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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
London secondhand bookstore swag, part 2
I already had a copy of J.T.'s Hundredth, but it does have a Wold Newton Family tree chart in it (only the third book to do so following Phil Farmer's Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage, and done with Farmer's blessing), so it seemed worth picking up an extra copy.
The James Bond and C.S. Lewis books are, of course, duplicates, picked up for the unique covers on the British editions.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
These arrived today....
Two Hawks from Earth by Philip José Farmer, MonkeyBrain Books. Beautiful wraparound cover by Lee Moyer, with an insightful and moving Afterword by Christopher Paul Carey.
Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear by Gabriel Hunt as told to Charles Ardai, Leisure Books. Fantastic cover by Glen Orbik, as always.
Sex, Lies and Private Eyes, edited by Joe Gentile and Richard Dean Starr, Moonstone Books. Mystery anthology featuring Mike W. Barr, Max Allan Collins, Carole Nelson Douglas, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Robert Randisi, and others, with characters: Domino Lady, Blackshirt, Kolchak the Night Stalker, Sherlock Holmes & Irene Adler, Johnny Dollar, Mr. Keen, Pat Novak, Toby Peters, the maze Agency, Nate Heller, and others.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Pemberley House--full Booklist review
In the many novels of the Wold Newton series, the late Farmer proved fond of enhancing the "biographies" of famous literary characters, such as Verne's Phileas Fogg and Burroughs' Tarzan, with fanciful, "uncovered" details. Here, collaborating with sf colleague and Wold Newton enthusiast Eckert, he recounts the fate of Patricia Wildman, daughter of pulp fiction icon Doc Savage. When her parents are presumed dead in a plane crash, 22-year-old Patricia assuages her grief in a spate of short-lived, unfulfilling love affairs. Then surprising news arrives: Patricia is the sole heir to Pemberley House, the estate featured in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and she sets off immediately for England. Eager for the change of scenery, Patricia comes well prepared to meet her bawdy cousins and 103-year-old dowager aunt, still living at Pemberley, but is less prepared for the restless ghost still haunting the estate. Part pulp romance, part erotic thriller, Farmer and Eckert's yarn is a steamy, intriguing addition to Wold Newton lore.
- Carl Hays
(c) Booklist 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Cover for Moonstone's THE PHANTOM CHRONICLES, VOLUME 2...
... or at least I'm assuming it's the final cover--lifted it from B&N.com.
Pretty nifty!
My story is "No Ghosts Need Apply."
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Booklist reviews THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE
The good folks over at Subterranean Press have posted a blurb from Booklist's review of The Evil in Pemberley House.
"Part pulp romance, part erotic thriller, Farmer and Eckert’s yarn is a steamy, intriguing addition to Wold Newton lore."
Golly!
Hi-rez version of Glen Orbik's cover for THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, without cover text
Copyright (C) 2009 Glen Orbik.
The Evil in Pemberley House is due to ship from Subterranean Press in 2-3 weeks.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tarzan exhibit at the Musee du quai Branly in Paris
... and I was there, 28 July 2009!
More info here.
There was no flash photography allowed, so my many pics did not turn out great, but the exhibit included many Tarzan books in French, tons of comics (in English and French) and original comic strip and comic book art, lots of monitors running movie clips (including a censored scene from 1934's Tarzan and His Mate -- extended scene with Tarzan and Jane swimming... Jane nude), move posters and stills, historical antecedents (with an emphasis on French influences, naturally: Benoit, Saturnin Farandoul, etc.
I picked up a coffee table book (image similar to the museum poster), a large softcover book, and a small softcover book. The latter two have pages mentioning Philip Jose Farmer's contributions to the Tarzan mythos. The hardcover coffee table book might as well, but the copy I bought is shrinkwrapped and I won't open it until I arrive home (and I didn't have time to check it for Farmer references in the Museum gift shop).The museum gift shop also had copies of Farmer's A Feast Unknown in French (featuring the Tarzan analogue Lord Grandrith) and I snapped up a copy, as well as a few postcards, bookmarks, and magnets. Such a tourist I am.
The exhibit runs through 27 September, and so
if you find yourself in Paris between now and then (!), it's well worth a look. The Musee du quai Branly is a 10 minute walk from the Eiffel Tower.
PEMBERLEY HOUSE - Key historical scene reenacted & shipping update!
Subterranean Press has announced that The Evil in Pemberley House is at the printer and expected to ship in 2-3 weeks.That seems a good excuse as any to post these pictures of a scene of critical historical significance to the events in Pemberley House, the murder of Charles Augustus Milverton. The murderess is a major character in Pemberley House. Pictures taken at the Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221B Baker Street, London, 25 July 2009.
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