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Venus on the Half-Shell

Philip Jose Farmer

Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
  • Publish Date: Dec 10th, 2013
  • Pages: 208
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.10in - 1.00in - 0.65lb
  • EAN: 9781781163061
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Space Exploration

About the Author

Philip José Farmer was a multiple award-winning science fiction writer of 75 novels. He is best known for his Wold Newton and Riverworld series. In 2001 he was awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Prize and a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He passed away in 2009.

Praise for this book

"Fun to read, and very interesting from the perspective of the history of science fiction." - Pop Mythology