Farmerage, Volume 1, Number 2

Blue paper stock Cover by Virgil Finlay

Yellow paper stock Cover by Virgil Finlay

The wrapper comes in at least two colours, blue and yellow.

Interior illustration
by Virgil Finlay

The cover drawing by Virgil Finlay, "Strange Compulsion", was published in Science-Fiction Plus, October 1953. The original publication of "Heel" in If had a two-page illustration by Virgil Finlay. This illustration has also been reprinted in the French magazine Galaxie.

Contents:

• Letters to the Philippians (from the editors and readers).
• "The Wounded" (story reprint) by Philip José Farmer.
• "Waking the Wake in Farmer's "Wage"" (article) by Grace Eckley.
• Farmer's Almanac (information on publications by or about Philip José Farmer).
• "The Universe of John Carmody, or, Translating in the 23rd Century" (article) by Charles Lawrence.
• "Yours Truly, Father Carmody" (short article) by George H. Scheetz.
• "Heel" (story reprint) by Philip José Farmer, with an illustration by Virgil Finlay.

Notes:

• The fanzine Farmerage was dedicated Philip José Farmer. Three issues of the fanzine were published.
• The publishers town is also the town where Philip José Farmer grew up.

References:
Philip José Farmer International Bibliography.