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June 11, 2013
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.
June 7, 2013
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
May 14, 2013
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.
May 12, 2013
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
!
May 8, 2013
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!
May 4, 2013
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!
AmazonB&NMoonstone direct (softcover)Moonstone direct (limited edition hardcover, featuring an Avenger timeline by expert fictional chronologist Rick Lai!)
April 23, 2013
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.
April 14, 2013
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 $15.005×8 tpb, XXX pagesLIMITED EDITIONof ??? signed copies
Don't wait, preorder now!
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 $15.005×8 tpb, XXX pagesLIMITED EDITIONof ??? signed copies
Don't wait, preorder now!
February 25, 2013
TOC: Tales of the Wold Newton Universe by Philip José Farmer and Others
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe
A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself.
I am pleased to announce that Titan Books has settled on the final Table of Contents for the Wold Newton Anthology, Tales of the Wold Newton Universe. The book collects, for the first time ever in one volume, Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton short stories, and also includes tales by other writers.
The Introduction by Win Scott Eckert (coauthor with Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House ) and Christopher Paul Carey (coauthor with Farmer of the Khokarsa novel The Song of Kwasin ) will provide an overview of Farmer's Wold Newton Family and Mythos. In addition, Eckert and Carey will 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 by Win Scott Eckert and Christopher Paul Carey
The Great Detective and Others “The Problem of the Sore Bridge--Among Others” by Harry Manders Philip José Farmer
"A Scarletin Study" by Jonathan Swift Somers III Philip José Farmer
"The Doge Whose Barque Was Worse Than His Bight" by 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
