“Riders of the Purple Wage”
1967-10-00
novella
By Philip Jose Farmer
1967-10-00
novella
By Philip Jose Farmer
Alternate Titles:
“Riders of the Purple Wage or the Great Gavage”
Synopsis
In a future where people have been dispalced by machines in the workforce, everyone is on the Purple Wage. Chib is from such a family but also supplements the basic income with his art. But the government threatens to emmigrant him and his family to Egypt.
History
First publication: Dangerous Visions, ed. by Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, October 1967
1967 Nebula finalist for best novella.
1968 Hugo winner for best novella.
Review
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Classic Philip Jose Farmer 1964-1973, hardcover, Crown Publishers / SFBC, 1985-02-00
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection, hardcover, Meteor House, 2018-07-26
Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison, hardcover, Blackstone Publishing, 2024-03-00
