Philip José Farmer Books In Order
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The Maker of Universes | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gates of Creation | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Private Cosmos | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Behind the Walls of Terra | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lavalite World | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Orc's Rage | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Than Fire | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Herald Childe Books
Image of the Beast | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blown | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Traitor to the Living | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith Books
A Feast Unknown | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lord of the Trees | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mad Goblin | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Opar Books
Hadon of Ancient Opar | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flight to Opar | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Dayworld Books
Dayworld | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dayworld Rebel | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dayworld Breakup | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Riverworld Books
To Your Scattered Bodies Go | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fabulous Riverboat | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Design | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Magic Labyrinth | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gods of Riverworld | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
River of Eternity | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Tarzan Books
Publication Order of Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon Books
Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Tower | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lake of Fire | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Valley of Thunder | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Final Battle | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hidden City | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dungeon | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon Vol. 6, The Final Battle | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of SF Authors Choice Books
SF Authors' Choice 2 | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
SF Authors' Choice 3 | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Books
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
War of the Worlds | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Rat of Sumatra | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock vs Dracula | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stalwart Companions | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ectoplasmic Man | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Whitechapel Horrors | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seventh Bullet | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seance for a Vampire | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Angel of the Opera | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Titanic Tragedy | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Star of India | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Scroll of the Dead | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man from Hell | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haunting of Torre Abbey | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Veiled Detective | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Web Weaver | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Grimswell Curse | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil's Promise | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Albino's Treasure | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The White Worm | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ripper Legacy | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder at Sorrow's Crown | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Counterfeit Detective | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moonstone's Curse | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Imagination Theatre's Sherlock Holmes of Scripts From The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Improbable Prisoner | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Devil and the Four | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Instrument of Death | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1: 1881-1891 | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Martian Menace | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Venerable Tiger | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Crusader's Curse | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Thieves' World Books
Thieves' World | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows of Sanctuary | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Storm Season | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Face of Chaos | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wings of Omen | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead of Winter | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Soul of the City | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Ties | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aftermath | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Uneasy Alliances | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stealers' Sky | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sanctuary | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Turning Points | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enemies of Fortune | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Standalone Novels
The Green Odyssey | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Woman a Day / The Day of Timestop / Timestop! | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flesh | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lovers | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cache from Outer Space | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fire and the Night | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Inside Outside | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tongues of the Moon | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dare | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Of Light | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gate of Time / Two Hawks from Earth | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Day of Timestop | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lord Tyger | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stone God Awakens | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Love Song | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time's Last Gift | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wind Whales of Ishmael | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Venus on the Half-Shell | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ironcastle | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jesus on Mars | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unreasoning Mask | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stations of the Nightmare | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Greatheart Silver | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Barnstormer in Oz | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nothing Burns in Hell | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Caterpillar's Question | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The City Beyond Play | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Evil in Pemberley House | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Up From The Bottomless Pit | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Stories/Novellas
Queen of the Deep | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heel & The Wounded | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rastignac the Devil | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Story Collections
They Twinkled Like Jewels | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strange Relations | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alley God | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Down in the Black Gang | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Philip José Farmer | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riverworld War | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Father to the Stars | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cache | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Purple Book | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Grand Adventure | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1952-1964 | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1964-1973 | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riders of the Purple Wage | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Philip José Farmer | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pearls from Peoria | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Up From The Bottomless Pit And Other Stories | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riverworld and Other Stories | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Met Tarzan | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Oz-Story Magazine Books
Oz-Story 1 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oz-Story 2 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oz-Story 3 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oz-Story 4 | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oz-Story 5 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oz-Story 6 | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Microcosmic God | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Orbit 3 | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous Visions | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Backdrop of Stars | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alpha 3 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Orbit 11 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Demon Kind | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bug-Eyed Monsters | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Continuum 1 | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jack the Knife: Tales of Jack the Ripper | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Heroes Volume 2 | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Award Stories Ten | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Heroes Volume 6 | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chrysalis Volume 2 | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows of Sanctuary | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Monster Book of Monsters | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Semiotext SF | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales Of Riverworld | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Science Fiction Century | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Naked Came the Farmer | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Worlds of Philip José Farmer: Protean Dimensions | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Philip Jose Farmer was a prolific American novelist well known for writing fantasy and science fiction books and short stories. He had written several mind-blowing book series in his career and is best remembered for the Riverworld and World of Tiers series. Farmer is regarded as one of the pioneers of using religious and sexual themes in his stories. He is noted for the reworking of, and for being fascinated towards the mythology of celebrated pulp heroes as well as his tongue-in-cheek works written using pseudonyms that appear to have been written by the fictional characters. He was believed to have used over a dozen pen names. Author Farmer was known for mixing classical and real worlds and fictional characters and fake and real authors. He would often describe the fictional characters as real people & blood relatives and the outcome of a secret alien conspiracy. Farmer was often compared to Ray Bradbury. A literary critic named Leslie Fielder saw both the authors are provincial eccentrics and as writers who loved to strain science fiction’s classic limits.
