Riders of the Purple Wage
Riders of the Purple Wage (1967) 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 and won the Hugo Award for best novella in 1968, jointly with Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey.
Tor, 1992 first printing
Philip José Farmer was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.
Farmer in 2002
Farmer and his great-grandson in 1995
Farmer's novelette "Some Fabulous Yonder" was the cover story on the April 1963 issue of Fantastic