Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories explained

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories is an original collection featuring a short novel and other short fiction by American science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It was edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical between 2005 and 2007.^[1] It includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.^[2]

Contents

• "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 Unnaturals"
• "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia"
• "A Peoria Night"
• "I Still Live!"
• "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli"
• "Why Do I Write?"

Sources

• Carey, Christopher Paul. (2007) "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" in Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories by Philip José Farmer, Burton, MI: Subterranean Press.

External links

• SF Site review of Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories
• Green Man Review review of Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories
• Entry for Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories at Philip José Farmer International Bibliography

Notes and References

1. [#Car07|Carey 2007]
2. [#Car07|Carey 2007]