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The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer (book review).
During a stopover aboard his starship, al-Buraq, Captain Hûd Ramstam discovers that he has a planet’s god in his cabin. That is, if…
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August 2026
March 2024
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Around The World In Eighty Days/The Other Log Of Phileas Fogg: The Full Account by Jules Verne & Philip José Farmer (book review).
In ‘A Note from the publisher on publication of The Full Account’ Michael Croteau states:- ‘The book opens with ‘Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages…
June 2023
ReviewScifi
Jesus On Mars by Philip José Farmer (book review).
Philip José Farmer’s ‘Jesus On Mars’ was originally published by Pinnacle Books in the USA in 1979 in paperback. A UK paperback followed…
October 2022
ReviewScifi
The Stone God Awakens by Philip José Farmer (book review).
Originally published by Ace Books in 1970, Meteor House have given ‘The Stone God Awakens’ its first limited hardcover edition, alongside an unlimited…
July 2022
ReviewScifi
Ironcastle by J.-H. Rosny, translated & retold by Philip José Farmer (book review).
‘L’Étonnant aventure de Hareton Ironcastle’ by J.-H. Rosny was originally published in 1922. In his informative introduction, ‘A Grateful Intrusion’, Brian Stableford tells…
January 2014
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Gods Of Opar: Tales Of Lost Khokarsa by Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey (book review).
‘Gods Of Opar: Tales Of Lost Khokarsa’ by Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey collects, for the first time, all three novels…
November 2012
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A Feast Unknown (A Wold Newton novel) by Philip José Farmer (book review).
As I’ve pointed out with other of Philip José Farmer’s ‘Wold Newton’ books, many of the characters, especially those who have an active…