Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories

Up from the Bottomless Pit and Other Stories (ISBN 978-1-59606-128-6) is an original collection featuring a short novel and other short fiction by American science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). It was edited by Christopher Paul Carey and published in 2007. All of the works in the book written by Farmer previously appeared in the periodical Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer between 2005 and 2007. It includes several mainstream stories by Farmer, who is better known for his science fiction work.

Contents

 * "Introduction: Philip José Farmer: On the Road to the Emerald City" by Christopher Paul Carey
 * Up from the Bottomless Pit (novel)
 * "That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto"
 * "The Essence of the Poison"
 * "Keep Your Mouth Shut"
 * "The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs"
 * "The Doll Game"
 * "The Rebels Unthawed"
 * "The Frames"
 * "The Light-Hog Incident"
 * "The Unnaturals"
 * "A Spy in the U.S. of Gonococcia"
 * "A Peoria Night"
 * "I Still Live!"
 * "Hayy ibn Yaqzam by Abu ibn Tufayl: An Arabic Mowgli"
 * "Why Do I Write?"