series, the Dayworld Trilogy, and literary pastiches of such fictional pulp characters as Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes. He was one of the first writers to take these characters and their origin stories and mold them into wholly new works. His short fiction is also highly regarded.

In 2001, Farmer won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and was named Grand Master by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

Philip José Farmer Books

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The Wounded

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Venus on the Half-Shell book cover

Venus on the Half-Shell

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Flesh book cover

Flesh

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A Feast Unknown book cover

A Feast Unknown

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Lord of the Trees

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Lord Tyger

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Time's Last Gift

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The Adventure of the Peerless Peer

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The Wind Whales of Ishmael book cover

The Wind Whales of Ishmael

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The Other Log of Phileas Fogg book cover

The Other Log of Phileas Fogg

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Hadon of Ancient Opar

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Daughter

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The Unreasoning Mask

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Two Hawks from Earth

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Storm Season

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Shadows of Sanctuary

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Wings of Omen

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Thieves' World®

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Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn

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The Face of Chaos

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