Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Editor	Christopher Paul Carey
Author	Philip Jose Farmer
Illustrator	Jason Robert Bell Charles Berlin Keith Howell Karl Kauffman Shannon Robicheaux
Cover artist	Charles Berlin & Keith Howell
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science Fiction anthology
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	2007
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	373 pp
ISBN	978-1-59606-128-6

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6) is an original collection featuring a novel and other short literary works by science fiction author Philip José Farmer, edited by Christopher Paul Carey, published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer between the years 2005–2007. The collection is notable in that it includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.

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?"

References

• 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. ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6

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