Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6) is an original collection featuring a short novel and other short fiction by American science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It was edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer between 2005 and 2007.[1] It includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.[2]

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
EditorChristopher Paul Carey
AuthorPhilip Jose Farmer
IllustratorJason Robert Bell Charles Berlin Keith Howell Karl Kauffman Shannon Robicheaux
Cover artistCharles Berlin & Keith Howell
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherSubterranean Press
Publication date
2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages373 pp
ISBN978-1-59606-128-6
OCLC180152497

Contents

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  • "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" by Christopher Paul Carey
  • Up from the Bottomless Pit (novel)
  • "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto"
  • "The Essence of the Poison"
  • "Keep Your Mouth Shut"
  • "The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs"
  • "The Doll Game"
  • "The Rebels Unthawed"
  • "The Frames"
  • "The Light-Hog Incident"
  • "The Unnaturals"
  • "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia"
  • "A Peoria Night"
  • "I Still Live!"
  • "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli"
  • "Why Do I Write?"

Notes

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Sources

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  • Carey, Christopher Paul. (2007) "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" in Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories by Philip José Farmer, Burton, MI: Subterranean Press. ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6
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