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Title: Riders of the Purple Wage Title Record # 40993
Author:
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer

Date: 1967-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1967 Riders of the Purple Wage or the Great Gavage
Year Language Title
1975ⓘTranslated by France-Marie Watkins
 French Les cavaliers du fiel ou le grand gavage
1982ⓘTranslated by Joachim Körber
 German
Die Reiter der Purpurnen Sozialhilfe oder Das große Ding?Die Reiter der Purpurnen Sozialhilfe oder Das grosse Ding
1984ⓘTranslated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković and Ksenija Jovanović
 Serbian
Jahači rumene nadnice?Jahaci rumene nadnice
Jahachi rumene nadnice
[as by Filip Hoze Farmer]
1994ⓘTranslated by С. Монахов (S. Monakhov) and А. Молокин (A. Molokin).
 Russian
Оседлав пурпурненькие?Osedlav purpurnen'kiye
[as by
Филип Фармер?Filip Farmer
]
1994 Italian I cavalieri del Salario Purpureo ovvero la Grande abbuffata
1996 Italian I cavalieri del salario viola ovvero La grande abbuffata
2013ⓘTranslated by Laura Bocancios and/or Silviu Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea and/or Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
 Romanian
Călăreții salariului de purpură sau Marea îndopare?Cahlahretsii salariului de purpurah sau Marea ihndopare
Calaretii salariului de purpura sau Marea indopare

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 1968 Hugo Best Novella
Nomination 1968 Nebula Novella

