This version was published in 1975 by Sphere This version was published in 1973 by Ace Booksīehind The Walls Of Terra by Philip José Farmer The Stone God Awakens by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1970 by Pyramid Books Tongues Of The Moon by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1961 by Ballantine Books
This version was published in 1957 by Ballantine Books The Maker Of Universes by Philip José Farmer This version was published in 1970 by Sphere Books Let me know your thoughts on this selection in the comments and feel free to share any recommendations as I always like to hear what others have enjoyed reading. The remaining books have quite differently styled covers ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre. There is a third title in this series (The Gates Of Creation) but I haven’t managed to find it through any of my various sources or contacts as yet, I live in hope however. The first two covers presented below feature gloriously psychedelic paintings by Bill Botton. I’ve enjoyed most of his work so far particularly the 1960 collection Strange Relations which is highly imaginative and suitably twisted. I thought it was a pretty good read and so started buying other titles as I came across them. I came to Farmer quite late on, only discovering him through a title from 1962 called Alley God which I picked up due to it’s wonderful Richard Powers cover. Strange Relations: Five novelettes of unbounded imagination telling of strange-and often deadly-encounters between human and alien.This time I’ve decided to pull eight books by Philip José Farmer from the shelves of my library for closer inspection. and unless he could escape, he would be the guest of honor at a fertility rite which would conclude with his very unpleasant death. He was crowned the “Sunhero,” which was a very dubious honor. But Yarrow’s lifelong conditioning was no match for his strange attraction to Jeanette.įlesh: The starship captain had been on a voyage lasting 800 years, and returned to find an Earth ruled by revived ancient pagan rituals. Unconsecrated contact with any female was forbidden to Yarrow-and love for an alien female was an unspeakable abomination. Sent by the religious tyranny of a future Earth to the planet Ozagen, Hal Yarrow met Jeanette, an apparently human fugitive, hiding in ancient ruins built by a long-vanished race. The Lovers: One of the most controversial and groundbreaking novels in science fiction.
Two complete novels and five novelettes that broke new ground in science fiction and established Philip Jose Farmer as a master of the genre:
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