Interviewed Again!

Jason Whiton over at the all-kinds-of-awesome SpyVibe site just posted an interview with yours truly.

We chat about Honey West & T.H.E. Cat, the Green Hornet, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., crossovers, Wold Newton, and more!

Check out the interview here and then peruse the rest of the super-cool SpyVibe site, and follow Jason here on Facebook!

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Interviewed!

My pal Anthony Cardno interviewed me about all things writing a few weeks back, and I just realized I never blogged about it. Thus... The Interview.

Many thanks to Anthony for this!

Black Gate does Wold Newton: #4 of 4

The fourth and final Black Gate post covering the recent Titan Books anthology, Tales of the Wold Newton Universe, is now live. In this installment, Christopher Paul Carey interviews me about the Wold Newtonian influences on my contribution to the book, "The Wild Huntsman."

[Philip José] Farmer’s world-building, drawing on the best in adventure, mystery, horror, thriller, and science fiction, made an indelible imprint on my psyche. Once one studies the source materials, Farmer’s Wold Newton genealogy, and his methods, one can join in on the Game, just as Sherlockians do with the Great Detective, and propose new genealogical connections or characters who exist in the wider Wold Newton Universe (WNU). 

The WNU provides a ready-made storytelling backdrop, and it been my privilege to add to the tapestry with my tales of Pat Wildman and the hidden origins of the Wold Newton Family.

Check out the full post here.

Black Gate does Wold Newton: #3 of 4

Just posted at Black Gate: I interview Christopher Paul Carey about his story "Kwasin and the Bear God" (based on Philip José Farmer's outline) in Tales of the Wold Newton Universe.

Check it out!

VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL by Philip José Farmer

My comps of the Titan Books edition of Philip José Farmer's hilarious novel Venus on the Half-Shell arrived today. This edition has a lot of extras and the final package came together really well.

It's a tad bittersweet, as this is the final Farmer book that Titan is releasing, but its been a good run, twelve Farmer books in three years. Farmer hasn't been this much in print in a couple of decades, and I'm very proud to have been a part of the initiative.

And I know that there's more Farmer coming from the good folks at Meteor House, as well as more international editions in the works from publishers such as Atlantis Verlag.


Here are the Venus extras. It's available now for preorder, so why not hop on over to Amazon or B&N and send the Titan series out with a bang?

• Introduction by Philip José Farmer: "Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout"
• Preface by Philip José Farmer: "The Obscure Life and Hard Times of Kilgore Trout"
• Afterword by Philip José Farmer: "Jonathan Swift Somers III: Cosmic Traveller in a Wheelchair"
• Afterword by Jonathan Swift Somers III: "Trout Masque Rectifier: Now It Can Be Told Differently: The Truth About Trout"
• Afterword by Christopher Paul Carey: "More Than Real Life Itself"

Amazon
B&N

New AVENGER ebook

I'm very pleased to see that the third Avenger anthology from Moonstone Books, The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible, is now out in ebook. The book has authentic tales about the pulp hero, The Avenger, by many great writers, and I was pleased to contribute a story, "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster," which rounds out a storyline from the first and second books (my tales "Death and the Countess" and "Happy Death Men"). 

Amazon Kindle
B&N Nook

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A GIRL AND HER CAT - More preordering info

Since I posted a few days ago about the new Honey West/T.H.E. Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat, being listed in the November issue of Diamond Previews, I've received some inquiries from interested readers who are not comics readers, asking how to go about ordering the book.

I've found some links to order the book (which is a signed hardcover and a Previews Exclusive) direct from some web-based outlets--and, bonus, most of these are offering the book at a discount!

Things From Another World

Midtown Comics

Comics Infinity

Everything Comics (Canada)

Archonia.com (Europe)

Black Gate does Wold Newton - Part 2

Part two of a four-part post in which coeditor Christopher Paul Carey and I interview contributors to our Titan Books anthology Tales of the Wold Newton Universe is now live over at Black Gate. 

The first installment features authors Octavio Aragão and Carlos Orsi   Please check it out!

You can also read our full introduction at SF Signal.

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A GIRL AND HER CAT - Now Available for Preorder!

Honey West and T.H.E. Cat in A GIRL AND HER CAT signed hardcover novel!
Previews Exclusive! 