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dangerous Visions 1967-10-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Doubleday  
$6.95?$: US dollar
 xxxii+
520
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1967-12-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Doubleday / SFBC 1179
$2.80?$: US dollar
 xxix+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
Dangerous Visions #1 1969-05-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Berkley Medallion N1686
$0.95?$: US dollar
 220
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Don Ivan Punchatz Checkmark
Dangerous Visions Volume 1 1971-02-00 ed. Harlan Ellison David Bruce & Watson 0-85127-060-3
£2.25?£: UK pound
 359
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Lawrence Edwardes Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Two 1971-09-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Alan Peckolick Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume Two 1971-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday  
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xiii+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Alan Peckolick  
The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two 1972-01-00 Isaac Asimov Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 2000
$3.98?$: US dollar
 849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni F. & J. Silversmiths, Inc. Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1972-12-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Berkley Medallion D2274
$1.50?$: US dollar
 576
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1972-12-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02274-9 / D2274
C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 576
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970 1973-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Sphere 12483
£0.40?£: UK pound
 365
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II 1973-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-02020-7 / P2020
$1.25?$: US dollar
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II 1973-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest P2020
C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1 1974-00-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Sphere 0-7221-3300-6
£0.50?£: UK pound
 243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Joe Petagno Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1975-01-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Signet 451-J6240
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xxviii+
514
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II 1975-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest Q2521
$1.50?$: US dollar
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Dangereuses visions Tome 1 1975-11-10 ed. Harlan Ellison J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #626)     380
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Sergio Macedo Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1977-08-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Signet / New American Library 0-451-07634-6 / E7634
$2.25?$: US dollar
 xxviii+
514
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 1980-08-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest 0-449-23883-0
$2.25?$: US dollar
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Attila Hejja  
The Purple Book 1982-08-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Tor (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48529-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 287
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Howard Chaykin Checkmark
Kopernikus 8 1982-11-00 ed. H. J. Alpers Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3599) 3-8118-3599-8
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 174+
[1]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Carl Lundgren Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1983-09-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Berkley Books 0-425-06176-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
 xxix+
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga 1984-11-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
 Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
 Checkmark
The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 1984-11-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Crown Publishers (Classics of Modern Science Fiction #5) 0-517-55545-X
$8.95?$: US dollar
 xv+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Booth Checkmark
The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 1985-02-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Crown Publishers / SFBC (Classics of Modern Science Fiction) 1840
$5.98?$: US dollar
 xv+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Booth Checkmark
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga 1986-00-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
 Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
 Checkmark
The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 1986-00-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Greenhouse (Classics of Modern Science Fiction #5) 0-86436-022-3   xvii+
207
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Booth Checkmark
Jenseits von Raum und Zeit 1987-00-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4387) 3-453-00978-9
DM 14.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 617
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll John Harris  
Dangerous Visions 1987-08-20 ed. Harlan Ellison Gollancz (Gollancz Classic SF #16) 0-575-04144-7
£6.95?£: UK pound
 xxix+
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 1989-01-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine 0-449-21243-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
 320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Attila Hejja  
Riders of the Purple Wage 1992-04-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Tor 0-812-51905-1
$3.99?$: US dollar
 216
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll David Hardy Checkmark
Одиссея Грина?Odisseya Grina
 1994-04-01
Филип Фармер?Filip Farmer
Параллель?Parallel'
(
Мир фантастики?Mir fantastiki
)		 5-86067-008-9   542
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni
Питер Джонс?Piter Dzhons
 Checkmark
I premi Hugo 1967-1968 1994-12-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Mondadori (Classici Urania #213)  
Lit 6,000?Lit: Italian lira
 304
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Marco Patrito  
Il libro viola 1996-02-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Sellerio Editore 88-389-1211-4
Lit 18,000?Lit: Italian lira
 130
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Peter Blume  
Dangerous Visions: 35th Anniversary Edition 2002-10-00 ed. Harlan Ellison ibooks 0-7434-5261-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xliii+
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Robert Zohrab Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 2003-05-00 ed. Harlan Ellison iBooks / SFBC 57362
$14.99?$: US dollar
 xliii+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robert Zohrab  
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer 2006-03-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Subterranean Press 1-59606-036-0
$38.00?$: US dollar
 572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Komark Checkmark
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer 2006-03-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Subterranean Press 1-59606-036-0
$125.00?$: US dollar
 572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Komark Checkmark
The Best of Philip Jose Farmer 2006-04-00
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Subterranean Press 1-59606-036-0
$300.00?$: US dollar
 572
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Komark  
Dangerous Visions 2012-02-09 ed. Harlan Ellison Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-10802-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xliv+
598
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Vincent Chong Checkmark
Viziuni periculoase 2013-00-00 ed. Harlan Ellison Editura Trei (Epsilon Science Fiction) 978-973-707-867-4   793
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth
Ionuț Bănuță?Ionuts Bahnutsah
 Checkmark
The Lovers / Dark Is the Sun / Riders of the Purple Wage 2017-08-08
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-4606-0
$15.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 omni Amanda Shaffer  
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection 2018-07-26
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Meteor House 978-1-945427-12-1
$50.00?$: US dollar
 936
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mark Wheatley Checkmark
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection 2018-07-26
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Meteor House 978-1-945427-11-4
$35.00?$: US dollar
 942
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Mark Wheatley Checkmark
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection 2018-09-30
Philip José Farmer?Philip Jose Farmer
 Meteor House 978-1-945427-15-2
$225.00?$: US dollar
 936
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Mark Wheatley Checkmark
Dangerous Visions date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison Signet 0-451-08502-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
 xxviii+
514
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
Dangerous Visions date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison ibooks 0-7434-5261-5
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xliii+
544
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Michael Whelan Checkmark
Dangerous Visions date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison Berkley Medallion 0-425-02274-9
$1.50?$: US dollar
 576
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
Dangerous Visions date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison Signet / New American Library J6240
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xxviii+
514
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon  
Dangerous Visions date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-0-575-10802-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xliv+
598
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Vincent Chong Checkmark
Dangerous Visions 1 date unknown ed. Harlan Ellison Sphere 0-7221-3297-2
£0.95?£: UK pound
 243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Fred Gambino Checkmark
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga date unknown ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
 Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)     525
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
 Checkmark
The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970 date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov Sphere 0-7221-1250-5
£0.40?£: UK pound
 365
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Eddie Jones Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two date unknown Isaac Asimov Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 02000   849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni F. & J. Silversmiths, Inc. Checkmark
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