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Riverworld

Philip José Farmer

First published January 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Riverworld

According to Farmer's introduction to "Riverworld" in "Riverworld and Other Stories", this story was "slightly expanded" for publication in "Down in the Black Gang and Others" in 1971. It was then expanded from 12,000 words to 33,750 words for publication in "Riverworld and Other Stories" in 1979. Judging by the page count, it was the last version that was published in Subterranean Press' "The Best of Philip Jose Farmer" in 2006. This record is for the first and second version (the novelette) DO NOT MERGE THIS WITH THE NOVELLA WITH THE SAME TITLE!

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1966 Cover Worlds of Tomorrow, January 1966 Galaxy Publishing Corp. MAGAZINE 134
January 1969 Cover Galaxie, Janvier 1969 OPTA MAGAZINE 4
May 1971 Cover Down in the Black Gang and Others Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 67
October 1971 Cover Down in the Black Gang and Other Stories Signet / New American Library Collection 72
October 1971 Cover Down in the Black Gang and Other Stories Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 72
June 2011 Cover Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |136
December 2011 Cover Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |136