Saturday, August 03, 2013

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A GIRL AND HER CAT - Final Cover Reveal!

It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!

Final cover art by the amazing Doug Klauba!


Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....

When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.


Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming soon from Moonstone!

  • Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, Pat Wildman, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
  • Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
  • Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
  • MoonstoneClassic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Honey West and T.H.E Cat: A Girl and Her Cat - Cover Sketch Reveal!

It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!

Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....

Cover art teaser! Initial concept sketch by the mighty Doug Klauba!


When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.


Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming soon from Moonstone!

  • Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, Pat Wildman, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
  • Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
  • Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
  • MoonstoneClassic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Scarlet Jaguar - final cover design

About six weeks ago I announced my new novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to the Philip Jose Farmer / Win Scott Eckert collaboration The Evil in Pemberley House


I'm now pleased to show off Keith Howell's final design for Mark Sparacio's beautiful fully painted cover!

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House.

Friday, June 07, 2013

Cover reveal! Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer!

Cover reveal! Coming this summer from Altus Press and Meteor House: Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer

He is the greatest hero of our time—Doc Savage! Philip José Farmer, three-time Hugo award winner and Science Fiction Grand Master, has turned his superb research and narrative skills to one of the greatest heroes of our time: Doc Savage, the bronze champion of justice. Now, at last, the incredible life story of the real man behind the Doc Savage pulp novels, including: 



  • His true name and family background, covering his relationship to Lord Greystoke, Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, James Bond, and Fu Manchu. 
  • Detailed information on some of his most devilish opponents—John Sunlight, the Mystic Mullah, and Mr. Wail. A summation of some of Doc’s most amazing inventions. 
  • Biographies of the Fabulous Five—Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, and Johnny—as well as the group’s Lady Auxiliary and Bronze Knockout, Pat Savage! 

Together with other data and brilliant deductions, Philip José Farmer offers an amazing account of this remarkable man’s astonishing career! 

Altus Press Softcover: $24.95 | Meteor House Deluxe, expanded hardcover: $35.00


Meteor House is currently taking preorders for the hardcover; any preorders placed by June 30 will be signed by the contributors at Pulpfest / FarmerCon in late July 2013, after which the book will ship. Preorders placed after June 30 will not be signed.

Cover by Joe DeVito
Deluxe expanded edition edited by Win Scott Eckert

Saturday, May 04, 2013

The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible


The Avenger is back! Now available direct from Moonstone, and in stock very soon at Amazon and B&N.

The greatest crime-fighter of the 40’s returns in a third thrilling collection of original action-packed tales of adventure, intrigue, and revenge.

Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until that fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and young daughter…and turned him into something more than human.

Driven by loss, compelled by grief, he becomes a chilled impersonal force of justice, more machine than man, dedicated to the destruction of evildoers everywhere. His frozen face and pale eyes, like a polar dawn, only hint at the terrible force the underworld heedlessly invoked upon itself the day they created…The Avenger! 

I'm thrilled to be back for this third volume, penning a tale of one of my all-time favorite pulp heroes. My "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster," rounds out the storyline which kicked off in "Death and the Countess" and continued in "Happy Death Men" (in Moonstone's first and second Avenger anthologies), and once again features The Avenger and Co. teaming up with the Domino Lady!



Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Pat Wildman - The Scarlet Jaguar final cover sketch

A few days ago I announced my new novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House (by Philip Jose Farmer and me). 

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House.

Fully authorized by Farmer's estate, the book will feature a fully painted cover by  Mark Sparacio.

A few days ago Mark and I conferred and we signed off on this cover sketch on which the painting will be based. I'm quite pleased and can't wait to see the final product!

Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life - New Revised Deluxe Hardcover Edition


And, without further ado... Meteor House is proud to announce a new edition of Philip José Farmer’s landmark biography!


Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life is now available for preorder and will be available in July 2013!

Cover by Doc Savage cover artist Joe DeVito!

Back in print for the first time in over 30 years, Philip José Farmer’s biography of the bronze crusader who fought almost 200 separate battles against the forces of evil “is ingenious, sardonic, adulatory, outrageous and funny in turn.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

I am the lucky guy who is penning a new foreword for this edition, and am having a ball reviewing all prior editions and putting together the bonus features. More info, including preorder details, behind the link:

Preorder direct from Meteor House


More from the preorder page:

Available now for preorder, the newly revised edition of Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life also features a brand new foreword by Farmer and pulp expert Win Scott Eckert, updates to the “List of Doc Savage Stories” including the latest novels, and rare material culled from Mr. Farmer’s notes. 
The deluxe hardcover edition arrives just in time for Doc’s 80th anniversary, and features tributes by other Farmer and Doc experts, including John Allen Small, Keith Howell, Rick Lai, Art Sippo, Christopher Paul Carey, and current Doc Savage writer Will Murray, as well as other bonus materials not seen in prior editions, such as: 
• Doc’s Coat of Arms, reconstructed by Win Scott Eckert and illustrated by Keith Howell, from notes by Philip José Farmer 
• A List of Doc Savage Comics by Win Scott Eckert and John Allen Small, a rundown of authorized Doc Savage comics which supplements Mr. Farmer’s List of Doc Savage Stories 
• Writing Doc’s Biography by Philip José Farmer 
 
“Written with wit and charm, sprinkled with allusions, this is a book to delight both science fiction and mystery fans.” (Library Journal)


All copies preordered by June 30th, 2013 will be signed by me at FarmerCon VIII / Pulpfest 2013. In addition, Meteor House will try to organize a signing by the bonus material contributors (John Allen Small, Keith Howell, Rick Lai, Art Sippo, Christopher Paul Carey, and Will Murray), who are available at FarmerCon VIII / Pulpfest 2013. (Hint: almost all of them are sure to be there!)

