Venus on the Half Shell and Others by Philip José Farmer (Subterranean Press, February 2008, 978-1-59606-142-2, $38.00, 325pp, hc, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [edited by Christopher Paul Carey]
Collection of the novel Venus on the Half Shell (Dell 1975 as by Kilgore Trout), a bio of Trout, and eight stories, all written as by various fictional authors. Farmer provides a foreword on “Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout.” Edited and with general and story introductions by Christopher Paul Carey. Foreword by Tom Wode Bellman. A signed, slipcased edition of 125 numbered copies ($125.00) and a lettered, traycased edition of 26 signed copies ($300.00) are also available.
- 13 · Introduction · Christopher Paul Carey · in
- 15 · Foreword · Tom Wode Bellman · fw
- 21 · Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout · Philip José Farmer · fw from Venus on the Half-Shell, Bantam Spectra, September 1988
- 27 · Venus on the Half-Shell · Philip José Farmer · n. Dell, 1975, as by Kilgore Trout
- 161 · The Obscure Life and Hard Times of Kilgore Trout · Philip José Farmer · ar Moebius Trip December 1971
- 173 · The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod · Philip José Farmer · ss Broadside October/November/December 1968
- 179 · The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others [Wold Newton; A.J. Raffles; Sherlock Holmes] · Philip José Farmer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1975, as by Harry Manders
- 205 · The Volcano · Philip José Farmer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1976, as by Paul Chapin
- 219 · Osiris on Crutches · Philip José Farmer & Leo Q. Tincrowdor · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 6 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1976
- 229 · The Phantom of the Sewers · Philip José Farmer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1978, as “It’s the Queen of Darkness, Pal” by Rod Keen
- 247 · A Hole in Hell [Riverworld] · Philip José Farmer · ss Tales of Riverworld ed. Philip José Farmer, Warner Questar, 1992, as by Dane Helstrom
- 253 · The Last Rise of Nick Adams · Philip José Farmer · ss Popular Culture #1, 1977, as “The Impotency of Bad Karma” by Cordwainer Bird
- 263 · The Adventure of the Peerless Peer [Tarzan; Sherlock Holmes] · Philip José Farmer · n. 1974, as by John H. Watson, M.D.
- 325 · Philip José Farmer as Fictional Author: A Chronological Bibliography · Christopher Paul Carey · bi
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