In addition to Chris' fine afterword, the new edition includes a piece which Wold Newton fans won't want to miss: "Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift" by Win Scott Eckert and Dennis E. Power.
Time's Last Gift, first published in 1972, and revised in 1977, is
one of Philip José Farmer's finest novels, telling the tale of the mysterious time traveler John Gribardsun. It also serves as a prequel to Mr. Farmer's
series of books featuring the land of Khokarsa in Ancient Africa (Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and the forthcoming The Song of Kwasin).
Time's Last Gift is currently scheduled for release in June 2012, and is available for pre-order at major outlets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Editions include trade paperback and digital (Kindle & Nook).
U.K publisher Titan Books has entered into an agreement with the Estate of Philip Jose Farmer to bring a large selection of Mr. Farmer's backlist titles back into print.
Significantly, many of the books which are a part of the
arrangement initially were published as standalone novels, but came to
be considered part of Mr. Farmer's ongoing Wold Newton Family cycle.
Now, for the very first time, these novels will be published and packaged as a formal part of a Wold Newton series.
Second in Titan's lineup is Mr. Farmer's Time's Last Gift, a time travel novel featuring a well known Lord of the Jungle, whose initials, TLG, happen to match the abbreviation of the book's title. First published in 1972, and revised in 1977, Time's Last Gift is one of Mr. Farmer's finest novels, and serves as a prequel to his series of books featuring the land of Khokarsa in Ancient Africa (Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and the forthcoming The Song of Kwasin.)
Time's Last Gift is currently scheduled for release in June 2012, and will be available at major outlets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Editions will include trade paperback and digital (Kindle & Nook).
Since 2011, PulpFest has hosted Farmercon, a
convention celebrating the life and times of the longtime pulp fan and
Grand Master of Science Fiction, born over 100 years ago.
Few people think of Philip José Farmer as
a pulp writer, but he was a child of the pulps and launched his career
in the pulps. Born January 26, 1918 in North Terre Haute, Indiana,
Farmer grew up in Peoria, Illinois. He spent much of his childhood
reading everything he could find from the classics through the pulps.
Farmer’s interest in the rough-paper magazines of his youth would lead him to pen two biographies about pulp characters —Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life during his career.He would also author official Doc Savage and Tarzan novels: Escape from Loki and The Dark Heart of Time.Both stories were set in the year of their author’s birth — 1918.
One of the highlights of FarmerCon XX will be the convention’s panel saluting Doc Savage and Tarzan — the late author’s two favorite pulp characters.
We hope you’ll join PulpFest on Friday, August 8, at 8:35 pm
as we welcome Christopher Paul Carey and Win Scott Eckert to our stage
for “Tarzan the Time Traveler” — exploring Philip José Farmer’s Time’s Last Gift, a
novel featuring “a tall, dark-haired, gray-eyed Englishman who goes
native far too easily and competently” — and “Discourses on Doc” — a
look at Farmer’s writings and speculations concerning “The Man of
Bronze.”
Christopher Paul Carey is the coauthor with Philip José Farmer of The Song of Kwasin, and the author of Exiles of Kho, Hadon, King of Opar, and Blood of Ancient Opar, all works set in Farmer’s Khokarsa series. He is the author of Swords Against the Moon Men, an authorized sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic science fantasy novel The Moon Maid, as well as the ERB Universe novel Victory Harben: The Fires of Halos.
He has scripted several comic books set in Burroughs’ worlds and his
short fiction can be found in various anthologies. He is Vice President
of Publishing at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the corporation founded by
Burroughs in 1923, and he has edited more than 100 novels, anthologies,
and collections for a variety of publishers. He lives in Southern
California.
Win Scott Eckert is the authorized legacy author of Philip José Farmer’s Patricia Wildman series (The Evil in Pemberley House, The Scarlet Jaguar), as well as the coauthor with Farmer of the Doc Caliban/Secrets of the Nine novel, The Monster on Hold. A lifelong Edgar Rice Burroughs reader, Eckert wrote the authorized Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novels, Tarzan: Battle for Pellucidar and Korak at the Earth’s Core, withPellucidar: Land of Awful Shadow and Tarzan Unleashed forthcoming.
His other professional credits include authorized tales of Zorro, the
Phantom, Honey West, the Avenger, the Lone Ranger, and the Green Hornet,
as well as short stories featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Domino
Lady, and Sherlock Holmes. His latest short story, “She-Devil of Paris,”
saw print in Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025. He lives in Woodland Park, Colorado, with his wife and a bevy of four-legged family members.
