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Philip José Farmer
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American writer (1918–2009)
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Philip José Farmer was an author whose professional work began in 1946. He lived from 1918 to 2009. Farmer wrote under the pseudonym Kilgore Trout.
His work has been recognized in the Hugo Award collection. It is also included in the Hugo Award Best Novel collection. An official web page for the author is available online.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1918-01-26 ) January 26, 1918, North Terre Haute, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25) (aged 91), Peoria, Illinois , U.S.
- Pen name
- more than a dozen (below)
- Occupation
- Novelist, short story writer
- Alma mater
- Peoria High School , Bradley University
- Period
- c. 1952–2009
- Genre
- Fantasy, science fiction
- Spouse
- Bette V. Andre ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Official Philip José Farmer Web Page | Home
The Brobdingnagian collection of all things Farmerian... In other words, everything you ever wanted to know about the prolific and highly original American Science Fiction writer, Philip José Farmer, you will find it here.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- José
- Family name
- Farmer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Terre Haute
- Place of death
- Peoria
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Riverworld
- Genre
- fantasy
- Official website
- www.pjfarmer.com
- Image
- Philip-jos-farmer.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- name in native language
- Philip José Farmer
- date of birth
- 1918-00-00
- date of death
- 2009-02-25
- Commons category
- Philip José Farmer
- topic's main category
- Category:Philip José Farmer
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- pseudonym
- Kilgore Trout
- birth name
- Philip José Farmer
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Encyclopedic overview
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.
Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, 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. Farmer often mixed real and classic fictional characters and worlds and real and fake authors as epitomized by his Wold Newton family books, which tie classic fictional characters together as real people and blood relatives resulting from an alien conspiracy. Such works as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973) and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973) are early examples of literary mashup novels.
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