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The World of Tiers is a series of science fiction novels by American writer Philip José Farmer.They are set within a series of artificially constructed universes, created and ruled by decadent beings who are genetically identical to humans, but regard themselves as superior, and are the inheritors of an advanced technology they no longer understand.
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. [ 2 ] Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series.
Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers series (1965) includes centaurs, called Half-Horses or Hoi Kentauroi. His creations address several of the metabolic problems of such creatures—how could the human mouth and nose intake sufficient air to sustain both itself and the horse body and, similarly, how could the human ingest sufficient food to ...
The Book of Philip José Farmer, or the Wares of Simple Simon's Custard Pie and Space Man (1973) ISBN 0-86007-958-9 Riverworld and Other Stories (1979) ISBN 0-425-06487-5 Riverworld War: The Suppressed Fiction of Philip José Farmer (1980) (includes a condensed version of Jesus on Mars and several chapters cut from The Magic Labyrinth before ...
The Dungeon series is a series of fantasy novels written under the auspices of Philip José Farmer, who wrote an introduction for each book in the series.The series was written by four different authors, each carrying on the story from the previous book.
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg is a science fiction novel written by American author Philip José Farmer in 1973. [1] Reviving the Phileas Fogg character created by Jules Verne, the novel has also been classified as steampunk and a parallel novel. [2]
"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 ...
Red Orc's Rage (1991) is a recursive science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, part of his "World of Tiers" series.The plot of the book was inspired by the work of American psychiatrist A. James Giannini, M.D, who used earlier books in Farmer's series as role-playing tools and aids to self-analysis.