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Philip José Farmer

Born

in Terre Haute, Indiana, The United States

January 26, 1918

Died

February 25, 2009

Website

http://www.pjfarmer.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Philip José Farmer was an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent much of his life in Peoria, Illinois.

Farmer is best known for his Riverworld series and the earlier World of Tiers series. He is noted for his use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for and reworking of the lore of legendary pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters.

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Philip José Farmer’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 111,577 ratings · 5,750 reviews · 614 distinct works • Similar authors

	To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 33,508 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld #2) 3.87 avg rating — 11,145 ratings — published 1971 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Design (Riverworld, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 6,257 ratings — published 1977 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Labyrinth (Riverworld, #4) 3.69 avg rating — 4,937 ratings — published 1980 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods of Riverworld (Riverworld, #5) 3.61 avg rating — 4,011 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maker of Universes (World of Tiers, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,147 ratings — published 1965 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riverworld: To Your Scattered Bodies Go/The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld, #1-2) 3.85 avg rating — 1,674 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dayworld (Dayworld, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 1,714 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Walls of Terra (World of Tiers, #4) 3.87 avg rating — 1,255 ratings — published 1970 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Private Cosmos (World of Tiers, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 1967	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Philip José Farmer

Riverworld (5 books)
by

Philip José Farmer

3.85 avg rating — 63,192 ratings

World of Tiers (7 books)
by

Philip José Farmer

3.87 avg rating — 9,388 ratings

Wold Newton (7 books)
by

Philip José Farmer

3.67 avg rating — 3,526 ratings

Dayworld (3 books)
by

Philip José Farmer

3.63 avg rating — 2,840 ratings

Secrets of the Nine (4 books)
by

Philip José Farmer,

Win Scott Eckert (Goodreads Author) (Afterword)

3.70 avg rating — 1,191 ratings

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Quotes by Philip José Farmer (?)

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”
― Philip José Farmer

tags: imagination, writing

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“These people who expect to be saints in heaven, though they were not on Earth, have ignored the wisdom of the founders of the great religions. This wisdom is that the kingdom of heaven is within you and that you do not go to heaven unless you are already in it. The magic must be wrought by you and you alone. God has no fairy wand to tap the pig and turn it into a swan.

People ignore this. And those who believe in sinners burning in hell are, perhaps, not so much concerned with going to heaven as with being sure that sinners-–others-–roast forever in the flames.”
― phillip jose farmer

41 likes

“Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.”
― Philip José Farmer

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Polls

MAY SCIENCE FICTION: This poll decides which 2 books will move on to the run-off poll for our May SF Book of the Month

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

17 votes, 21.8%

When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger

12 votes, 15.4%

The Dervish House by Ian McDonald

11 votes, 14.1%

Kesrith by C.J. Cherryh

10 votes, 12.8%

Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson

9 votes, 11.5%

Archangel by Sharon Shinn

8 votes, 10.3%

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer

6 votes, 7.7%

The Quiet War by Paul J. McAuley

3 votes, 3.8%

The Myriad by R.M. Meluch

2 votes, 2.6%

78 total votes

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