Moonstone Books - Coming in January!

It's Honey West and T.H.E Cat-in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years!
Signed by both authors, Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh!

When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new influenza vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye-suspicious but bored-takes the case. But when she's attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there's more-much more-to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.

Along the way, Honey's one-time paramour Johnny Doom-ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent-reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor's insidious-and deadly-grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny's playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces-as only Honey can-with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent a worldwide epidemic-former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat!

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp.

6 x 9, 152 pages, $26.95

A GIRL AND HER CAT is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 30).
The Diamond Item Code is NOV131140.

THE SCARLET JAGUAR - three new reviews

I haven't been paying quite enough attention to self-marketing activities of late, so here's a smallish attempt at remedying that, links to three reviews of my recently-released novella The Scarlet Jaguar.

Many thanks to Ron Fortier at Pulp Fiction Reviews, Dave Brzeski at the British Fantasy Society, and Brad Mengel at the Serial Vigilante Blog for taking the time.

• Pulp Fiction Reviews
• British Fantasy Society
• Serial Vigilante Blog

I'm reliably informed by my publisher Meteor House that there are a very few copies remaining of this limited edition novella, which can be ordered here.

Black Gate does Wold Newton!

Part one of a four-part post in which coeditor Christopher Paul Carey and I interview contributors to our Titan Books anthology Tales of the Wold Newton Universe is now live over at Black Gate. 

The first installment features author John Allen Small. Please check it out!

You can also read our full introduction at SF Signal.

Pulp Crazy reviews TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE!

Jason Aiken of Pulp Crazy has posted an incredibly thorough--and positive!--review of the newly-released anthology Tales of the Wold Newton Universe. Thanks Jason!

Coming Oct 8: TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe

A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself.

Titan Books' Wold Newton Anthology, Tales of the Wold Newton Universe, will be released on October 8, 2013. Edited by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey, the book collects, for the first time ever in one volume, Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton short stories. The volume also includes tales by other writers.

The Introduction by Eckert (coauthor with Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House) and Carey (coauthor with Farmer of the Khokarsa novel The Song of Kwasin) provides an overview of Farmer's Wold Newton Family and Mythos. In addition, the editors provide brief introductions to the stories themselves, explaining why each entry is a Wold Newton tale.

Tales of the Wold Newton Universe is available for preorder at Amazon, AmazonUK, and B&N. As with all the Farmer books from Titan, there will also be an eBook version.

Contents

Introduction: "The Wold Newton Tales of Philip José Farmer" by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey

The Great Detective and Others
“The Problem of the Sore Bridge--Among Others”	Harry Manders (Philip José Farmer)
"A Scarletin Study"	Jonathan Swift Somers III (Philip José Farmer)
"The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight"	Jonathan Swift Somers III (Philip José Farmer)
Pulp Inspirations
“Skinburn”	Philip José Farmer
“The Freshman”	Philip José Farmer
“After King Kong Fell”	Philip José Farmer
Wold Newton Prehistory: The Khokarsa Series
"Kwasin and the Bear God"	Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey
Wold Newton Prehistory: John Gribardsun & Time's Last Gift
"Into Time's Abyss"	John Allen Small
"The Last of the Guaranys"	Octavio Aragão & Carlos Orsi
Wold Newton Origins / Secrets of the Nine
"The Wild Huntsman"	Win Scott Eckert

These Look Good To Me

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A GIRL AND HER CAT - Final Cover Design

And, without further ado,
Final cover art with title design by the incredible Doug Klauba!
It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!

Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....

When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.

Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming soon from Moonstone!

• Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, Pat Wildman, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
• Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
• Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
• Moonstone: Classic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A GIRL AND HER CAT - Final Cover Reveal!

It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!

Final cover art by the amazing Doug Klauba!

Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....

When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.

Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming soon from Moonstone!

• Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, Pat Wildman, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
• Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
• Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
• Moonstone: Classic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

Honey West and T.H.E Cat: A Girl and Her Cat - Cover Sketch Reveal!

It’s Honey West and T.H.E Cat, in the first new Honey West novel in over 40 years, A Girl and Her Cat!

Following on the heels of the first ever Honey West & T.H.E Cat crossover comic, Moonstone's "Death in the Desert," comes the Honey West & T.H.E Cat novel, A Girl and Her Cat.....