Farmer is seen as more distinctive out of the two as he managed to be sophisticated and naive in his unusual blending of adventure, pornography, and theology. Author Farmer was born on January 26, 1919, in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, while his death occurred on February 25, 2009, in Peoria, Illinois, US. Some of his popular works include the book series WOld Newton, Dayworld, World of Tiers, Secrets of the Nine, Riverworld, etc. Farmer was brought up in Peoria, where he studied at the Peoria High School. When he was small, he used to be a voracious reader. He found his interest in writing as early as in the 4th grade. At 14 years of age, Farmer turned into an agnostic. He entered into marriage and subsequently became the father of a couple of kids by the time he reached the age of 23. Farmer continued his education while working in a steel mill and eventually obtained his BA degree in English in 1950 from the Bradley University. He tasted literary success for the first time with his 1952 novella called The Lovers. This novella helped him to win his first Hugo Award in the category of the most promising new author.
The success encouraged him to take up writing as a full-time job and quit working in the steel mill. Later, Farmer participated in a publisher’s competition and won the first prize and $4,000 for the book, Owe for the Flesh. This book later served as the basis for his Riverworld series. Even though Farmer earned a lot of literary success in the early days of his writing career, he could not gain financial security. So, he chose to leave Peoria with the intention of becoming a technical writer in 1956. For the next 14 years, he worked on that post for many defense contractors in Syracuse, Los Angeles, and various other places. He continued to write science fiction during his free time. In 1967, Farmer won his 2nd Hugo Award. This success motivated him to start writing full time again. He returned to Peoria in 1970. This decision proved to be the most beneficial one for his life and career as Farmer published a total of 25 books in a period of 10 years. A year later, he won the Hugo Award again and went to write many more successful books. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by World Fantasy and was made the SFWA Grand Master in 2001. After his death in 2009, Farmer left behind his wife Bette, 2 children, 5 grandchildren.
The Riverworld series written by author Philip Jose Farmer is comprised of 5books in total published between 1971 and 1983. The first 4 novels of the series constitute one story, while the fifth book is a sequel to the first story. The novels feature the main character in the form of Richard Francis Burton, Hermann Goring, Sam Clemens, John Lackland, Joe Miller, Cyrano de Bergerac, La Viro, Alice Liddell, etc. The debut book of the series is entitled ‘To Your Scattered Bodies Go’. It was published by Del Rey in 1998, after its first release in 1971. The novel begins by introducing Sir Richard Francis Burton as a well-known adventurer. After his death, he awakens near the shore of an endless river on an alien planet with no clothes on his body.
Sometime later, Burton discovers that all the humans who die on Earth get resurrected on the foreign planet. And every individual is provided with a non-destructible container, which provides them with alcoholic beverages, regular meals, cigarettes, a strange lipstick tube, and a lighter. Burton wonders why they are provided with all these stuff and who has provided them. Determined to unravel the mystery of the Riverworld saga, Burton joins several other adventurers to make a boat. They set out to find the source of the river, which is believed to be many million miles away. During the course of their journey, the adventures face many hardships. With the arrival of the Mysterious Stranger, the quest gains strength and moves forward. After interacting with the mysterious being, Burton learns that he belongs to the group that is responsible for the creation of the Riverworld. He also comes to know that the adventures must make it the headwaters of the river to prevent an experiment from taking place which will ensure that all the dead humans will achieve death in the real sense.
The next book in the series is called ‘The Fabulous Riverboat’. It was also re-released by the Del Rey publication in 1998. This novel introduces Sam Clemens as a riverboat captain and the man uniquely suited for finding the river’s headwaters. Clemens comes across a mysterious being called X, who was a part of the Riverworld creators’ group, but turned into a rebel later. He informs him where he can get large iron deposits and other required materials for building the greatest riverboat. Clemens thinks that it will help him greatly in battling the difficulties in the path. Later, he learns that he is not the only one looking to get hold of the giant meteorite. When he considered surrounded on all sides by enemy forces, Clemens decides to enter into a deadly pact with John Lackland, a notorious English monarch. He gets help from a guardian angel named Joe Miller, a big subhuman. He proves to be an invaluable aid as he provides necessary information about the hiding place of the Riverworld creators inside a mysterious tower. He also assists in the making the riverboat and sets himself on the important mission with Clemens.
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