Monday, September 12, 2016

The Curious Footnotes of Philip Jose Farmer

The Official Philip José Farmer Home Page

Although Philip Jose Farmer used many footnotes in his The Other Log of Philieas Fogg I have decided to ferret a few of these out and see where they end up. Are they fictitious or will they have some landing place? Once I ascertain whether they have some validity the next question: have they been manufactured for this novel as I suspect of some of resource materials or are they genuine articles?


31 A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystake
32 The Mask of Fu-Manchu, Shan Greville
    Pretty Sinister Books
34Wold Cottage Website (broken link)
41 Myths for the Modern Age, Philip Jose Farmer (out of print)
42A Kick in the Side, Christopher Paul Carey; (out of print)
   Is He in Hell, Win Scott; (podcast)
   Kwasin and the Bear God, Philip Jose Farmer & Paul Carey (still available)
   Interesting rabbit trail; maps of Khokara
   The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer, volumes 1 & 2 (out of print?);
   Of Dust and Soul, Michael Croteau; Croteau is listed here as what I presumed to be the author however, Croteau is listed as the editor. (this is a foot note for the footnote numbered 42)
46“The Conundrums of Kichaha”, Farmerphile: The Magazine of P. J. Farmer, #7
(a couple issues are still available, but not issue #7 )
47“The Stars are but Reflections”, The Wold Newton Universe: A Secret History, Denis E. Powers; This is a reference page I was led to: Articles Alphabetical by Author


It seems, for the most part, these footnotes are to other resources that this story finds itself interwoven into. The exercise spawned more questions than answers; however, the endeavor did reveal additional bits of Famer lore and other interesting Farmer resources. See, for instance: Aliens Among Us!, The Thoan

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Project Gutenberg offers three of Farmers stories as electronic texts in various formats. The three texts include Farmer’s The Green Odyssey and Rastignac the Devil, both short novels and Farmers They Twinkled Like Jewels a short story.

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