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August 7, 2012
August 6, 2012
August 5, 2012
August 4, 2012
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 94:00 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 [image error] 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 Programming6:55 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 119:00 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!
Here's my schedule; my highlights are in bold/italics below:
Thursday, August 94:00 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 [image error] 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 Programming6:55 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 119:00 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!
July 16, 2012
July 15, 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.
Post #1 Post #2Post #3Post #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
AmazonBarnes & NobleForbidden 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 & NobleForbidden Planet
NEW! Hadon of Ancient Opar (January 2013)
Bonus materials by Christopher Paul CareyAmazonBarnes & Noble
NEW! Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (October 2013)
Secrets of the Nine: Parallel Universe
A Feast Unknown (October 2012)Afterword by Art SippoAmazonBarnes & Noble
Lord of the Trees (November 2012)Foreword by Win Scott EckertAmazonBarnes & NobleForbidden Planet
NEW! The Mad Goblin (June 2013)Chronology by Win Scott Eckert
Grandmaster Series
Lord Tyger (July 2012)Introduction by Joe R. LansdaleForeword by Paul SpiteriAmazonBarnes & NobleForbidden PlanetNEW! The Wind Whales of Ishmael (March 2013)AmazonBarnes & 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.
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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