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Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer was an American author renowned for his World of Tiers and Riverworld series. His writing often centered on pulp heroes while also innovating the incorporation of sexual and religious themes within the genre. A three-time Hugo Award winner, he was also honored as a Nebula Grand Master. Farmer is regarded as one of the leading figures in science fiction and fantasy, creating characters such as Tarzan and Doc Savage. Among his most famous works is The Lovers, which brought sexual themes into science fiction. Raised in Peoria, Illinois, he aspired to be a writer from the fourth grade. After failing flight training during World War II, he attended Bradley University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1950. Two years later, he published The Lovers.

Philip José Farmer became a published novelist in 1954 with the novel Queen of the Deep. Below is a list of Philip José Farmer's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of World Of Tiers Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Maker of Universes (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gates of Creation (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Private Cosmos (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Behind the Walls of Terra (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lavalite World (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Red Orc's Rage (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Than Fire (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Herald Childe Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Image of the Beast (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blown (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Traitor to the Living (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Feast Unknown (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lord of the Trees (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mad Goblin (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Opar Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Hadon of Ancient Opar (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight to Opar (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dayworld Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Dayworld (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dayworld Rebel (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dayworld Breakup (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Riverworld Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fabulous Riverboat (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Design (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magic Labyrinth (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Gods of Riverworld (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
River of Eternity (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit (By: John Gregory Betancourt) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Merry Men of the Riverworld (By: John Gregory Betancourt) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Tarzan Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Tarzan Alive (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doc Savage (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Valley of Thunder (By: Charles de Lint) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hidden City (By: Charles de Lint) (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dungeon (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Further Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star of India (By: Carole Buggé) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (By: Carole Buggé) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Thieves' World Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Shadows of Sanctuary (With: John Brunner,Joe Haldeman,Robert Lynn Asprin) (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Green Odyssey (1957) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Woman a Day / The Day of Timestop / Timestop! (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flesh (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lovers (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cache from Outer Space (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fire and the Night (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Inside Outside (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tongues of the Moon (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dare (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Night Of Light (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gate of Time / Two Hawks from Earth (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Day of Timestop (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lord Tyger (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stone God Awakens (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love Song (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Time's Last Gift (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wind Whales of Ishmael (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Venus on the Half-Shell (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ironcastle (With: J.H. Rosny Aîné) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark is the Sun (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jesus on Mars (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Unreasoning Mask (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stations of the Nightmare (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Greatheart Silver (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Barnstormer in Oz (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nothing Burns in Hell (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Caterpillar's Question (With: Piers Anthony) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The City Beyond Play (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Evil in Pemberley House (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Up From The Bottomless Pit (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Queen of the Deep (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
How Deep the Grooves (1963) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Heel & The Wounded (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rastignac the Devil (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Philip José Farmer Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
They Twinkled Like Jewels (1954) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alley God (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strange Relations (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Down in the Black Gang (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Philip José Farmer (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Riverworld War (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Father to the Stars (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cache (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Purple Book (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Grand Adventure (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1952-1964 (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1964-1973 (1984) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Riders of the Purple Wage (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Philip José Farmer (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Pearls from Peoria (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Up From The Bottomless Pit And Other Stories (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Riverworld and Other Stories (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man Who Met Tarzan (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
A Rough Knight for the Queen (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Wild Adventures Of Doc Savage Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Escape from Loki (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Python Isle (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Eyes (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Frightened Fish (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Jade Ogre (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Flight into Fear (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Whistling Wraith (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Forgotten Realm (By: Kenneth Robeson) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Desert Demons (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Horror in Gold (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Infernal Buddha (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death's Dark Domain (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Miracle Menace (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Skull Island (By: Will Murray) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Phantom Lagoon (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The War Makers (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ice Genius (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sinister Shadow (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret of Satan's Spine (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Glare of the Gorgon (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Empire of Doom (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Calamity (By: Kenneth Robeson) (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Microcosmic God (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Orbit 3 (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Backdrop of Stars (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alpha 3 (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Demon Kind (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Continuum 1 (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jack the Knife: Tales of Jack the Ripper (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weird Heroes Volume 1 (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weird Heroes Volume 2 (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nebula Award Stories Ten (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weird Heroes Volume 6 (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Weird Heroes Volume 8 (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Chrysalis Volume 2 (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows of Sanctuary (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Monster Book of Monsters (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Semiotext SF (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales Of Riverworld (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science Fiction Century (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Naked Came the Farmer (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Worlds of Philip José Farmer: Protean Dimensions (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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