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Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)

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Philip José Farmer was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana on January 26, 1918. He worked in a steel mill while attending Bradley University at night and writing in his spare time. In 1952, his story The Lovers, in which a human has sex with an alien, was published in a pulp magazine called toon meer Startling Stories and won him the Hugo Award in 1953 for most promising new author. He quit his job to become a full-time writer, but a string of misfortunes eventually forced him to take jobs as a manual laborer. He worked as a technical writer from 1956 to 1970, but continued writing science fiction. He finally found success in the 1960's with the Riverworld series. He wrote more than 75 books throughout his lifetime including the Dayworld series and the World of Tiers series. He also wrote short stories. He won the Hugo award for best novella in 1968 for Riders of the Purple Wage and for best novel in 1972 for To Your Scattered Bodies Go. In 1988, he was the recipient of the Writers of the Past Award and the Nova for best book for Riverworld. In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. He died on February 25, 2009 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Fotografie: Photo by Lars-Olov Strandberg, Fabula77, Denmark, 1977. Copyright © Lars-Olov Strandberg

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De rivierplaneet (1971) 3,677 exemplaren
De magische rivier (1971) 2,250 exemplaren
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De dagbreker (1985) 802 exemplaren
The maker of universes (1965) 737 exemplaren
Riverworld and Other Stories (1979) 603 exemplaren
The Gates of Creation (1966) 584 exemplaren
De heren van de kosmos (1967) 547 exemplaren
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1979) 536 exemplaren
Behind the Walls of Terra (1970) 514 exemplaren
The Lavalite World (1977) 469 exemplaren
Tarzan Alive (1972) 456 exemplaren
The Unreasoning Mask (1981) 442 exemplaren
Dark is the Sun (1979) 440 exemplaren
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Time's Last Gift (1972) — Auteur — 408 exemplaren
De nacht van het licht (1957) 393 exemplaren
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A Feast Unknown (1969) 389 exemplaren
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Traitor to the Living (1973) 329 exemplaren
Dare (1965) 316 exemplaren
Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974) 309 exemplaren
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Lord Tyger (1970) 301 exemplaren
A Barnstormer In Oz (1982) 292 exemplaren
Dayworld Breakup (1990) 287 exemplaren
Binnenste buiten (1964) 284 exemplaren
Red Orc's Rage (1991) 279 exemplaren
Het mes van de macht (1960) 272 exemplaren
The Image of the Beast [and Blown] (1979) 269 exemplaren
The Caterpillar's Question (1992) — Auteur — 260 exemplaren
Wereldoorlog op de Maan (1964) 257 exemplaren
Jesus on Mars (1979) 226 exemplaren
The Book of Philip Jose Farmer (1973) — Auteur — 224 exemplaren
Lord of the Trees / The Mad Goblin (1980) 223 exemplaren
Flight to Opar (1976) 215 exemplaren
More Than Fire (1993) 205 exemplaren
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer, 1952-1964 (1984) — Auteur — 198 exemplaren
De beeltenis van het beest (1968) — Auteur — 193 exemplaren
The gate of time (1966) 185 exemplaren
Two Hawks from Earth (1979) 185 exemplaren
Tales of Riverworld (1992) 180 exemplaren
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974) 175 exemplaren
Father to the Stars (1981) — Auteur — 172 exemplaren
Strange Relations (omnibus) (2006) 158 exemplaren
Stations of the Nightmare (1982) 148 exemplaren
Het verboden rijk (1959) 142 exemplaren
The Cache (1981) 123 exemplaren
De belustheid van het beest (1969) 121 exemplaren
The Purple Book (1982) 114 exemplaren
Lord of the Trees (1970) 106 exemplaren
Quest to Riverworld (1993) 106 exemplaren
Escape From Loki (1991) 92 exemplaren
Greatheart Silver (1982) 92 exemplaren
Backdrop of Stars (1968) — Medewerker — 91 exemplaren
Ironcastle (1922) 90 exemplaren
The Mad Goblin (1970) 86 exemplaren
World of Tiers (1965) 81 exemplaren
Nothing Burns in Hell (1998) 73 exemplaren
The World of Tiers (Volume 2) (1977) 72 exemplaren
The World of Tiers (Volume One) (1965) 70 exemplaren
The Dark Heart of Time (1999) 70 exemplaren
The Grand Adventure (1960) 60 exemplaren
Mother was a lovely beast (1974) — Redacteur — 59 exemplaren
The Universe Maker (1953) 53 exemplaren
The Evil in Pemberley House (2009) 46 exemplaren
Gods of Opar (2012) 43 exemplaren
Pearls From Peoria (2006) 40 exemplaren
The Other in the Mirror (2009) 38 exemplaren
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (2013) 37 exemplaren
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer (2005) 35 exemplaren
River of Eternity (1983) 27 exemplaren
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They Twinkled Like Jewels (2009) 18 exemplaren
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Fire and the Night (1962) 12 exemplaren
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Don't Wash The Carats (1968) 3 exemplaren
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Up from the Bottomless Pit (2015) 3 exemplaren
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Seventy Years Of Decpop (1973) 3 exemplaren
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Daughter (1954) 2 exemplaren
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Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Trout, Kilgore (pseudonym)
Somers, Jonathan Swift, III (pseudonym)
Bird, Cordwainer (pseudonym)
Geboortedatum
1918-01-26
Overlijdensdatum
2009-02-25
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
North Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Woonplaatsen
Syracuse, New York, USA
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Opleiding
University of Missouri
Bradley Polytechnical Institute
Bradley University (B.A. | English | 1950)
Beroepen
power-line worker
technical writer (defense industry)
steel mill laborer
science fiction writer
Organisaties
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Hugo (New SF Author or Artist ∙ 1953)
SFWA Grand Master (2000)
World Fantasy Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2001)
Korte biografie
Born in Indiana in 1918, he had to earn a very young living. He attended evening classes and obtained his BA in letters in 1950. He is now one of the great figures of American science fiction and is read all over the world. (Thanks, Google Translation)

Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.

