Friday, February 26, 2010

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES - now available for preorder!

Edited by Christopher Mills, art by Vatche Mavlian, cover by Richard Clark.

Born in the blazing crucible of war, but sworn to fight for peace, the mysterious obsidian aviator known only by the codename Captain Midnight... flies again!

An ace pilot, super secret agent, and astounding scientific genius, the heroic Captain Midnight returns when we need him most, along with his legendary Secret Squadron -- to battle spies, saboteurs and the mercenary armies of the evil warmonger Ivan Shark and his delectably deadly daughter, Fury. Join the Captain and his elite air warriors in eleven all-new stories by some of the greatest adventure writers in the world, as they battle evil and fight for freedom all over the world!

Featuring my tale "Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule"!

Softcover, 234 pages, $16.95. Hardcover, 234 pages, $29.95. Moonstone Books

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES
is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Available February 24th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAR101067 (Softcover).

The Diamond Item Code is MAR101068 (Limited Hardcover).

Also available from Amazon.

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Planet Stories lands Moorcock and Lansdale!

It's been far too long since I blogged about Planet Stories , but their latest announcement regarding a Planet Stories Double Feature with Michael Moorcock and Joe R. Lansdale gives me chance to rectify that!

Check out the news from
Planet Stories editor Christopher Paul Carey's blog.

As if that weren't enough they've had a couple other great recent releases:
  • Steppe, by Piers Anthony, with an introduction by Chris Roberson
  • The Ship of Ishtar, by A. Merritt, with an introduction by Tim Powers
  • plus great classics from C.L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, Henry Kuttner, and more
And a couple forthcoming I'm really looking forward to: Check it all out won't you?

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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Burroughs Bulletin #81: Philip José Farmer tribute issue

As my friend Christopher Paul Carey notes:

"The Burroughs Bulletin has dedicated an entire issue in tribute to Philip José Farmer, which is now shipping. The issue includes my [Chris'] article "Philip José Farmer and ERB: A Shared Mythography," surveying, of course, Phil's literary intersections with Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Table of Contents:

Editor's Preface
"Philip José Farmer's Tarzan Alive"
by Win Scott Eckert
"Philip José Farmer and ERB: A Shared Mythography"
by Christopher Paul Carey
"Philip José Farmer's ERB-Related Work"
by Henry G. Franke III
"Philip José Farmer's Incarnations of Tarzan"
by Henry G. Franke III
Picture Gallery: Boris Vallejo's The Mad King
"Burroughs and Himself: A Study of The Mad King"
by David Arthur Adams
"Some Thoughts On Tarzan and the Lost City"
by Kim L. Neideigh
"Joe R. Lansdale On Tarzan: The Lost Adventure"
by Henry G. Franke III
Bibliographer's Corner
by Septimus Favonius
Letters to the Editor

To inquire about ordering this issue or for subscription information, see the Burroughs Bulletin contact information here. "

My own piece is a reprint of the new Foreword I wrote for the 2006 edition of Tarzan Alive, with a short new coda. If you have that, you should sill pick up the issue for all the other great articles and features.