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Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe Paperback – October 11, 2005

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In his classic "biographies" of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author Philip José Farmer introduced the Wold Newton family, a collection of heroes and villains whose family-tree includes Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu, Philip Marlowe, and James Bond. In books, stories, and essays he expanded the concept even further, adding more branches to the Wold Newton family-tree. MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE collects for the first time those rarely-seen essays. Expanding the family even farther are contributions from Farmer’s successors—scholars, writers, and pop-culture historians—who bring even more fictional characters into the fold. In addition to Win Scott Eckert and Philip Jose Farmer, contributors to this volume include Matthew Baugh, Christopher Paul Carey, Peter M. Coogan, Rick Lai, Chuck Loridans, Jess Nevins, Dennis E. Power, and John A. Small.

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400 pages
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English
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UNKNO
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October 11, 2005
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6.56 x 1.05 x 8.98 inches
ISBN-10

1932265147
ISBN-13

978-1932265149
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On December 13, 1795, a small meteorite plunged to the ground near the Yorkshire village of Wold Newton. According to veteran sf author Philip Jose Farmer, the crash produced a radiation shower that blanketed two horsedrawn carriages carrying some extraordinary witnesses. The meteorite was very real (a memorial marks where it struck); the witnesses were entirely fictional. As delineated in a series of papers spanning several decades of his career, Farmer's "researches" identified among the witnesses an impressive roster of celebrities, including everyone from Captain Blood, Sherlock Holmes, and Allan Quatermain to Tarzan, Doc Savage, and James Bond--often along with their offspring--just to name a few. Editor Eckert collects all of Farmer's so-called essays as well as others by several fans to fill out Farmer's fanciful scholarship. Although the volume appeals primarily to Farmer fans, anyone interested in "secret" biographical tidbits on Holmes and his popular-literary ilk may enjoy at least taking a peek. Carl Hays
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About the Author

Win Scott Eckert is the coauthor with Philip José Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House, about Patricia Wildman, the daughter of a certain bronze-skinned pulp hero. Pat Wildman's adventures continue in Eckert's sequel, The Scarlet Jaguar (the 2014 New Pulp Award winner for best novella). He is the editor of and contributor to Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, a 2007 Locus Awards finalist. His critically acclaimed, two-volume Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World 1 & 2 was released by Black Coat Press in 2010. He has coedited three Green Hornet anthologies for Moonstone Books (the third, The Green Hornet: Still at Large, was the 2013 PulpArk Award winner for best anthology), and his tales of Zorro, The Green Hornet, The Avenger, The Phantom, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Captain Midnight, Hareton Ironcastle, Doc Ardan, The Domino Lady, and Sherlock Holmes, can be found in the pages of various character-themed anthologies from Moonstone Books, as well as anthologies such as The Worlds of Philip José Farmer (Meteor House), Tales of the Shadowmen (Black Coat Press), and Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (Titan Books). A Girl and Her Cat (coauthored with Matthew Baugh), the first new Honey West novel in over forty years, was published by Moonstone in early 2014. He is hard at work on the third Pat Wildman adventure. Find him online at winscotteckert.com and @woldnewton (Twitter).

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ UNKNO; First Edition (October 11, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1932265147
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1932265149
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.56 x 1.05 x 8.98 inches

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J K Carrier

"Fantasy Football" for literature buffs

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013

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It's sort of like fantasy football for literature buffs: Trying to fit all your favorite fictional characters into one gigantic family tree, a Unified Field Theory of heroic fiction. Sci-fi author Philip Jose Farmer laid the groundwork, postulating that the real-life crash of a meteor in the English town of Wold Newton in 1795 gave off radiation that altered the DNA of those nearby, creating a strain of nearly-superhuman geniuses and physical marvels who then became the great heroes and villains of fiction. Everyone from Tarzan to James Bond to Travis McGee to Phileas Fogg were part of the extended family. Since then, many other "Wold Newton scholars" have jumped into the game, expanding and refining Farmer's original family tree to incorporate even more characters from literature, movies, radio, tv, comic books and cartoons.

