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Sunday, July 05, 2009
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
2009 Farmerphile Award for Best Artist
In the long overdue department, I'm happy to spread the news far and wide that my pal Keith Howell won the 2009 Farmerphile Award for Best Artwork at FarmerCon IV, held on June 6-7 in Peoria.Keith won for his wraparound cover for Farmerphile no. 15 (Jan. 2009), "Philip José Farmer on the Riverworld."
I voted for Keith... however, as wonderful as the Riverworld cover is, I had to vote for his visualization of the Doc Wildman [Savage] Coat of
Arms, based on Phil's description of the Coat of Arms in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. The Coat of Arms piece came in second in the voting, and will grace the cover of the Limited Edition Chapbook of The Evil in Pemberley House.C'mon Doc fans... ain't it sweet?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Philip José Farmer's THE OTHER IN THE MIRROR arrived today
My copy of Philip José Farmer's omnibus collection The Other in the Mirror arrived today, and it really is a beautifully produced book.
Christopher Paul Carey is too humble to mention that he edited the omnibus and wrote the Introduction, so why not head over to his site and give him the props he deserves?
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Evil in Pemberley House by Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert
The Evil is coming...
A darkly erotic Jane Austen-Pulp Fiction-Sherlockian-Gothic-Wold Newton mashup, in which the Man of Bronze's daughter confronts her family's ancient legacy, lays a ghost to rest, and meets her destiny!
The Wold Newton novel, The Evil in Pemberley House, by Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert, will be published in late September 2009 by Subterranean Press. Dust jacket by Glen Orbik.
Early reviews:
Pre-order:
- Direct from Subterranean Press, including the signed Limited Edition with Chapbook
- Amazon.com
- Barnes&Noble.com
- Tor.com
- Borders.com
- Tattered Cover
- Camelot Books (trade edition)
- Camelot Books (limited edition)
Trade --
- novel
- endsheets with a Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree
Limited Edition -- 200 numbered copies, signed by Win Scott Eckert, with bonus chapbook:
- cover art (the Doc Wildman [Doc Savage] Coat of Arms by Keith Howell)
- endsheets with an expanded Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree--including SPOILERS from the novel
- notes on the Wildman Coat of Arms by Philip José Farmer
- outline for the novel by Philip José Farmer
- timeline of key events in the novel by Win Scott Eckert
- Wold Newtonian essay by Win Scott Eckert
ISBN: 978-1-59606-249-8
Limited: $60
Philip José Farmer's DARE now available
IDW's reprint of Phil Farmer's Dare is now available. My copy should arrive any day now.
Friday, June 19, 2009
FarmerCon IV photos, Bette Farmer, & Phil Farmer's THE OTHER IN THE MIRROR shipping
Ganked from my pal Christopher Paul Carey:
"Danny Adams, Phil and Bette Farmer's grand nephew (and a heck of a writer), has posted some photos from FarmerCon IV here, here, and here.
There's also a nice bio of Bette here where you can leave condolences.
By the way, Amazon says a copy of The Other in the Mirror that I ordered from them is shipping and should arrive next week."
"Danny Adams, Phil and Bette Farmer's grand nephew (and a heck of a writer), has posted some photos from FarmerCon IV here, here, and here.
There's also a nice bio of Bette here where you can leave condolences.
By the way, Amazon says a copy of The Other in the Mirror that I ordered from them is shipping and should arrive next week."
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
2009 Award for Achievement in Wold Newton Studies
I'm very pleased to announce that the 2009 Award for Achievement in Wold Newton Studies has gone to Dennis E. Power, of the Wold Newton Universe: A Secret History website. The award is well-deserved, and is the result of voting by the New Wold Newton Meteoritics Society. I had the honor of presenting Dennis with the award on June 6, 2009, at FarmerCon IV in Peoria, IL.
Read about it here!
Read about it here!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Bette Farmer, April 5, 1923 - June 10, 2009 R.I.P.
I returned on Monday (June 8) from FarmerCon IV, knowing I had just seen a wonderful lady, Bette Farmer (widow of Philip José Farmer by only three-and-a-half months), for the last time the day before. While the gathering went well, there was a very somber tone among those of us who understood the true extent of Bette's condition.
It's still too raw to post anything other than this brief news about Bette. More later. Ditto that on a Con report, I just can't muster it right now.
Here, though, is the brief but appropriate note sent out by my friend Mike Croteau of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page:
This is just a short note to share the very sad news that Bette Farmer passed away yesterday.
She had been ill for a while and we knew a few weeks ago that she would not be able to attend FarmerCon IV. Knowing this, we included this article in the Convention Program, which says more about her than I can say now.
Speaking for everyone associated with Farmerphile and the Farmercons, our best wishes and condolences go out to her family and friends.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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