Golden Age Fiction

How Deep the Grooves & The Wounded, by Philip José Farmer


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How Deep the Grooves

Dr. James Carroad was prepared to experiment on his own unborn son to demonstrate that he could condition unquestioning loyalty in potential citizens, removing certain freedoms. However, Nature, or God, or the universe, had beaten him by a long way....

"How Deep the Grooves" appeared in "Amazing Stories," February 1963, pages 106 - 117.

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The Wounded

No one was supposed to be able to recognize him. But those damned polaroid glasses they give you at the 3D movies...

"The Wounded" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," October 1954, pages 69 - 73. 

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Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He is best known for the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series. He is noted for the reworking of the lore of celebrated pulp heroes. Farmer often mixed real and classic fictional characters and worlds. Such works as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (1973) and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973) are early examples of literary mashup novels.

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Music: "Mesmerizing Galaxy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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