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Thursday, May 03, 2012
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Comps! The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
I arrived home from vacation to find my comps for The Other Log of Phileas Fogg awaiting. The whole package looks fantastic, including the interiors.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Reminder for Philip José Farmer fans!
Just a reminder that Titan Books kicks off it's Wold Newton Series of Philip José Farmer reissues in two short weeks with the elder steampunk novel The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, due in bookstores on May 8!
I'm also pleased to announce that this edition contains the original interior illustrations by Rick J. Bryant found in the 1982 Tor Books edition.
Of course, H.W. Starr's addendum entitled "A Submersible Subterfuge, or Proof Impositve" is also included.
The Titan edition also includes two new pieces:
- Afterword by Win Scott Eckert: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family"
(Family tree fans take note--this afterword has a new chart which is an extension of the Wold Newton Family tree charts found in Farmer's Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life!)
- Chronology by Win Scott Eckert: "A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
And if you already own a copy of the book, I can't put if better than my friend Mike Croteau, webmaster of the Official Philip José Farmer Home Page:
Let's face it, if you already own a copy (or several) of any of these titles, the bonus materials are why you are buying these books. The real key will be if new readers are attracted to the books and buy them (yea again for the great covers). If so, these bonus materials, most with an emphasis on the Wold Newton Universe and how the books are related to each other, should help make it so new readers don't stop at just one. How about this: Do Phil's memory a big favor and buy at least one of these titles just to give it to someone who has never read Farmer. See if you can't set the hook and reel them in. You know you would be doing them a great favor in the long run.
Order your copy now--and put the next book in the series, Time's Last Gift, on your list as well!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Exiles of Kho: A Tale of Lost Khokarsa!
Exiles of Kho
A Tale of Lost Khokarsa
by Christopher Paul Carey
Now, lost in the deep jungle, Lupoeth must fight to keep her
ill-equipped band of followers alive in the face of deadly beasts,
savage Neanderthals, and conspiring enemies. Soon she finds the most
accursed deity of her people’s faith, exiled from the empire by the
Great Goddess Kho Herself, may be her only ally in this wild
land. But Sahhindar, the god of Time and bronze, has a mysterious agenda
of his own—one that Lupoeth fears might spell doom not only for her
expedition, but for the entire world…
This limited edition novella will be signed by the
author, Christopher Paul Carey, coauthor with Philip José Farmer of the
third novel in the Khokarsa series. The print run will be determined by
the number of preorders we receive by June 30, 2012. A very limited
number of copies beyond the preorders will be printed.
*** As an added bonus ***
If you preorder by June 30, your name will appear in the book
on a special acknowledgments page.
on a special acknowledgments page.
Cover art and interior illustrations by Mike Hoffman
US $15.00 + shipping
5×8 tpb - pp. tba
Signed Limited Edition
Estimated publication date: Late summer/early fall 2012
5×8 tpb - pp. tba
Signed Limited Edition
Estimated publication date: Late summer/early fall 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
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Saturday, April 07, 2012
Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #5)
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 Series.
Today I'm pleased to announce that Titan will be reissuing Farmer's The Wind Whales of Ishmael as part of their Grandmaster Series.
First published in 1971, Farmer's masterful SF sequel to Herman Melville's Moby-Dick has not seen an English edition in over 30 years.
Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time and space to a future Earth—an Earth of blood-sucking vegetation and a blood-red sun, of barren canyons where once the Pacific Ocean roared.
Here too there are whales to hunt—but whales that soar through a dark blue sky....
Hugo Award-winner Philip José Farmer has spun a fascinating tale of whaling ships and seamen of the sky in a bizarre future world where there are no seas to sail and no safe harbor to call home....
Titan Books' edition of The Wind Whales of Ishmael is scheduled for March 2013.
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Continue to watch this space as I'll be revealing more over the next few days.
Wold Newton Series
The Peerless Peer (June 2011)
- Afterword by Win Scott Eckert
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (May 2012)
Wold Newton Prehistory Series
- 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"
Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe
A Feast Unknown (October 2012)
- Afterword by Art Sippo
Lord of the Trees (November 2012)
Lord Tyger (July 2012)
- Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
- Foreword by Paul Spiteri
The Wind Whales of Ishmael (March 2013)
Friday, April 06, 2012
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #4)
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 Series.
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Continue to watch this space as I'll be revealing more over the next few days.
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (May 2012)
Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe
Lord of the Trees (November 2012)
COVER REVEAL!
Tonight I'm pleased to share the amazing cover to the new edition of the controversial Lord Grandrith/Doc Caliban novel A Feast Unknown!
The diaries of Lord Grandrith, the legendary ape-man, lord of the jungle and bastard son of Jack the Ripper. Blessed with unnatural long life, his power brings with it a gruesome side effect - one shared by his nemesis, the formidable Doc Caliban, man of bronze and Champion of Justice.
But these two titans have more in common than they could ever have imagined. Who are the dark manipulators of their destiny?
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Continue to watch this space as I'll be revealing more over the next few days.
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"
Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe
A Feast Unknown (October 2012)
- Afterword by Art Sippo
Lord of the Trees (November 2012)
Lord Tyger (July 2012)
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Monday, April 02, 2012
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #3)
As I've mentioned in Post #1 and Post #2, this series covers Titan Books' current plans for its series of Philip José Farmer reissues, which fall under the umbrellas Wold Newton Series and Grandmaster Series.
Three titles are coming up quickly; in fact, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg is due out in one short month! And one Wold Newton
book by Farmer has already been published, although it fell under the
umbrella of Titan's "Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" line.
The Wold Newton series
will have several different "sub-series,: encompassing mainstream Wold Newton novels, Wold Newton Prehistory novels, and Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe novels.
Last post I announced A Feast Unknown (with Art Sippo contributing a new afterword) and its sequel Lord of the Trees (I'll be contributing a new foreword, discussing the similarities and differences between the universe of The Nine, inhabited by Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban, and the mainstream Wold Newton Universe where Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage reside).
NEW!
Tonight I'm pleased to announce the bonus materials for Lord Tyger.
- Joe R. Lansdale is eminently suited to contribute a new introduction to this Burroughsian-flavored novel, as he is one of the few (along with Philip José Farmer himself!) to write an authorized Tarzan novel.
- And Paul Spiteri, a Farmerian expert and the editor of the critically acclaimed Farmer collection Pearls from Peoria (Subterranean Press) has written a fine foreword.
COVER REVEAL!
Check out the gorgeous cover to the new edition of the Lord Grandrith novel Lord of the Trees!
To recap, here is the lineup to date. Stay tuned to this space as I'll be revealing more soon.
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"
Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe
A Feast Unknown (October 2012)
- Afterword by Art Sippo
Lord of the Trees (November 2012)
Lord Tyger (July 2012)
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