Con update

So I did the Myths for the Modern Age/Wold Newton presentation today as a "tight focus" 25 minute presentation. (Tight focus is 2 25 minute presentations on the hour, with a 10 minute break, followed by the next round.)

The audience was predictably small:

• the writer who preceded me, Barb Nickless, who gave a very interesting presentation on cannibalism from a historical and anthropological perspective, and then discussed it in genre literature and films, etc.;
  
• my better half;
  
• a woman -- a female Wold Newton fan! -- who actually came to see the my presentation, and who apparently already had MYTHS and the first three volumes of Tales of the Shadowmen; she was very interested in Farmerphile and the two new PJF novels which have been discussed here previously (The Song of Kwasin and The Evil in Pemberley House); I wish I had been able to chat with her further, but she left as I was packing up, however I did have a chance to hand her a Farmerphile flyer;
  
• another woman who came for the cannibalism presentation and ended up being interested enough to stick around for mine; handed out a Farmerphile flyer;
  
• another woman who stayed for most of the presentation, and made a few good comments, but left about 5 minutes before it ended.

Given that so few female fans join the various online Wold Newton discussion groups and even fewer contribute essays and articles, I thought the makeup of today's audience was interesting.

The Avenger Chronicles! - Now available!

"At long last, after 40 years of waiting, there are new AVENGER stories to read! The AVENGER CHRONICLES is here!"

-Joe Gentile, Moonstone Books

More info at Bill Thom's Coming Attractions site.

Available at Amazon, B&N, Borders.com, etc., direct from Moonstone, your local comic shop, as well as pulp/book dealer Mike Chomko (who takes checks if you don't like PayPal, etc.)

chomko @ enter.net

Matthew Baugh and I both have stories in the collection, along with other familiar names like Will Murray, Howard Hopkins, Martin Powell, Robert Randisi, Tom DeFalco, Paul Kupperberg, Richard Dean Starr, and Ron Goulart. Covers by Peter Caras, Dave Dorman, and Doug Klauba. We had a lot of fun with it, and we hope you'll give it a look!

Best,

Win

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Con update

Was on my first panel tonight, sat right next to Connie Willis; Tim Powers was one seat down. Daunting.

My reading was scheduled against the opening ceremonies. No one showed for the reading. Duh.

I was relieved.

Tomorrow is my Myths for the Modern Age/Wold Newton presentation and then I'm on a late night panel about writing sex in genre without it seeming like porn.

More on Sunday.

I picked up the SFBC editions of PJF's The Classic Philip José Farmer 1964-1973 and Down in the Black Gang, the first paperback of his Father to the Stars, the Fitzroy edition of Jules Verne's The Village in the Treetops, the first volume of James Blish's Star Trek adaptations (cover art by James Bama!), and the first book in a new series, Death of a Musketeer by Sarah D'Almeida, which is about the Three Musketeers as mystery-solvers.

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Quick updates: Farmerphile #14 now available & MileHiCon 40 this weekend

Farmerphile no. 14 is back from the printer and available for order. As a not-so-gentle reminder, this issue features a sample excerpt from the novel The Evil in Pemberley House (featuring Doc Savage's (Wildman's) daughter, Patricia Wildman, as well as a magnificent illustration of the Doc Wildman coat of arms, based on Phil Farmer's research and description.

I will have several copies of issue 14 for sale on consignment through Who Else Books, at the dealer's room at MileHiCon 40 in Denver, where I'll be spending most of my weekend. Also available on consignment will be copies of Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, Tarzan Alive, Tales of the Shadowmen vols. 1-4, and Lance Star--Sky Ranger, as well as two full sets of all 14 issues of Farmerphile (in addition to the extra copies of no. 14 mentioned above).

I know this blog post is probably not reaching many locals, but just in case... hope to see you there!

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Batman vs. the Penguin: The Debate

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The Anno Dracula Character Guide....

....compiled by myself and various diverse hands, gets a shout out in Leslie Klinger's The New Annotated Dracula.

Cool.

An updated version will appear as an addendum in Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World (MonkeyBrain Books, 2010).

