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Learning more about Red Orc, one of my least favorite characters, through the eyes of a young psyche patient is the basic premise of the book. Not what I was reading for.Jim is a loser; poor, rebellious & has a crappy home life. He lands in a psyche ward where he undergoes 'tiersian therapy' - role playing through the World of Tiers series. This helps him work through his issues & become a better person. Through his interaction, we learn more about Red Orc's early life & why he is such a bastard. I didn't care for it. I don't particularly care why Red Orc is the way he is & the idea that this is a valid psychiatric method, as the afterword tells us, gives me the willies.Until I've read the next book, I don't know how necessary this book show more is to the series, but so far I think I could have skipped it. I'll try to update this after reading the 7th & last book. If not, look there for the answer. show less
Jim Grimson, a troubled teenager in a psychiatric hospital, uses Tiersian therapy to escape his abusive home life by mentally and physically inhabiting the character Red Orc in a pocket universe.
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Philip José Farmer was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana on January 26, 1918. He worked in a steel mill while attending Bradley University at night and writing in his spare time. In 1952, his story The Lovers, in which a human has sex with an alien, was published in a pulp magazine called Startling Stories and won him the Hugo Award in 1953 for show more most promising new author. He quit his job to become a full-time writer, but a string of misfortunes eventually forced him to take jobs as a manual laborer. He worked as a technical writer from 1956 to 1970, but continued writing science fiction. He finally found success in the 1960's with the Riverworld series. He wrote more than 75 books throughout his lifetime including the Dayworld series and the World of Tiers series. He also wrote short stories. He won the Hugo award for best novella in 1968 for Riders of the Purple Wage and for best novel in 1972 for To Your Scattered Bodies Go. In 1988, he was the recipient of the Writers of the Past Award and the Nova for best book for Riverworld. In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. He died on February 25, 2009 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Red Orc's Rage
- Original title
- Red Orc's Rage
- Original publication date
- 1991
- People/Characters*
- Jim Grimson; Doktor Porsena; Junior Wunier; Gillman Sherwood; Eric Grimson; Eva Grimson (show all 31); Sam ›Windmill‹ Wyzak; Mrs. Wyzak; Hakeem ›Gizzy‹ Dillard; Bob ›Birdshot‹ Pellegrino; Steve ›Goathead‹ Larsen; Lewis Hunks; Sandy Melton; Dumski; Red Orc; Los; Enitharmon; Luvah; Vala; Har; Sheon; Noorosha; Al Moober; Doktor Scaevola; Monique Bragg; Brooke Epstein; Ijim; Kazim Grasser; Dingsteht; Bill Cranam; Dick McDonrach
- Important places*
- Belmont City, Ohio, USA; Anthema
- Dedication*
- Gewidmet Dr. med A. James Giannini, Mitglied der amerikanischen Bundesvereinigung der Psychiater, Professor für Klinische Psychiatrie an der Ohio State University, mein Berater, während ich diesen Roman schrieb. (...)
- First words*
- Jim Grimson hatte nie vorgehabt, die Hoden seines Vaters zu verspeisen.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Das Höchste, was ein menschliches Wesen anstreben konnte, bestand darin, die ›kleinen‹ Rätsel zu lösen. Die waren schon groß genug.
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- Englisch
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