TY - ABST T1 - Dayworld: A Hole in Wednesday Y1 - 2016 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) A1 - Danny Adams KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A volume in Farmer’s Dayworld universe (See 1971 and 1985 Farmer) that he had not completed that has been finished by his great nephew based on manuscript and notes. This volume is set before 1985 Farmer and sets the stage for it and the following volumes.

PB - Meteor House CY - Np U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The City Beyond Play Y1 - 2007 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) A1 - Danny Adams KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

In a eutopian future where everyone can have whatever they want, an area has been set aside where people have recreated a cleaned-up middle ages. Rather than go through the therapy required in the larger society, a murderer chooses exile in the medieval area, which has fallen away from the eutopian vision of its founder. The novel is largely adventure.

PB - PS Publishing CY - Hornsea, Eng. U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Dayworld Y1 - 1985 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

First volume of series set in the conditions of 1971 Farmer, “Sliced Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World” in which individuals only live one day a week. This novel focuses on those who are capable of defeating the system and living seven different lives in a week. In Dayworld Rebel.  New York : Ace/Putnam, 1987 the protagonist of the first volume flees across the country with others who can live seven days a week. And in Dayworld Breakup. New York: Tor, 1990 it is revealed that the population has fallen and that the only reason for keeping people in suspended animation is so that those in power can stay in power. See also 2016 Farmer and Adams.

PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons CY - New York U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Seventy Years of Decpop" Y1 - 1972 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Effects of a radical drop in population which causes serious problems at first but results in a better life for most people.

JF - Galaxy Science Fiction VL - 33.1 N1 -

Rpt. in his Pearls from Peoria. Ed. Paul Spiteri (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006), 169-211

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Sliced Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World" Y1 - 1971 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) ED - Robert Silverberg (b. 1935) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Overpopulation dystopia in which each person is assigned to one day and only one day and "sleeps" all the other days. See 1985 Farmer and 2016 Farmer and Adams for works that develop the basic idea.

JF - New Dimensions PB - Doubleday CY - Garden City, NY VL - 1 N1 -

Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1972), 113-29; in The Grand Adventure: Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasy (New York: Berkley Books, 1984), 163-90; in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973 (New York: Crown, 1984), 130-45; and in The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection. Ed. Michael Croteau (Np: Meteor House, 2018), 487-503.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Oogenesis of Bird City" Y1 - 1970 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia. The story describes the political maneuvering around the establishment of a separate, eutopian city for all those on welfare, who are all black, thus deliberately separating the races.

JF - Amazing Science Fiction Stories VL - 44.3 N1 -

Rpt. in his The Purple Book (New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1982), 5-27; and in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973 (New York: Crown, 1984), 115-29.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Riders of the Purple Wage or the Great Gavage" Y1 - 1967 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) ED - Harlan [Jay] Ellison (1934-2018) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Background includes a future authoritarian and corrupt dystopia. Most people are apparently well off but without much focus or depth.

JF - Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories PB - Doubleday CY - Garden City, NY N1 -

Rpt. in his The Purple Book (New York: Tom Doherty & Associates 1982), 29-143; in The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973 (New York: Crown, 1984), 30-103; and in The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection. Ed. Michael Croteau (Np: Meteor House, 2018), 363-437.  

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Tongues of the Moon Y1 - 1964 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Begins with an authoritarian dystopia in which a bomb implanted in everyone's brain can be detonated at any sign of disobedience. There is a successful revolt.

PB - Pyramid CY - New York N1 -

UK ed. London: Corgi, 1981. Exp. from Amazing 35.9 (September 1961): 6-; rpt. in The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told, no. 6 (November 1967): 4-.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Lovers Y1 - 1961 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Dystopia of an overpopulated theocratic society, which appears to have Islamic roots. In North America, there is only when area, the Hudson Bay Wildlife Preserve, that is not fully built-up. There are rigid controls on all aspects of life, and a minder assigned to individuals. Everyone must wear a hood when eating. Married couples never see each other nude, and sex is considered an unpleasant duty. Uniforms indicate class with badges to indicate rank, and even access to elevators is by rank. The regime is looking for new planets to colonize with no concern for the indigenous populations. Most people are specialists, and the protagonist is a linguist who is sent to one such planet with the avowed purpose of learning about the indigenous population. But his real mission is to find and excuse for exterminating them. The dystopia provides the background to a story about interspecies love.

PB - Ballantine Books CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. Rev. ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1979; rpt. New York: Ballantine, 1980. Earlier short version under the same title in Startling Stores 27.1 (August 1952): 12-63; rpt. in The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection. Ed. Michael Croteau (Np: Meteor House, 2018), 55-141.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - A Woman A Day Y1 - 1960 A1 - Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Authoritarian, post-catastrophe, and anti-sex dystopia and the opposition to it.

PB - Beacon Books CY - New York N1 -

Galaxy Novel No. 43.. New York: Lancer Books, 1968; as Timestop! New York: Lancer Books, 1970; and under the original title New York: Berkley Books, 1980. Earlier version pub. as "Moth and Rust." Startling Stories 30.2 (June 1953): 10-99.

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 Rpt. as The Day of the Timestop and Timestop! Earlier version pub. as “Moth and Rust.” 

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