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Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.

It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue f...

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It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed.

This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate.

It is no idle phrase that man was made in God's image. There is something worth saving in the worst ...

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The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are ...

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Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man c...

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The Fabulous Riverboat

Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it.

The Fabulous Riverboat

Experience was something it was difficult to avoid, though many people had managed to keep it to a m...

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The Dark Design

You had to make your choice between survival and efficiency, though in the long run survival was opt...

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The Dark Design

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Philip José Farmer

Author

Born: 1918-01-26

Died: 2009-02-25

Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories, especially those of his Riverworld series.More