Myths for the Modern Age lays out the origins of the Wold Newton concept, and the generally-accepted "rules of the game". The bulk of the book consists of essays establishing, clarifying, and debating how various characters fit into the Wold Newton Family. Was Captain Nemo really Professor Moriarty in disguise? Was Charlie Chan the son of Fu Manchu? Is Zorro in all those books, movies, and tv shows really all the same person? How many children did Tarzan have, anyway? The answers are all here, exhaustively researched and footnoted, with a generous dollop of imagination and a touch of tongue-in-cheek humor.

It's a niche interest, to be sure...inside jokes don't get much more "inside" than this. But if this kind of "creative mythologizing" and pop-culture obsessing appeals to you, this is big barrel of fun.

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Welcome to the universe!

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2006

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In literature, some pursuits acquire strange titles. The idea that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson had been real persons, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had been acting as the "literary" manager of Dr. Watson, is called "the game". This idea, no matter how trivial it might appear to some, has resulted in truly impressive scholarship, and has made Sherlock Holmes more real than imaginary, and hence it has now ceased to be just a "game". Similarly, a basic idea of Philip J Farmer [which might have originated even before, and appeared to be perfected in Alan Moor's vision of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (before that series got stuck in its present intellectual quicksand)], that links all the known heroes & villains to a 'cosmic' incident at Wold Newton, became bigger & vaster than anything imaginable. But it's easy to make abstract ideas, you need people to do the dirty work (research!) to actually effect the linking. And in that aspect, this book plays a crucial role, as it tries to tie all the loose ends, so that the Wold Newton Universe gets its stars, black holes, and other dark matter. For those inclined in Wold Newtoniana, this book is highly recommended. But don't read all of them together. Sip them gently, interspersed with the works of Jess Nevins, to get a clearer (and perhaps, more enjoyable) perspective.

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J. Hinds

Check the website first.

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2009

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A well-written and imaginative book - but it left this non WoldNewtonWebsiteJunkie completely cold. I should have read the reviews here and gone to the website first.

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A Wold Newton heroic delight

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2006

This is a further exploration of the relationships in Philip Jose Farmer' s Wold Newton Universe, as seen in books like Tarzan Alive, Doc Savage - His Apocalyptic Life, and the Other Log of Phileas Fogg.

Myths for the Modern Age is worth it for the Captain Nemo is Moriarty piece alone, not to mention the fabulous cover, complete with Modesty Blaise!

Here you have a collection of essays that inter-relate various characters, families and other information, by several different authors, including a compatriot, as well as Eckert himself, not to mention Farmer himself, so you could call this an anthology.
Please be aware that this is not a novel, if that is what you are looking for.

Eckert has a passion for this stuff, yes, you could call it obsessive monomania, but that is what collecting, which is really what this is all about, 'collecting' characters into universes and relationships, and utter, utter, fandom.

He is also a Philip Jose Farmer expert, to boot.

This is just fantastic stuff. Check out his and Farmer's various websites too, they are great. There are also related mailing lists that are worth it, if you are interested to this level.

Something else I have found : if you ask these authors a question, or anything like that, they will answer. They are completely devoted.

Outstanding book, in presentation, content, and participation. I am sure Farmer is quite pleased.

5 out of 5

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Robert H. Jones

What a fantastic book!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2006

I'm so glad that all these bits about The WNU have been collected in one volume. I first got interested in PJF's concept when I read his Doc Savage bio. I've been lucky enough to track down a mint HC version of it...at a very reasonable price! This book has made me almost miss my Metro stop on more than one occasion. If you are a fan of Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, pulp heroes, or just want to read some very creative writing then you must buy this book. I plan on giving a couple as gifts this year.

I am also lucky enough to have been accepted into the Johns Hopkins University's Master of Arts in Writing Program. I showed this book to one of my instructors and he was fascinated by it. I gave him the nutshell explanation of WNU and told him that, after I get my degree, I would like to teach a course or two about it. If you are already an English/Writing teacher, please do the same. Let's srpead the fun around!!!

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Denis Bridoux

A great book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2013

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A good exploration of the Wold Newton Universe, where great literary figures from the 19th century onwards live in the same continuum, Sherlock Holmes meets Fu Manchu and Tarzan can encounter The Phantom, among many others.

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