Hurry, get your preorder in now! Preorder direct from Meteor House.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Announcing Pat Wildman in — The Scarlet Jaguar!

I'm pleased to announce that Meteor House has picked up my next novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House (by Philip Jose Farmer and me). 

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House. (The first 100 preorders also get a neat commemorative bookmark.)

Fully authorized by Farmer's estate, the book will sport a cover by the accomplished Mark Sparacio, an artist with pulp creds who definitely knows his way around illustrating adventurous women!


US $15.00
5×8 tpb, XXX pages
LIMITED EDITION
of ??? signed copies

Monday, February 25, 2013

TOC: Tales of the Wold Newton Universe by Philip José Farmer and Others

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe

A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself.

I am pleased to announce that Titan Books has settled on the final Table of Contents for the Wold Newton Anthology, Tales of the Wold Newton Universe. The book collects, for the first time ever in one volume, Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton short stories, and also includes tales by other writers.

The Introduction by Win Scott Eckert (coauthor with Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House) and Christopher Paul Carey (coauthor with Farmer of the Khokarsa novel The Song of Kwasin) will provide an overview of Farmer's Wold Newton Family and Mythos. In addition, Eckert and Carey will provide brief introductions to the stories themselves, explaining why each entry is a Wold Newton tale.

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe is available for preorder at Amazon, AmazonUK, and B&N. As with all the Farmer books from Titan, there will also be an eBook version.



Contents


Introduction by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey


The Great Detective and Others
“The Problem of the Sore Bridge--Among Others” by Harry Manders Philip José Farmer 


"A Scarletin Study" by Jonathan Swift Somers III  Philip José Farmer 


"The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight" by Jonathan Swift Somers III  Philip José Farmer 




Pulp Inspirations
“Skinburn” Philip José Farmer 


“The Freshman”   Philip José Farmer 


“After King Kong Fell”  Philip José Farmer 




Wold Newton Prehistory: The Khokarsa Series
"Kwasin and the Bear God" Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey




Wold Newton Prehistory: John Gribardsun & Time's Last Gift
"Into Time's Abyss" John Allen Small


"The Last of the Guaranys" Octavio Aragão & Carlos Orsi




Wold Newton Origins / Secrets of the Nine
"The Wild Huntsman" Win Scott Eckert

Cover Reveal: Sherlock Holmes und die Legende von Greystoke

With a tip of the hat to Rias Nuninga at the Philip José Farmer International Bibliography site, I'm pleased to reveal the cover for the new German edition of Farmer's Wold Newton novel The Adventure of the Peerless Peer. 

The new edition, Sherlock Holmes und die Legende von Greystoke (Sherlock Holmes and the Legend of Greystoke), is forthcoming in Spring 2013 from Atlantis Verlag (German version). English translation: Atlantis Verlag

I'm very happy to report that the afterword I penned for the Titan Books reissue (The Peerless Peer, June 2011) has also been translated and will be included in the German edition. The foreword is by Christian Endres and the new cover is by Mark Freier.

The book will be available in hardcover, softcover, and eBook.


Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in A GIRL AND HER CAT!



It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!


Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....


When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.


Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming in 2013 from Moonstone!

(Promotional art - not actual cover)




  • Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
  • Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
  • Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
  • Moonstone: Classic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #7)



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 SeriesIt's been far too long since I posted an update on this series, so without further ado, updated information and links are all below.

COVER REVEALS

I'm pleased to share,, for the first time, the high-resolution covers to Tales of the Wold Newton Universe and Venus on the Half-Shell.


A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself!







HERE IS THE UPDATED LINEUP ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2013


Wold Newton Series
The Peerless Peer (June 2011)
  •  Afterword by Win Scott Eckert

The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (May 2012)
  • Afterword by Win Scott Eckert: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family"
  • Chronology by Win Scott Eckert: "A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to The Other Log of Phileas Fogg"


Wold Newton Prehistory Series

Time’s Last Gift (June 2012)
  • Afterword by Christopher Paul Carey: "John Gribardsun and the Prehistoric Wold Newton Family"
  • Chronology by Win Scott Eckert and Dennis E. Power: "Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift"

Hadon of Ancient Opar (January 2013)
  • Introduction by Christopher Paul Carey: "The Literary Archaeology of Khokarsa"
  • Afterword  by Christopher Paul Carey: "A Guide to Khokarsa"

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (October 2013)
  • Contents To Be Announced
  • Introduction by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey
  • Amazon



Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe


A Feast Unknown (October 2012)
  • Afterword by Art Sippo

Lord of the Trees (November 2012)
  • Introduction by Win Scott Eckert: "A Tale of Two Universes"

The Mad Goblin (June 2013)

 Grandmaster Series

Lord Tyger (July 2012)
  • Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
  • Foreword by Paul Spiteri

The Wind Whales of Ishmael (March 2013)

Flesh (August 2013)

Venus on the Half-Shell (December 2013)
  • Bonus Materials To Be Announced