THE LOVERS (Fine First Edition)

Farmer, Philip Jose

Published by Ballantine, USA, 1961

About this Item

Ballantine, New York. 1961. First edition of what in 1961 was a riske and bralessly controversial book sticking a finger to the man, authored by the SF writer who wasn't afraid to give the closet that was hiding America's Mickey Mouse morality a good kicking. This is a fine copy with clean sharp wrappers (bearing a UK price sticker), an unmarked spine and unread well preserved pages. Uncommon in so well preserved a condition. FINE. .---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.[2] Farmer is best known for his sequences of novels, especially the World of Tiers (1965 93) and Riverworld (1971 83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for, and reworking of, the lore of celebrated pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters. Farmer often mixed real and classic fictional characters and worlds and real and fake authors as epitomized by his Wold Newton family group of books. These tie all classic fictional characters together as real people and blood relatives resulting from an alien conspiracy. Such works as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973) and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973) are early examples of literary mashup. Literary critic Leslie Fiedler compared Farmer to Ray Bradbury as both being "provincial American eccentrics" who "strain at the classic limits of the [science fiction] form," but found Farmer distinctive in that he "manages to be at once naive and sophisticated in his odd blending of theology, pornography, and adventure. (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LOVERS (Fine First Edition)
• Publisher: Ballantine, USA
• Publication Date: 1961
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket