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Cover reveal for Titan's reissue of Philip José Farmer's FLESH!

Coming from Titan Books August 2013!

Countdown to the new Philip José Farmer books from Titan! (post #6)

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.

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• Post #2
• Post #3
• Post #4
• Post #5

New Info Revealed Today!

My introduction to Lord of the Trees has been submitted and is entitled "A Tale of Two Universes." Christopher Paul Carey has contributed two pieces to the new edition of Hadon of Ancient Opar: an introduction entitled "The Literary Archaeology of Khokarsa" and an afterword, "A Guide to Khokarsa."

COVER REVEAL!

I'm pleased to share the cover to the new edition of the Doc Caliban novel The Mad Goblin!

They were known simply as the Nine - grim and ancient rulers who thirty thousand years ago had discovered the key to eternal life and ever since had secretly held the world in thrall.

Once, Doc Caliban had been their servant and had shared their secrets. Now, appalled by their tyranny, he has turned against them, daring to challenge their centuries-old supremacy. Together with two henchmen whose superhuman skills match his own, Caliban sets out on the trail of the deadliest of the Nine: the mad goblin Iwaldi, the very incarnation of evil...

HERE IS THE UPDATED LINEUP ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2013!

Wold Newton Series

The Peerless Peer (June 2011)

•  Afterword by Win Scott Eckert
  

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

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"

• Amazon 
• Barnes & Noble 
• Forbidden Planet

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"

• Amazon 
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

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"

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (October 2013)

Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe

A Feast Unknown (October 2012)

• Afterword by Art Sippo

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

Lord of the Trees (November 2012)

• Introduction by Win Scott Eckert: "A Tale of Two Universes"

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

The Mad Goblin (June 2013)

• Chronology by Win Scott Eckert

• Amazon

 Grandmaster Series

Lord Tyger (July 2012)

• Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
• Foreword by Paul Spiteri

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

The Wind Whales of Ishmael (March 2013)

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

Flesh (August 2013)

Venus on the Half-Shell (December 2013)

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Comps! The Green Hornet: Still at Large!

2012 to date ... and Things to Come

After the push to get through FarmerCon VII /  PulpFest 2012  intact (the Convention was great; lots of pics and comments on my Facebook timeline), I'm feeling the need to take stock of the year and look forward to the remainder of the year and beyond...

2012 Published

Fiction

• "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, March 2012)

• "Progress" in The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2012)

• "The Wild Huntsman" in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster by Michael Croteau (ed.) (Meteor House, August 2012) (illo to the left by Jay Piscopo)

Nonfiction

• Afterword: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012) 

• "A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to The Other Log of Phileas Fogg" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012) 

• "Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift" (with Dennis E. Power) in Time's Last Gift by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2012)

2012 Completed/Editorially Approved/Not Yet Published

Fiction

• "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster" in The Avenger: Tales from the Roaring Crucible by Joe Gentile and Nancy Holder (eds.) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING)

• "Zombies under Broadway" (with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING)

Nonfiction

• "A Tale of Two Universes" in Lord of the Trees by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, November 2012)

Work in Progress or Planned for 2012/2013

Fiction

• "untitled" for Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 9: Le Vie en Noir by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, December 2012)
• A Girl and Her Cat, Honey West/T.H.E. Cat novella for Moonstone Books
• "untitled" for Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook Volume III for Moonstone Books (sequel to "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone")
• an important novel in a well-nine well-known series; working hard to complete the three items above in 2012 in order to focus all energies on the novel come 2013
• a Patricia Wildman novella, sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House

Nonfiction

• "A Chronology of  Major Events Pertinent to the Secrets of the Nine Series" in The Mad Goblin by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2013)

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Green Hornet: Still at Large NOW AVAILABLE!

The Green Hornet: Still at Large is back from the printer and is now shipping direct from Moonstone Books! (I'm sure it will show up as "available" on Amazon soon.) 

NOTE: I am reliably informed by Moonstone that I will have copies available at PulpFest later this week. You can find me at the Meteor House table; I will also be doing a "New Fictioneers" session where I will be reading from my Green Hornet tale, "Progress."

Edited by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh, this third anthology featuring the 1960s Green Hornet, based on the television program starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee, follows The Green Hornet Chronicles and The Green Hornet Casefiles, and ships in two editions. 

The softcover trade paperback features a cover by Douglas Klauba, while the limited edition hardcover boasts a cover by Ruben Procopio. It is anticipated that as with the prior books, the third volume will also see an eBook edition, although the specific date has not been announced.

Contents:

"Hero" by S.J. Rozan

"The Black Torpedo" by Will Murray

"The World Will End in Fire" by Richard Dean Starr

"The Man Inside" by Matthew Baugh

"Death from Beyond" by Ron Fortier

"Play the Game" by Thom Brannan

"The Gauntlet" by Bobby Nash

"Chaos and the Year of the Dog" by Bobbie Metevier

"Axford's Sting” by Dan Wickline

"Revenge of the Yellowjacket" by Howard Hopkins

"The Man in the Picture" by Patricia Weakley

"Masks" by C.J. Henderson

"Bad Man's Blunder" by John Allen Small

"Losers, Weepers" by Rich Harvey

"Stormfront" by Greg Gick

"The Night I Met The Hornet" by Mel Odom

"Progress" by Win Scott Eckert

The limited edition hardcover also features:

“The Green Hornet Timeline,” a chronology of the Moonstone stories from the three anthologies, fit into the timeline of the original television episodes, by Win Scott Eckert

A bonus story featuring the 1930s-40s Green Hornet from the radio show and serials, “The Green Hornet Meets The Avenger” by Michael Uslan

Ordering information:

• Moonstone direct (trade paperback)
• Moonstone direct (limited hardcover)
• Amazon.com (trade paperback)  
• Amazon.com (limited hardcover)  
• B&N.com (trade paperback)  
• B&N.com (limited hardcover)

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My PulpFest / FarmerCon schedule

I'm heading for PulpFest 2012 / FarmerCon VII in Columbus, OH, next Wednesday.


Here's my schedule; my highlights are in bold/italics below:

Thursday, August 9

4:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Dealer Set-Up – the dealers’ room will be open only to dealers to assemble their displays.  

I'll be helping my friends at Meteor House sent up the table, and this is where you can find me when I'm not participating in or attending other scheduled programming

Friday, August 10

9:00 AM – 5 PM – Wheeling and Dealing – the dealers’ room will be open to all.

11:00 AM – Exiles of Kho Book Launch – author Christopher Paul Carey will be signing the limited edition release of his book.

1:00 PM – The New Fictioneers – Christopher Paul Carey will read from his novel co-authored with Philip José Farmer, The Song of Kwasin, part of the Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa omnibus from Subterranean Press.

Evening Programming

6:55 PM – Welcome to PulpFest – Jack Cullers offers an official welcome.

7:00 PM – Lord Tyger, Time’s Last Gift, and the Gods of Opar – our FarmerCon VII panelists discuss a sampling of the Burroughs and Verne-inspired works of Philip José Farmer. Moderated by Paul Spiteri, editor of Pearls from Peoria and featuring authors Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey.

11:00 PM – Tarzan on Mars – film program includes Bob Clampett’s 1936 animated footage from Warlord of Mars and the United States premier of Last Flight, a short film made in New Zealand that is set on Mars.  I, Tarzan features George McWhorter, editor emeritus of The Burroughs Bulletin, Philip José Farmer, Grand Master of Science Fiction, and popular culture expert Francis Lacassin in a discussion about Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most famous creation, Tarzan.

Saturday, August 11

9:00 AM – 5 PM – Wheeling and Dealing – the dealers’ room will be open to all.

2:30 PM - The New Fictioneers - one of the founders of the New Pulp movement, Win Scott Eckert, will read from works written for The Green Hornet: Still at Large, The Avenger: Tales from the Roaring Crucible, and The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3.

3:30 PM – A Tribute to Howard Hopkins and David Burton – author and editor Win Scott Eckert and Wild Cat Books publisher Ron Hanna will lead a celebration of the lives and works of these two creative pulp fans, recently departed.

I'm looking forward to seeing many old friends and colleagues. Hope to see you there!

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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.

• Post #1 
• Post #2
• Post #3
• Post #4

COVER RE-REVEAL!

Today I'm pleased to share the fantastic updated 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?

BREAKING NEWS - HERE IS THE UPDATED LINEUP ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2013!

Wold Newton Series

The Peerless Peer (June 2011)

•  Afterword by Win Scott Eckert
  

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

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"

• Amazon 
• Barnes & Noble 
• Forbidden Planet

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"

• Amazon 
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

NEW!

Hadon of Ancient Opar (January 2013)

• Bonus materials by Christopher Paul Carey

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

NEW!

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (October 2013)

Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe

A Feast Unknown (October 2012)

• Afterword by Art Sippo

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

Lord of the Trees (November 2012)

• Foreword by Win Scott Eckert

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

NEW!

The Mad Goblin (June 2013)

• Chronology by Win Scott Eckert

 Grandmaster Series

Lord Tyger (July 2012)

• Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale
• Foreword by Paul Spiteri

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Forbidden Planet

NEW!

The Wind Whales of Ishmael (March 2013)

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble

NEW!

Flesh (August 2013)

NEW!

Venus on the Half-Shell (December 2013)

Philip Jose Farmer - Titan Books cover reveal!

I'm pleased to reveal here the cover for Titan Books' edition The Wind Whales of Ishmael, Philip Jose Farmer's SF sequel to Herman Melville's Moby Dick. 



The book is due out in March 2013 and is part of their Grand Master series, which also includes some of Farmer's best standalone novels. including Lord Tyger (already out; click here), Flesh, and Venus on the Half-Shell.


Like all of Titan's reissues, The Wind Whales of Ishmael will have some extras that will make those who own prior editions want to pick up the new one. Stay tuned to this space for more information about that.

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Comps! Lord Tyger!

My Lord Tyger comps arrived! Once again, a beautiful production from Titan Books.

The book hits the street on July 10 here in the US, and includes a fantastic introduction by Joe Lansdale and a warm and smart foreword by Farmer friend and expert Paul Spiteri.

Pre-order your copy today!

 

 

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The Wild Huntsman

    Thus, Tarzan has as ancestor Woden. It would be difficult to find a more highly placed forefather than the All-Father.
     Perhaps the great god of the North is not dead but is in hiding. It pleased the Wild Huntsman to direct the falling star of Wold Newton near the two coaches. Thus, in a manner of speaking, he fathered the children of the occupants. The mutated and recessive genes would be reinforced, kept from being lost, by the frequent marriages among the descendants of the irradiated parents.
—Philip José Farmer, Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke

In November 1795, after undergoing a harrowing adventure in France, Sir Percy Blakeney—The Scarlet Pimpernel—decided to call a Conclave of some of the most remarkable people of his time to plan how to influence the political and revolutionary climate sweeping across Europe. These extraordinary people, many of them heroes in their own right, were the ancestors of a group of mutant supermen who have played a large role in our affairs—Sherlock Holmes, Doc Wildman, Captain Nemo, and the lord of the jungle, among many others.

It is December 13, 1795. The ionized radiation accompanying a meteor strike in the tiny village of Wold Newton, Yorkshire, endows Blakeney and his fellow Conclave attendees with a boost—a nova of genetic splendor—that will result in those supermen and women.

Or does it?

A mysterious time traveler has come to Wold Newton to witness the momentous event, and is quickly drawn into investigating a series of impossible murders heralded by an ominous tolling, murders never recorded in the history books. As the Conclave guests divide into camps, and hopes for a solution to the European problem dwindle, so too dwindles hope for the future. For if the enigmatic time voyager cannot overcome the machinations of an immortal trickster and ensure that the right people are at the right place, at the right time, then not only will his own future and past be erased, but the whole of history itself will be rewritten…

Drawing on the cornerstone Wold Newton novels, biographies, and stories by science-fiction Grandmaster Philip José Farmer, including Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke, Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, Time’s Last Gift, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, and A Feast Unknown, “The Wild Huntsman” is a 12,000-word novelette by Wold Newton expert Win Scott Eckert. A sequel to Eckert’s tale “Is He in Hell?” (The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions), “The Wild Huntsman” will see publication in Meteor House’s The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster (2012).

Note: Time is running out for readers to win to a chance be Tuckerized in a major story in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster. Readers can enter this contest up to three times (see www.pjfarmer.com for details) but the deadline is June 30.