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Photos from the new Star Trek film!

Finally...! From the excellent TrekMovie.com site:

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Philip José Farmer's Two Hawks from Earth - coming soon

Any Farmer fans as excited about this as I am? Coming May 2009 from MonkeyBrain Books.

Oohs and aahs for the nifty cover by the amazing Lee Moyer!

Oh yeah... my pal Christopher Paul Carey is writing the Afterword. Woot!

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What type of revolver was Dr. Watson using c. 1899?

Probably a Webley Mark III series Revolver in .38 Caliber, according to this excellent online article, "The Firearms of Sherlock Holmes."

Yep, I am researching for a story... and I loves the internets.

P.S. Holmes probably carried a Webley Metropolitan Police Model Revolver. Too cool.

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The Wold Newton gang in FARMERPHILE #14

Now that I've broken the news about the Doc Savage coat of arms in FARMERPHILE no. 14 , it really bears mentioning how many Wold-Newtoneers we have contributing to this issue, our longest issue yet!

Art Sippo makes his first contribution with "This Played in Peoria?"

Rick Lai is back with the very timely "The Doc Ravage Presidential Campaign."

Regular Dennis Power joins in with "Oh the Humanity."

Chris Carey , as always, puts his indelible stamp on the issue with all of his invaluable behind-the-scenes work.

And I've got a few Pemberley House things in there, including an interview about writing the book, a family tree, and a two-chapter excerpt.

Complete contents:

Issue No. 14 - October 2008
60 pages (5.5 x 8.5 inches)
$11 (includes shipping in the US and Canada)

Table of contents:

This Played in Peoria?
- by Art Sippo

A Whale of a Time
- by Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor

Tongues of the Moon
- by Philip José Farmer
--- illustrated by John Streleckis

The Voice of Farmer in My Vermiform Appendix
- by Rhys Hughes

Creative Mythography: Excessively Diverted, or, Coming to Pemberley House
- by Win Scott Eckert

Farmerphile Interviews Win Scott Eckert

Excerpt from The Evil in Pemberley House
- by Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert
--- illustrated by Keith Howell

Say, What's the Big Idea?
- by Michael Carroll

The Doc Ravage Presidential Campaign
- by Rick Lai

Bibliophile
- by Paul Spiteri

Boris the Bear: Wold Newton and Philip José Farmer
- by Steve Mattsson

Oh the Humanity
- by Dennis E. Power

Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet

Greartheart Silver
- by Philip José Farmer

Doc Wildman's Coat of Arms
- by Philip José Farmer
--- illustrated by Keith Howell

Cover art by Charles Berlin

We really hope you'll support our efforts and pick up this issue .

All the best,

Win

Doc Savage's Coat of Arms!

I'm very pleased to announce that, as I blogged about a short time ago, Doc Savage's (okay, Doc Wildman's :-) coat of arms will appear in issue 14 of Farmerphile! The illustration is based on Phil Farmer's description in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, with a few additions based on unpublished notes from the Magic Filing Cabinet in Phil's basement. I (and my lovely wife) were very pleased research the rules of heraldry in order to provide instructions to fantastic artist Keith Howell in executing what Phil described in DS:HAL, as well as choosing the small additions from Phil's unpublished notes.

This is a big deal for Doc fans, so please spread the word (forward the link to this post!) and consider picking up the issue; Keith's illustration is truly extraordinary.

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Short fiction in print

My pal Matthew Baugh posted his short fiction in print, and while I have a complete bibliography on another page, I thought it was kinda cool to put it right in a blog post, so I'm unabashedly copying him. :-)

IN PRINT...

