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• 13 • Foreword (Venus on the Half-Shell and Others) • (2008) • essay by Philip José Farmer [as by Tom Wode Bellman]
• 15 • Introduction: More Real Than Life Itself: Philip José Farmer's Fictional-Author Period • (2008) • essay by Christopher Paul Carey
• 21 • Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout • (1988) • essay by Philip José Farmer
• 27 • Venus on the Half-Shell • (1975) • novel by Philip José Farmer
• 161 • The Obscure Life and Hard Times of Kilgore Trout: A Skirmish in Biography • (1971) • short fiction by Philip José Farmer
• 173 • The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod • (1970) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 179 • The Problem of the Sore Bridge — Among Others • [Wold Newton] • (1975) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
• 205 • The Volcano • (1976) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 219 • Osiris on Crutches • (1976) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 229 • The Phantom of the Sewers • (1978) • short story by Philip José Farmer (variant of It's The Queen of Darkness, Pal)
• 247 • A Hole in Hell • [Riverworld] • (1992) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 253 • The Last Rise of Nick Adams • (1978) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 263 • The Adventure of the Peerless Peer • [Wold Newton] • (1974) • novel by Philip José Farmer
• 325 • Philip José Farmer as Fictional Author: A Chronological Bibliography • (2008) • essay by Christopher Paul Carey