“Fraternize at Farmercon” will follow our panel presentation at 11:05 pm in the Ember & Vine lounge at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. All are welcome to join the “Friends of Phil” during their gatherings in our host hotel’s restaurant and lounge.
All this and more will be part of Farmercon XX, the 2025 convention for all things Farmer, taking place from August 7 – 10 at this summer’s PulpFest.
The
general public is welcome to attend our evening programming events free
of charge. To learn more about our programming, please click the 2025 Schedule button at the top of this page.
For those who also want to enjoy our dealers’ room, you can join PulpFest by clicking the register button at the top of this page. And don’t forget to book a room. The DoubleTree is essentially sold out, but you can click here for nearby hotels. If you’re looking for a roommate, write to Jack Cullers at his email address below.
Remember, in addition to your membership in PulpFest 2025, you’ll also be a member of Doc Con XXI, ERBFest 2025, and Farmercon XX. That’s four conventions for one price! You can’t beat that deal.
If you’re interested in selling at PulpFest, our dealers’
room is full. However, we are adding a limited number of tables in the
pre-function hallway outside of the dealers’ room. These tables will
cost $125 each and will be guarded by security overnight. If you are
interested, please write to Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com
to sign up for a spot. Any attendees who are interested in providing
security services, please write to Jack Cullers at his email address
above.
Our featured image is excerpted from Keith Howell’s cover art for Savageology, a collection of Philip José Farmer’s writings about Doc Savage, forthcoming from Meteor House in 2025.
Our lead image is adapted by William Lampkin from Bob Eggleton’s dust jacket art for Philip José Farmer’s Time’s Last Gift, forthcoming from Meteor House in 2025.
Our final image is Philip José Farmer’s Time’s Last Gift, the second British printing, published by Panther Books in 1979 with cover art by Geoff Cummings.
As previously announced, three titles are coming up quickly. And one Wold Newton
book by Farmer has already been published, although it fell under the
umbrella of their "Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" line.
The Wold Newton series
will have several different "sub-series." Last post I listed the "main" Wold
Newton series and the "Prehistory" sub-series.
Today, I'm pleased to announce a third "sub-series," Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe. The first two books are listed below--including the breaking news that Art Sippo, an expert on both Farmer and the pulps, will be contributing the afterword to the classic Lord Grandrith/Doc Caliban novel A Feast Unknown!
Art's piece is an expansion of his talk at PulpFest 2011/FarmerCon VI, in which he vigorously and persuasively defended and advocated for A Feast Unknown as a loving tribute to Farmer's heroes Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage.
In addition, I'm pleased to announce that I'll contribute the foreword to the Lord Grandrith novel Lord of the Trees, in which I plan to discuss the similarities and differences between the "Lord Grandrith/Doc Caliban Universe" and the mainstream Wold Newton Universe.
Art and I will both be at FarmerCon VII / Pulpfest 2012 in August to discuss the books and our contributions.
Like the rest of Titan's Farmer reissues, the books will also be available in digital editions for Kindle and Nook. I'll post cover scans as soon as I have them.
As I've mentioned in Post #1 and Post #2, this series covers Titan Books' current plans for its series of Philip José Farmer reissues, which fall under the umbrellas Wold Newton Series and Grandmaster Series.
Three titles are coming up quickly; in fact, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg is due out in one short month! And one Wold Newton
book by Farmer has already been published, although it fell under the
umbrella of Titan's "Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" line.
The Wold Newton series
will have several different "sub-series,: encompassing mainstream Wold Newton novels, Wold Newton Prehistory novels, and Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe novels.
Last post I announced A Feast Unknown (with Art Sippo contributing a new afterword) and its sequel Lord of the Trees (I'll be contributing a new foreword, discussing the similarities and differences between the universe of The Nine, inhabited by Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban, and the mainstream Wold Newton Universe where Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage reside).
NEW!
Tonight I'm pleased to announce the bonus materials for Lord Tyger.
Joe R. Lansdale is eminently suited to contribute a new introduction to this Burroughsian-flavored novel, as he is one of the few (along with Philip José Farmer himself!) to write an authorized Tarzan novel.
And Paul Spiteri, a Farmerian expert and the editor of the critically acclaimed Farmer collection Pearls from Peoria (Subterranean Press) has written a fine foreword.
COVER REVEAL!
Check out the gorgeous cover to the new edition of the Lord Grandrith novel Lord of the Trees!
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Stay tuned to this space as I'll be revealing more soon.
After the push to get through FarmerCon VII / PulpFest 2012 intact (the Convention was great; lots of pics and comments on my Facebook timeline), I'm feeling the need to take stock of the year and look forward to the remainder of the year and beyond...
