THE WORKS OF PJF

Forewords, Afterwords & Introductions

The following list contains all of Farmer's contributions to other author's books, including forewords, afterwords and introductions.

Paperback
Essex House, 1968

Afterword, no info as of yet.

Paperback
Essex House, 1968

In the afterword Farmer discusses the journey taken by the main character and theme of the story.

Paperback
Essex House, 1969

In the afterword Farmer compares the author Henry Toledano to Henry Miller.

Paperback
Essex House, 1969

Farmer wrote the afterword, discussing how the book's animal and freak show sex scenes oddly reminded him of a book he read as a child.

Paperback
Essex House, 1969

Afterword, no info as of yet. The picture is not for the squeamish.

Hardcover
Kennikat, 1976

Farmer wrote a preface for this collection of Jack London scifi stories. He not only discussed the stories in this volume but also London's better known works that have greatly influenced him.

Hardcover
Mysterious Press, 1976, limited to 250 signed copies and 100 trade copies

In this very long introduction Phil discusses the large number of writers, many amateurs, who have written about Holmes which leads him into the story of founding a scion chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars in Peoria. He then talks about Charles Harold St. John Hamilton who wrote under many pen names, including Peter Todd, the author of these Herlock Sholmes stories. In researching Hamilton/Todd for this collection Farmer discovered that his own fictional author series was not as original an idea as he had thought. Hamilton had preceded him as early as 1915!

Hardcover
Aspen Press, 1976, limited to 200 handbound copies

Trade Paperback
Aspen Press, 1976, limited to 500 trade copies

In Farmer's introduction he discusses this Sherlock Holmes parody, other parodies and pastiches and some that Farmer would like to write.

Trade Paperback
Anaconda Press, 1978

Introduction, Farmer talks about admiring Boris's work the first time he saw it, and compares Boris's Tarzan covers to Allen St. John's. He also talks about how he has been pleasantly surprised at Boris's covers for his own books, and how well they illustrate his vision of the characters.

Hardcover
Underwood Miller, 1980

Afterword, one of several that discuss Harlan as much as the book at hand.

Paperback
Pocket Books, 1982

Contains, The Man Who Came for Christmas, an essay by Farmer about a visit by Randall Garrett that lasted three years. Also talks about frat-house style adventures at early science fiction conventions.

Hardcover
McMillan, 1983

Foreword, Farmer talks about this long lost novel and Upfield's mystery novels about the half aboriginal detective Napolean Bonaparte. Farmer also has an interesting theory about Bony's father.

Trade Paperback
Savoy, 1985

Foreword, Farmer discusses the books staying power and its value beyond porn.

Trade Paperback
Canyon Press, 1985

Foreword, Farmer writes about Philip K. Dick's offbeat way of looking at things and feels that he would have approved of this book by Richard A. Lupoff about PKD's being reincarnated as a digital wristwatch.

Hardcover
McMillan, 1987

Foreword, no info as of yet.

Hardcover
Easton Press, 1987

One of 15 remembrances by notable science fiction authors. Phil talks about meeting Frank and the contribution Frank's wife made in doing research for him. Phil also mentions his favorite Herbert novel THE SANTAROGA BARRIER.

Hardcover
Easton Press, 1987

Farmer gives a short bio of London and discusses his early work as well as the story at hand.

Paperback
Bantam, 1990

Afterword, Farmer discusses the Bantam reprints and his upcoming novel ESCAPE FROM LOKI.

Trade Paperback
Fantagor Press, 1991

Introduction, Farmer talks about the similarities between Neverwhere and Oz and John Carter's Mars. He also hopes there will be a sequel and mentions that once you have seen a Richard Corben painting, you will always recognize his work thereafter.

Trade Paperback
Dell, 1992

Also appeared as Suffer a Witch to Live in: PEARLS FROM PEORIA, Subterranean Press, 2006 hardcover

Introduction, Farmer discusses witches, good and bad, from the stone age to today.

Hardcover
Tor, 1995

Contains More Than Most, a remembrance by Philip José Farmer.

Hardcover
McFarland, 1996
Trade Paperback, McFarland, 2007

Farmer wrote a short introduction to this mammoth work.

Comic book
Dark Horse Comics, 1998

It is fitting that Farmer wrote the introduction to this comic book which contains three stories about Tarzan's adventures with The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein's Monster and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Trade Paperback
Bison Bks Corp, 1998

This book reprints the introduction Farmer wrote for CURIOUS FRAGMENTS.

Hardcover
PS Publishing, 2001

Hardcover (First US Printing), Five Star, 2003

Introduction, Farmer talks about Tracy Knight's background and other shorter fiction. He also says that Tracy has a "knack for storytelling" and "story elements seem at first sight to be staples of the science-fiction/fantasy field, they are shown at a different angle or with an intriguing interpretation."