Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6) is an original collection featuring a short novel and other short fiction by American science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It was edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer between 2005 and 2007.^[1] It includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.^[2]

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Editor	Christopher Paul Carey
Author	Philip Jose Farmer
Illustrator	Jason Robert Bell Charles Berlin Keith Howell Karl Kauffman Shannon Robicheaux
Cover artist	Charles Berlin & Keith Howell
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	2007
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	373 pp
ISBN	978-1-59606-128-6
OCLC	180152497

Contents

• "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" by Christopher Paul Carey
• Up from the Bottomless Pit (novel)
• "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto"
• "The Essence of the Poison"
• "Keep Your Mouth Shut"
• "The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs"
• "The Doll Game"
• "The Rebels Unthawed"
• "The Frames"
• "The Light-Hog Incident"
• "The Unnaturals"
• "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia"
• "A Peoria Night"
• "I Still Live!"
• "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli"
• "Why Do I Write?"