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Venus on the half-shell

Venus on the half-shell

by Philip José Farmer

1988American Science fictionFiction, science fiction, short storiesFiction, historical, generalFiction, science fiction, general
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The controversial Kilgore Trout episode was neither the first nor the last time Farmer would impishly slip out of his own skin and assume the persona of another author. In Venus on the Half-Shell and Others, Philip Jose Farmer transforms himself into fictional personalities as compelling as they are diverse: Cordwainer Bird, Paul Chapin, Rod Keen, Harry "Bunny" Manders, Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor, John H. Watson, M.D. and even the real-life author William S. Burroughs.

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American Science fictionFiction, science fiction, short storiesFiction, historical, generalFiction, science fiction, general
First published 1988

About the author

Philip José Farmer
Philip José Farmer

26 January 1918 – 25 February 2009

**Philip José Farmer** was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Farmer is best known for his sequences of novel — 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. Philip José Farmer is also well known for remixing classic fictional characters, worlds, and both real and fake authors. This is epitomized with his Wold Newton family group of books th…

Author

Philip José Farmer

First published

1988

Pages

204

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

12

Language

English

Publisher

Buccaneer Books

ISBN

9781504094528

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