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Venus on the Half-Shell

Philip José Farmer

First published 1988
Publisher Bantam Spectra
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Cover art Enric
Pages xii+178
Price $3.95
ISBN 0553275313

This novel is an expansion of a segment of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, which is an excerpt from a fictional novel, Venus on the Half-Shell, written by the character Kilgore Trout. The segment as written by Vonnegut is incorporated into the novel so that it became an excerpt of an actual novel of the same title, published under the pseudonym Kilgore Trout.
Source: Wikipedia


"Dell edition published 1974" "Bantam edition / September 1988" First printing by number line O 0987654321 Cover art credited to Enric on copyright page, the artwork is also signed [may be cropped on some copies - bottom left] $4.95 in Canada First publication of this title under Farmer's own name

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v Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout Philip José Farmer Essay

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