Cover art teaser! Initial concept sketch by the mighty Doug Klauba!

When an exotic green-eyed Asian doctor hires Honey to recover a stolen sample of a new Rubella vaccine from a rival scientist, the blonde bombshell private eye—suspicious but bored—takes the case. But after she’s attacked not once, but twice, on her way from Long Beach to San Francisco to track down her quarry, she knows there’s more—much more—to her femme fatale client than meets the eye.

Along the way, Honey’s one-time paramour Johnny Doom—ex-bounty hunter and current Company agent—reenters the picture, and the gorgeous doctor’s insidious—and deadly—grandfather deals himself in. But when Honey questions whether Johnny’s playing her game, or just playing her for a patsy, she joins forces—as only Honey can—with the one man in Frisco who can help her recover the stolen vaccine-cum-bioweapon and prevent worldwide genocide by germ-warfare—former cat burglar-turned-bodyguard Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat: T.H.E Cat! 

Join writers Win Scott Eckert and Matthew Baugh, and cover artist Douglas Klauba, for A Girl and Her Cat, a groovy, racy 1960s romp coming soon from Moonstone!

• Win Scott Eckert (The Green Hornet, The Avenger, Pat Wildman, The Domino Lady, Zorro, The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, Wold Newton Origins, etc.)
• Matthew Baugh (Zorro, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes, Six-Guns Straight from Hell, The Phantom, the Cthulhu Mythos, etc.)
• Douglas Klauba (The Phantom, Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Spider, Kolchak, The Black Terror, The Green Lama, Philip Marlowe, Doc Savage, etc.)
• Moonstone: Classic & new heroes in thrilling tales of adventure, mystery, & horror!

The Scarlet Jaguar - final cover design

About six weeks ago I announced my new novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to the Philip Jose Farmer / Win Scott Eckert collaboration The Evil in Pemberley House. 

I'm now pleased to show off Keith Howell's final design for Mark Sparacio's beautiful fully painted cover!

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House.

Cover reveal! Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer!

Cover reveal! Coming this summer from Altus Press and Meteor House: Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip José Farmer! 

He is the greatest hero of our time—Doc Savage! Philip José Farmer, three-time Hugo award winner and Science Fiction Grand Master, has turned his superb research and narrative skills to one of the greatest heroes of our time: Doc Savage, the bronze champion of justice. Now, at last, the incredible life story of the real man behind the Doc Savage pulp novels, including: 

• His true name and family background, covering his relationship to Lord Greystoke, Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, James Bond, and Fu Manchu. 
• Detailed information on some of his most devilish opponents—John Sunlight, the Mystic Mullah, and Mr. Wail. A summation of some of Doc’s most amazing inventions. 
• Biographies of the Fabulous Five—Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, and Johnny—as well as the group’s Lady Auxiliary and Bronze Knockout, Pat Savage! 

Together with other data and brilliant deductions, Philip José Farmer offers an amazing account of this remarkable man’s astonishing career! 

Altus Press Softcover: $24.95 | Meteor House Deluxe, expanded hardcover: $35.00

Meteor House is currently taking preorders for the hardcover; any preorders placed by June 30 will be signed by the contributors at Pulpfest / FarmerCon in late July 2013, after which the book will ship. Preorders placed after June 30 will not be signed.

Cover by Joe DeVito
Deluxe expanded edition edited by Win Scott Eckert

THE SCARLET JAGUAR - final cover!

The Scarlet Jaguar artist Mark Sparacio has posted the final cover art! To say I'm pleased is an understatement.

More SCARLET JAGUAR progress!

Following up on the post from a few days ago, here is Mark Sparacio's third "in progress" photo of The Scarlet Jaguar!

THE SCARLET JAGUAR - cover progress

The Scarlet Jaguar artist Mark Sparacio has been posting progress shots of the cover over on Facebook, and I'm very pleased to share them here:

Meteor House is taking preorders now!

The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible

The Avenger is back! Now available direct from Moonstone, and in stock very soon at Amazon and B&N.

The greatest crime-fighter of the 40’s returns in a third thrilling collection of original action-packed tales of adventure, intrigue, and revenge.

