PHILIP JOSE FARMER (1918 – 2009) A prolific American author of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Farmer is best known for his Riverworld series – which was set in a kind of Bangsian Fantasy world. Themes recurring in Farmer’s work include: Religion, sex, pulp heroes, history and humor. Many of Farmer’s stories rework existing public domain characters from fiction. He wrote a sequels (of sorts) for Moby Dick, and Around the World in Eighty Days, and The Wizard Of Oz. Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes even team up in one story. Farmer also wrote two biographies of fictional characters (Doc Savage and Tarzan). Far too few of Farmer’s stories and novels are available as audiobooks.
Public Domain Audiobooks:
The Green Odyssey
By Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Mark Nelson
10 MP3s or 10 OGG Vorbis files – 6 Hours 6 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: LibriVox.org
Published: December 2006
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Commercial Audiobooks:
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Richard Clarke
2 cassettes – 2 hours [ABRIDGED]
Publisher: Waldentapes (1985)
Suggested Retail: $14.95 USD
ISBN: 0681327731
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go
By Philip Jose Farmer; Read by Paul Hecht
6 Cassettes – 7.75 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Published: 2000
ISBN: 0788763261
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The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld Saga, Book 2)
By Philip José Farmer; Read by
10 CDs – 12 hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Recorded Books / Sci-Fi Audio
Published: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4361-8636-0
The Fabulous Riverboat tells of a world where all of humanity has been mysteriously resurrected on the banks of one mighty river. Samuel Clemens (a.k.a.MarkTwain) is tasked with finding a fallen meteorite and using its ore to build a massive riverboat. But in order to succeed, he’ll have to outwit some of history’s most nefarious villains.