• "The Vanishing Devil" TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOL 1 - Doc Ardan (Doc Savage), Doctor Natas (Doctor Fu Manchu), Sherlock Holmes
  
• "The Eye of Oran" TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOL 2 - Doc Ardan, Doctor Natas, Violet Holmes, A. Lupin, J. Bond, SNIF
• "Shadows over Kunlun" LANCE STAR--SKY RANGER - Lance Star & co., Doctor Natas
• "Les Lèvres Rouges" TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOL 3 - Doc Ardan, A. Lupin, Elisabeth Bathory, Nestor Burma, Jens Rolf, SNIF
• "The Shades of Pemberley" FARMERPHILE nos. 8 & 9 - Sexton Blake, Tinker, Doc Ardan, the Dowager Duchess of Holdernesse, Doctor Augustus Moran, Sherlock Holmes
• "The Atomos Affair" TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOL 4 - Madame Atomos, UNCLE
  
• Excerpt from the Wold Newton novel THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE (with Philip José Farmer), FARMERPHILE no. 14 - Patricia Wildman (daughter of the Man of Bronze), the Dowager Duchess of Greystoke (Holdernesse), Doctor Augustus Moran (coming out any week now, so I'm listing it as IN PRINT rather than NOT YET PUBLISHED... :-)
  

IN FRENCH...

• "L'oeil d'Oran" LES COMPAGNONS DE L'OMBRE (Tome 1)
• "L'Affaire Atomos" LA SAGA DE MME. ATOMOS (Tome 3)

ACCEPTED BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED...

• "Death and the Countess" THE AVENGER CHRONICLES (coming out later this month, I think/hope)
  
• "Iron and Bronze" TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, VOL 5 (with Christopher Paul Carey) - Doc Ardan, Hareton Ironcastle, Antinea, Harry Killer (coming January 2009)
  
• "Les lèvres rouges" LES COMPAGNONS DE L'OMBRE (Tome 3)
• "Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule" CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT: DECLASSIFIED
  

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MileHiCon 40 schedule - October 24-26

These are the panels I'm scheduled for at MileHiCon 40, October 24-26 (Hyatt Regency - Tech Center, 7800 E. Tufts Ave., Denver, CO). I'll be looking at selling books (Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe, Tales of the Shadowmen, Tarzan Alive, Farmerphile, etc.) through an author's co-op in the Dealer's Room.

Friday Oct. 24:

4-6 pm

Aspiring Authors 101: The Creative Side

S. Biondine, W. Eckert, T. Powers, M Rotundo (M), C. Vaughn, C. Willis

7-8 pm

Author Reading:

W. Eckert & L. Patten

Saturday Oct. 25:

2-3 pm

Tight Focus

B. Nickless / W. Eckert (Eckert starts at 2:25 pm - Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe)

9-10 pm

Turn the Page to Turn Me On

S. Biondine, W. Eckert, L. Hilburn (M), T. Hutcheson, N. Kurtz, B. Nickless

Sunday Oct. 26:

11am-12 noon

Dealing with Death

M. Bateman, D. Dieter (M), Dan. Dvorkin, D. Dvorkin, W. Eckert

1-2 pm

Autographs

Eckert / Bonham / Caress

Er... gulp. Time to start boning up on my sitting-on-the same-panel-with-sf-luminaries-and-trying-not-to-say-something-stupid-fu.

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The Avenger Chronicles - limited edition cover art!

Artist extraordinaire Douglas Klauba has posted his cover for the forthcoming Limited Edition of The Avenger Chronicles from Moonstone Books. It features all the members of the Justice Inc. team, for the first time ever. All I can say is "Wow!" What a fantastic piece! The book is coming soon, and I'm very honored to be a part of it.

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Otis Adelbert Kline’s The Swordsman of Mars - Unabridged!

At long last, the complete version of Otis Adelbert Kline’s The Swordsman of Mars is being published by the fine folks at Planet Stories.

Full details here! And more details about the book here at the Paizo Planet Stories website.

It's probably no surprise, but the Ace/Avalon reprint was not unabridged as claimed, and thus Kline's reputation was sullied by Avalon's editorial hack-job. Kudos to Planet Stories for restoring the original version serialized in the Argosy pulps. And while you're at it, check out the whole Planet Stories lineup. These are well-packaged reprints of pulp classics that deserve to be reprinted, and Planet Stories has done a great job in a very short time of launching a well-branded imprint of don't-miss books.

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