Life was bliss for millionaire adventurer Richard Henry Benson until that fateful day crime and greed took away his wife and young daughter…and turned him into something more than human.

Driven by loss, compelled by grief, he becomes a chilled impersonal force of justice, more machine than man, dedicated to the destruction of evildoers everywhere. His frozen face and pale eyes, like a polar dawn, only hint at the terrible force the underworld heedlessly invoked upon itself the day they created…The Avenger! 

I'm thrilled to be back for this third volume, penning a tale of one of my all-time favorite pulp heroes. My "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster," rounds out the storyline which kicked off in "Death and the Countess" and continued in "Happy Death Men" (in Moonstone's first and second Avenger anthologies), and once again features The Avenger and Co. teaming up with the Domino Lady!

• Amazon
• B&N
• Moonstone direct (softcover)
• Moonstone direct (limited edition hardcover, featuring an Avenger timeline by expert fictional chronologist Rick Lai!)

Pat Wildman - The Scarlet Jaguar final cover sketch

A few days ago I announced my new novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House (by Philip Jose Farmer and me). 

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House.

Fully authorized by Farmer's estate, the book will feature a fully painted cover by  Mark Sparacio.

A few days ago Mark and I conferred and we signed off on this cover sketch on which the painting will be based. I'm quite pleased and can't wait to see the final product!

Preorder direct from Meteor House

Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life - New Revised Deluxe Hardcover Edition

And, without further ado... Meteor House is proud to announce a new edition of Philip José Farmer’s landmark biography!


Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life is now available for preorder and will be available in July 2013!

Cover by Doc Savage cover artist Joe DeVito!

Back in print for the first time in over 30 years, Philip José Farmer’s biography of the bronze crusader who fought almost 200 separate battles against the forces of evil “is ingenious, sardonic, adulatory, outrageous and funny in turn.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

I am the lucky guy who is penning a new foreword for this edition, and am having a ball reviewing all prior editions and putting together the bonus features. More info, including preorder details, behind the link:

Preorder direct from Meteor House

More from the preorder page:

Available now for preorder, the newly revised edition of Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life also features a brand new foreword by Farmer and pulp expert Win Scott Eckert, updates to the “List of Doc Savage Stories” including the latest novels, and rare material culled from Mr. Farmer’s notes. 

The deluxe hardcover edition arrives just in time for Doc’s 80th anniversary, and features tributes by other Farmer and Doc experts, including John Allen Small, Keith Howell, Rick Lai, Art Sippo, Christopher Paul Carey, and current Doc Savage writer Will Murray, as well as other bonus materials not seen in prior editions, such as: 

• Doc’s Coat of Arms, reconstructed by Win Scott Eckert and illustrated by Keith Howell, from notes by Philip José Farmer 

• A List of Doc Savage Comics by Win Scott Eckert and John Allen Small, a rundown of authorized Doc Savage comics which supplements Mr. Farmer’s List of Doc Savage Stories 

• Writing Doc’s Biography by Philip José Farmer 

 
“Written with wit and charm, sprinkled with allusions, this is a book to delight both science fiction and mystery fans.” (Library Journal)


All copies preordered by June 30th, 2013 will be signed by me at FarmerCon VIII / Pulpfest 2013. In addition, Meteor House will try to organize a signing by the bonus material contributors (John Allen Small, Keith Howell, Rick Lai, Art Sippo, Christopher Paul Carey, and Will Murray), who are available at FarmerCon VIII / Pulpfest 2013. (Hint: almost all of them are sure to be there!)

Hurry, get your preorder in now! Preorder direct from Meteor House.

Announcing Pat Wildman in — The Scarlet Jaguar!

I'm pleased to announce that Meteor House has picked up my next novella, a Pat Wildman adventure which is a sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House (by Philip Jose Farmer and me). 

The Scarlet Jaguar will be out in July 2013 and is available for preorder now, direct from Meteor House. (The first 100 preorders also get a neat commemorative bookmark.)

Fully authorized by Farmer's estate, the book will sport a cover by the accomplished Mark Sparacio, an artist with pulp creds who definitely knows his way around illustrating adventurous women!

US $15.00

5×8 tpb, XXX pages

LIMITED EDITION

of ??? signed copies

Don't wait, preorder now!