Venus on the Half-Shell

When this book was published the author listed was Kilgore Trout. Farmer has gone from writing about fictional characters as real people to writing books by fictional authors. This over the top comedy is Farmer's version of GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. Farmer later wrote some stories by Jonathon Swift Somers III who is a fictional author in this book. In 1988 the book was reprinted, credited to Farmer, and included the introduction "How and Why I Became Kilgore Trout."

Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

REVIEWS

Dell 6149

Paperback / 1975
First Printing
Cover Artist: Gadino

Star 39846-9

Paperback / 1976
First British Printing
Cover Artist: Gadino

Granada 05454-5

Paperback / 1982
Cover Artist: Gareth Williams

Bantam 27531-3

Paperback / 1988
Revised Edition,
credited to Farmer
Cover Artist: Enric

Panther

Paperback / 19??
Cover Artist: Unknown

Buccaneer Books

Hardcover / 1996
First Hardcover (Library Edition)
No dust jacket

Subterranean Press

Hardcover / 2008
In VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL AND OTHERS
Cover Artist: Eggleton