Arrangement
The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels, Series II includes miscellaneous materials, and Series III contains short stories. The majority of materials are organized within their series based upon original date of publication, followed by documents that contain no dates.
Administrative/Biographical History
Philip Jose
Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana and moved later to Peoria, IL. Philip didn’t make it all the way through flight training in WWII, so he took a job at a steel mill. Later, in 1941, he married and soon had a son and daughter. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bradley University in 1950. In 1952, Philip had success with his novella “The Lovers”, with which he later won a Hugo. He quit his job in order to be a full time writer, but his writing career didn’t take flight until he won his second Hugo award for his novella “Riders of the Purple Wage.” In the next 20 years, he published 25 books, including his famous “Riverworld” and “World of Tiers” series. In his lifetime of writing for 60 years, he published nearly 60 novels and 100 short stories/novellas, won three Hugo awards, and earned two Science Fiction Writer Lifetime Achievement awards. For more information about his novels, short stories, and biography, there is an official website kept up by Mike and Rick at:
www.pjfarmer.com.
