Riders of the Purple Wage

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction Short Stories
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The boundless imagination of Philip José Farmer ranges from the past to the future, from searing emotional drama to ribald hilarity, in this remarkable collection of science fiction classics... Riders of the Purple Wage, the Hugo Award-winning saga of a world where work has been abolished, is only one of the inventive and exciting visions that Farmer has dared to bring to life. Enter a brutal future city where sterilization is the only answer to poverty. Join St. Francis himself on an illuminating voyage through time. And witness a titanic struggle between alien beings and ... the Internal Revenue Service? Sometimes shocking, always surprising, the stories of Philip José Farmer never fail to entertain.
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1992
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Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) was an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He spent much of his life in Peoria, Illinois. Farmer is best known for his Riverworld series and the earlier World of Tiers series. He is noted for his fascination for and reworking of the lore of legendary pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonyminous works written as if by fictional characters.