2012 Published
Fiction
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, March 2012)
"Progress" in The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2012)
"The Wild Huntsman" in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster by Michael Croteau (ed.) (Meteor House, August 2012) (illo to the left by Jay Piscopo)
Nonfiction
Afterword: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012)
"A Chronology of Major
Events Pertinent to The Other Log of
Phileas Fogg" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012)
"Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift" (with Dennis E. Power) in Time's Last Gift by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2012)
2012 Completed/Editorially Approved/Not Yet Published
Fiction
"According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster" in The Avenger: Tales from the Roaring Crucible by Joe Gentile and Nancy Holder (eds.) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING)
"Zombies under Broadway" (with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING)
Nonfiction
"A Tale of Two Universes" in Lord of the Treesby Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, November 2012)
A Girl and Her Cat, Honey West/T.H.E. Cat novella for Moonstone Books
"untitled" for Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers CasebookVolume III for Moonstone Books (sequel to "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone")
an important novel in a well-nine well-known series; working hard to complete the three items above in 2012 in order to focus all energies on the novel come 2013
a Patricia Wildman novella, sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House
Nonfiction
"A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to the Secrets of the Nine Series" in The Mad Goblin by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2013)
This series of posts covers Titan Books' current plans for its series of Philip José Farmer reissues, which fall under the umbrellas Wold Newton Series and Grandmaster Series.
Today I'm pleased to share the fantastic updated cover to the new edition of the controversial Lord Grandrith/Doc Caliban novel A Feast Unknown!
The diaries of Lord Grandrith, the legendary ape-man, lord of the jungle and bastard son of Jack the Ripper. Blessed with unnatural long life, his power brings with it a gruesome side effect - one shared by his nemesis, the formidable Doc Caliban, man of bronze and Champion of Justice.
But these two titans have more in common than they could ever have imagined. Who are the dark manipulators of their destiny?
BREAKING NEWS - HERE IS THE UPDATED LINEUP ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2013!
My Time's Last Gift comps arrived today! Exterior and interiors look fantastic! Another quality production from Titan Books.
The book hits the street one week from today, June 12, and includes a revealing new afterword by Christopher Paul Carey, and a new chronology by me and Dennis E. Power.
I'm down with a triple-whammy strep throat, sinus infection, and ear infection, so my celebration today is a bit limited. But I want to encourage all Wold Newton fans to pre-order the new editions of The Other Log of Phileas Fogg and Time's Last Gift, coming from Titan Books in May and June 2012, respectively.
Yes, you might already have older copies... but can any self-respecting Wold Newton fan pass up adding these new editions to your collection, particularly as they are being issued as a Wold Newton series for the very first time? In addition, these reissues will include bonus material from some of the top experts in the field!
So, don't wait, place your pre-order now, help make the the Wold Newton series a success, and... Happy Wold Newton Day!
Over the next few weeks I'll be outlining Titan Books' current plans for its series of Philip José Farmer reissues, so stay tuned to this space, or Facebook!
As previously announced, three titles are coming very soon. And of course one Wold Newton book by Farmer has already been published, although it fell under the umbrella of their "Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" line.
The Wold Newton series will have several different "sub-series." Currently the "main" Wold Newton series and the "Prehistory" sub-series are listed. More to come!
This series of posts covers Titan Books' current plans for its series of Philip José Farmer reissues, which fall under the umbrellas Wold Newton Series and Grandmaster Series.
Today I'm pleased to announce that Titan will be reissuing Farmer's The Wind Whales of Ishmael as part of their Grandmaster Series.
First published in 1971, Farmer's masterful SF sequel to Herman Melville's Moby-Dick has not seen an English edition in over 30 years.
Ishmael, lone
survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in
time and space to a future Earth—an Earth of blood-sucking
vegetation
and a blood-red sun, of barren canyons where once the Pacific Ocean
roared.
Here too there are whales to hunt—but whales that soar
through a dark blue sky....
Hugo Award-winner Philip José Farmer has spun a fascinating
tale of whaling ships and seamen of the sky in a bizarre future world
where there are no seas to sail and no safe harbor to call home....
Titan Books' edition of The Wind Whales of Ishmael is scheduled for March 2013.
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Continue to watch this space as I'll be revealing more over the next few days.
Afterword: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012)
"A Chronology of Major
Events Pertinent to The Other Log of
Phileas Fogg" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012)
"Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift" (with Dennis E. Power) in Time's Last Giftby Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2012)
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