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Riders of the Purple Wage

Name: Riders of the Purple Wage
Author: Philip José Farmer

Riders of the Purple Wage is a science fiction novella by American writer Philip José Farmer. It appeared in Dangerous Visions, the New Wave science fiction anthology compiled by Harlan Ellison, in 1967, and won the Hugo Award for best novella in 1968, jointly with Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey.

“Yesterday's monomaniac is tomorrow's messiah…”

Philip José Farmer book Riders of the Purple Wage

Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)

“And there is another feeling, one which he shares with most of humankind. He knows he's screwed up his life, or something has twisted it. Every thinking man and woman knows this. Even the smug and dimwitted realize this unconsciously. But a baby, that beautiful being, that unsmirched blank tablet, unformed angel], represents a new [[hope. Perhaps it won't screw up. Perhaps it'll grow up to be a healthy confident reasonable good-humored unselfish loving man or woman. 'It won't be like me or my next-door neighbor,' the proud, but apprehensive, parent swears.”

Philip José Farmer book Riders of the Purple Wage

Of Chib
Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)

“Strong blasphemers thrive only when strong believers thrive.”

Philip José Farmer book Riders of the Purple Wage

Grandpa Winnegan
Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)

“Zeitgeist rides tonight, and the devil take the hindmost!”

Philip José Farmer book Riders of the Purple Wage

Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)