Pearls from Peoria by Philip José Farmer (Subterranean Press, August 2006, 1-59606-059-X, $45.00, 773pp, hc, co) [edited by Paul Spiteri]
Collection of fiction and non-fiction, with 23 stories, six original (including an unfinished draft, a story treatment, and a chapter from a projected novel); 37 non-fiction pieces, three original; and eight poems. Afterwords by Michael Croteau and editor Paul Spiteri. Artists Keith Howell, Charles Berlin, Jason Robert Bell, and Mario Zecca comment on their illustrations. This trade edition and a limited edition (100 signed, leatherbound copies, $150.00) are both sold out; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($300.00) is still available.
- 11 · Myths and Paramyths
- 13 · Nobody’s Perfect · Philip José Farmer · ss The Ultimate Dracula ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991
- 25 · Wolf, Iron and Moth · Philip José Farmer · ss The Ultimate Werewolf ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 37 · Evil, Be My Good · Philip José Farmer · ss World Fantasy Convention 1990, Weird Tales Ltd., 1990
- 49 · Mother Earth Wants You · Philip José Farmer · ss And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972
- 63 · Opening the Door · Philip José Farmer · ss Children of Infinity ed. Roger Elwood, Franklin Watts, 1973
- 71 · The Wounded · Philip José Farmer · ss Fantastic Universe October 1954
- 77 · Heel · Philip José Farmer · ss If May 1960
- 91 · Ralph von Wau Wau
- 93 · A Scarletin Study [Ralph von Wau Wau] · Philip José Farmer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1975, as by Jonathan Swift Somers, III
- 119 · The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight [Ralph von Wau Wau] · Philip José Farmer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976, as by Jonathan Swift Somers, III
- 157 · Jonathan Swift Somers III: Cosmic Traveller in a Wheelchair [Ralph von Wau Wau] · Philip José Farmer · ar Scintillation June 1977
- 167 · Lost Futures
- 169 · Seventy Years of Decpop · Philip José Farmer · na Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1972
- 213 · Fundamental Issue · Philip José Farmer · nv Amazing Science Fiction Stories December 1976
- 237 · Some Fabulous Yonder · Philip José Farmer · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1963
- 281 · Planet Pickers · Philip José Farmer · uw
unfinished early draft of story later published as ‘Some Fabulous Yonder’.
- 295 · The Terminalization of J.G. Ballard, Considered as a Fall Off a Barstool, Or, Why I Want to Dick Dick · Philip José Farmer · ss [Ref. J. G. Ballard]
- 301 · Psychological Tales
- 303 · The Blind Rowers · Philip José Farmer · ss Knight March 1967
- 315 · Hunter’s Moon · Philip José Farmer · ss
- 327 · The Rise Gotten · Philip José Farmer · ss
- 341 · The Good of the Land · Philip José Farmer · vi RG Magazine (Bermuda) October/November 2002
- 345 · O’Brien and Obrenov · Philip José Farmer · nv Adventure March 1946
- 365 · Doc Savage
- 367 · Writing Doc’s Biography · Philip José Farmer · ar Pulp July 1973, as “Writing the Biography of Doc Savage”
- 377 · Foreword · Philip José Farmer · is Weird Heroes Volume Eight ed. Byron Preiss, Jove, 1977, as “The Grant-Robeson Papers”
- 379 · Savage Shadow [Doc Savage] · Maxwell Grant (by Philip José Farmer) · nv Weird Heroes Volume Eight ed. Byron Preiss, Jove, 1977
- 421 · Doc Savage and the Cult of the Blue God [Doc Savage] · Philip José Farmer · pl; a screenplay treatment based on the Doc Savage books by Kenneth Robeson.
- 463 · The Monster on Hold [Doc Savage] · Philip José Farmer · ex World Fantasy Convention 1983 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd., 1983
- 475 · Tarzan and ERB
- 477 · The Princess of Terra · Charlotte Corday-Marat · fa [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 483 · The Golden Age and the Brass · Philip José Farmer · ar Burroughs Bulletin #12, 1956 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 487 · An Appreciation of Edgar Rice Burroughs · Philip José Farmer · ar 20th Century Fiction ed. George Woodcock, Gale/St.James, 1985 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 489 · The Arms of Tarzan (The English Nobleman whom Edgar Rice Burroughs called John Clayton, Lord Greystoke) · Philip José Farmer · ar Burroughs Bulletin Summer 1971 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
originally presented as a speech at the Dum-Dum banquet on Burrough’s day, 1970.
