Sometimes a book so complete, so comprehensive is published that all future scholarship in that area is closed--simply because there is nothing more to say after such an achievement. Rick Lai's The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze is such a book, and any future attempt at a Doc Savage chronology is already a moot point.
Lai covers all of the original pulp novels, and the officially approved continuation novels from the 1990s. The best part is, he doesn't just slap a reasonable date to the novels and call it a done product; it is obvious Lai has read each entry in the Doc Savage series many times, and that all of the dates are carefully calculated. Most of the entries have lengthy notes explaining either why such and such a date was chosen, what aides or real-world people were present for the adventure, or Wold Newtonian theories such as: the true location of the nation of Hidalgo, or Doc's adventures between World War One and the first recorded pulp novels.
In a lengthy appendix, Lai discusses a number of Doc Savage pastiches and cameo appearances: such as The Rocketeer, the Doc Ardan stories, and the novel The Evil in Pemberley House. While this section isn't nearly as comprehensive as the primary timeline, it's still great fun. Another appendix ties together the Doc Savage novels and The Shadow novels into the same fictional universe. There are some other notes in the back, such as a listing of all the books and articles Doc was listed as having written in the pulps, and a chronological checklist of all the novels.
Overall, this is a fantastic book that all Doc Savage fans should be required to own.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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