Farmer is best known for his sequences of novels, especially the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for, and reworking of, the lore of celebrated pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters. Farmer often mixed real and classic fictional characters and worlds and real and fake authors as epitomized by his Wold Newton family group of books. These tie all classic fictional characters together as real people and blood relatives resulting from an alien conspiracy. Such works as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973) and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973) are early examples of literary mashup.

Literary critic Leslie Fiedler compared Farmer to Ray Bradbury as both being "provincial American eccentrics" who "strain at the classic limits of the [science fiction] form," but found Farmer distinctive in that he "manages to be at once naive and sophisticated in his odd blending of theology, pornography, and adventure."

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Dark is the Sun by Philip José Farmer in Science Fiction Fans (januari 2012)

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De vertaling van The Fabulous Riverboat is geen onverdeeld genoegen. Het boek vond ik op de achtergelaten boekenplanken van mijn inmiddels gestorven ouders. Ha, science fiction, dacht ik, interessant. En nog wel een schrijver die ik niet ken, ook altijd de moeite waard om eens te proberen.

Het gegeven dat mensen na hun dood op een planeet komen en daar door wezens van hogerhand zijn neergezet om een nog onduidelijke reden, klinkt best boeiend. Dat werkelijk alle wezens uit alle aardse tijden daar terecht komen, is nog mooier. En wat te denken van dat als je daar sterft, je binnen een dag weer terugkeert in een gezond lichaam en nog jong ook. Het addertje onder het gras is alleen dat je op een andere plek op deze planeet terugkeert dan waar je bent gestorven.

Bij het lezen viel het me binnen enkele bladzijden al op dat het Nederlands mij tegenstond. De zinnen kwamen gemaakt op mij over en op het moment dat een voorloper van de homo sapiens uitriep:"Ben je helemaal door de ratten besnuffeld?!?!", wilde ik het boek eigenlijk aan de kant gooien. Ik vind het moeilijk te bepalen of het dan aan de vertaling ligt of dat een boek werkelijk zo beroerd geschreven is. De schrijver lijkt verder met de verschillende groepen mensen uit verschillende tijden redelijk rekening te houden wat taal betreft en zelfs is het Esperanto ingesteld om met elkaar te spreken. Maar wat er dan soms gezegd wordt, is zo niet passend bij die persoon dat het alleen maar storend is.

Gaandeweg verveelde mij de gevechten tussen de verschillende bevolkingsgroepen, het eeuwige gekissebis en grepen naar macht. Dat ken ik nu wel. Dat er ook nog gebruik wordt gemaakt van historisch bekende figuren zoals Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Cyrano de Bergerac en Odysseus kon het voor mij niet boeiender maken.

De grootste teleurstelling was wel op het moment dat ik er achter kwam dat dit boek helemaal niet op zichzelf staat. Op de achterkant staat dat het decor wordt opgebouwd voor de climax van deze grote, nieuwe, klassieke S.F. roman. Alleen wordt daarmee niet dit boek bedoeld maar een van de latere boeken uit wat blijkt een hele reeks te zijn. Iets dat verder uit het hele boek nergens op te maken is. Oftewel dit is maar een klein gedeelte van een groter geheel en is op zichzelf van geen waarde.

Het is me te slecht geschreven om de andere delen te gaan lezen. Wel jammer want het gegeven op zich vond ik nog wel aantrekkelijk.
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Niekchen | 33 andere besprekingen | Sep 25, 2015 |
COVER TEXT:
"My Mother is an Ape. My Father is God. I come from the Land of Ghosts."
So sings Ras Tyger, Philip José Farmer's monumental incarnation of a modern-day Jungle Lord. Savage, heroic, and beautiful, he is master of the world. And he rules his kingdom with sex, savagery, and sublime innocence.
Until one day, with the landing of the great whirling "birds", the insane reality of his existence begins to unfold... and plunges him into an incredible quest for truth which cannot end until he comes face to face - with God.… (meer)
 
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losloper | 1 andere bespreking | Nov 6, 2012 |
It was a timeship, with three men and a woman on board. Without moving a micron in space, it had traveled from 2070 A.D. to 12,000 B.C. — a journey that could never be repeated.
For the three men and the woman, all anthropologists, it was once-in-a-million-lifetimes expedition... a chance to study primitive man as modern man never could.
But spending four years in another millennium was a complex proposition, especially when two of the principals were having marital problems. But, then, no one was prepared for the startling truths about themselves and their subjects ... or for the reverberations in a time that had yet to come!… (meer)
 
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losloper | 3 andere besprekingen | Nov 6, 2012 |
Een reëel boek, geschreven met grote fantasie en bruisende vitaliteit. En de steeds raak getypeerde personen blijven menselijk en sympathiek. Een boek ook vol humor, waarvan de lezer niet spoedig afscheid kan nemen....
 
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