- 505 · The Two Lord Ruftons · Philip José Farmer · ar The Baker Street Journal December 1971 [Ref. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
- 509 · A Reply to “The Red Herring” · Philip José Farmer · ar ERBania December 1971 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 515 · The Great Korak Time Discrepancy · Philip José Farmer · ar ERBdom April 1972 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 525 · The Lord Mountford Mystery · Philip José Farmer · ar ERBdom December 1972 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 529 · From ERB to Ygg · Philip José Farmer · ar ERBivore August 1973 (+1) [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 541 · A Language for Opar · Philip José Farmer · ar ERBdom #75, 1974 [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 547 · The Purple Distance: A Foreword · Philip José Farmer · ar [Ref. Edgar Rice Burroughs]
- 553 · PJF on SF
- 555 · The Source of the River · Philip José Farmer · ar Moebius Trip Library’s S.F. Echo April 1975, as “Some Comments”
response to Randall Hagan’s “The Possible Subconscious Source of Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld” in the same issue.
- 559 · A Rough Knight for the Queen · Philip José Farmer · ar
- 615 · The Journey as the Revelation of the Unknown · Philip José Farmer · ar The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. James Gunn, Viking, 1988
- 621 · The Josés from Rio · Philip José Farmer · ar Luna #6, 1969, as “Report”
- 629 · Getting A-Long with Heinlein · Philip José Farmer · ar Moebius Trip Library’s S.F. Echo January 1974 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein]
- 637 · God’s Hat · Philip José Farmer · ar Heavy Metal September 1981, as “Farmer on Wilson” [Ref. Robert Anton Wilson]
- 639 · To Forry Ackerman, the Wizard of Sci-Fi · Philip José Farmer · ar 1974 Lunacon Program Book, Lunacon, 1974 [Ref. Forrest J Ackerman]
- 643 · Pornograms and Supercomputers · Philip José Farmer · br New York Times Book Review September 2 1984 [Ref. Stanislaw Lem]
- 645 · A Review of Chrysalis · Philip José Farmer · br Algol Spring 1978 [Ref. Roy Torgeson]
- 649 · Review of The Prometheus Project · Philip José Farmer · br Science Fiction Review #39, August 1970 [Ref. Gerald Feinberg]
- 651 · Review of How the Wizard Came to Oz · Philip José Farmer · br Locus September 1992 [Ref. Donald Abbott]
- 653 · Oft Have I Travelled · Philip José Farmer · ar The Pontine Dossier April 1969 [Ref. August Derleth]
- 655 · White Whales, Raintrees, Flying Saucers… · Philip José Farmer · ed Fantastic Universe July 1954
- 657 · IF R.I.P. · Philip José Farmer · ar Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Bluejay, 1986, as “Memoir”
- 661 · The Tin Woodman Slams the Door [Oz] · Philip José Farmer · ar Destiny Summer 1954
- 663 · Witches and Gnomes and Talking Animals, Oh My · Philip José Farmer · ar 20th Century Fiction ed. George Woodcock, Gale/St.James, 1985, as “L. Frank Baum” [Ref. L. Frank Baum]
- 665 · Suffer a Witch to Live · Philip José Farmer · in The Ultimate Witch ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993, as “Introduction”
- 671 · Poems
- 673 · Imagination · Philip José Farmer · pm America Sings: 6th Edition, National Poetry Association, 1949
- 674 · Good but Not Good Enough · Philip José Farmer · pm Bradley Quarterly August 1949
- 675 · The Pterodactyl · Philip José Farmer · pm Skyhook Winter 1952
- 676 · Sestina of the Space Rocket · Philip José Farmer · pm Startling Stories February 1953
- 678 · Beauty in This Iron Age · Philip José Farmer · pm Starlanes Fall 1953
- 679 · In Common · Philip José Farmer · pm Starlanes April 1954
- 680 · Black Squirrel on Cottonwood Limb’s Tip · Philip José Farmer · pm Skyhook Winter 1954
- 682 · Job’s Leviathan · Philip José Farmer · pm JD Argassy #58, 1961
- 683 · PJF on PJF
- 685 · Maps and Spasms · Philip José Farmer · bg Fantastic Lives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Southern Illinois University Press, 1981
- 719 · Religion and Myth · Philip José Farmer · si The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. Brian Ash, Pan, 1977
- 721 · Creating Artificial Worlds · Philip José Farmer · ar Pulsar! Summer 1979
text of a speech given April 19, 1978 in a series of lectures, called “Facts About Science Fiction: The Writers Speak” at the University of California at Berkeley.
- 733 · Phonemics · Philip José Farmer · ar Gegenschein #27, 1976
- 735 · Lovers and Otherwise · Philip José Farmer · ar Fantastic Worlds Spring 1953
- 745 · A Fimbulwinter Introduction · Philip José Farmer · ar Apart August 1976
- 747 · On a Mountain Upside Down · Philip José Farmer · ar JD Argassy June 25 1960
- 755 · On PJF
- 757 · The Mother of Pearl · Michael Croteau & Paul Spiteri · aw
- 763 · The Artwork and the Artists · [uncredited] · bg
- 771 · Photo Montages · Various · pi
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