Series
Father Carmody
Philip José Farmer · 1 novel · 3 novellas · 1 novelette · 1 short story · 1 collection · 1953–1981
Philip Jose Farmer's Father Carmody stories follow the morally compromised, unconventional priest Father John Carmody across encounters with the impossible, most substantially in Night of Light, where Carmody undertakes an odyssey on an alien world in which subconscious desires and spiritual forces become physically manifest during a periodic cosmic event. The stories originated as shorter pieces - including the 1955 story 'Father' - later expanded into novel form and gathered into further collections such as Father to the Stars. Farmer used the character to explore his recurring interest in religion, theology, and immortality through a science-fictional lens.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
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By decade
- 1950s3
- 1960s3
- 1970s0
- 1980s1
Shape
1 novel · 3 novellas · 1 novelette · 1 short story · 1 collection
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionfaith and religionother star systemsfar futureeerieadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 80% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 7 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Night of Lightdarkest
- A Few Milesbrightest · calmest
- Night of Lightmost intense