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News
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A
comedy of errors, O'Brien and Obrenov |
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28
Mar
2012
Philip
José Farmer's first story in print was "O'Brien and Obrenov",
published March 1946 in the magazine Adventure.
The story had first been submitted to the Saturday Evening Post.
The editor would buy it if the drunk scene was cut. Despite being
tempted, because the Post
did pay well, Phil refused. He then sent the story to Argosy, but it was
too long for this magazine. Argosy's
editor did send it to the editor of Adventure.
Although a bit dated, "O'Brien and Obrenov" is still a funny story to
read. After defeating the German soldiers American and Russian forces
occupied the small town Mautz and split it in half. But what to do with
an important German officer both forces have captured together? Cut him
in half too?
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Griffith Foxley |
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Lost
Khokarsa website |
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25
Mar
2012
Christopher
Paul Carey and Michael Croteau have been working on a website with lots
of background and other material about the Khokarsa series.
Christopher on Facebook: "Here it is, in tribute to the upcoming
release of GODS OF OPAR: the official hub of all things Khokarsa. This
website, dedicated to Philip José Farmer's epic series of
prehistoric adventure, was created with the blessing of the Philip J.
Farmer Trust. Some of the highlights: a primer of terms from the
series, the complete Chronology of Khokarsa by P. J. Farmer, the
first-time unveiling anywhere of the Khokarsan glyphs and syllabary
from Farmer's notes, and maps of Khokarsa hand-drawn by Farmer himself.
Please feel free to share this post and spread the news about this site
far and wide. Enjoy!"
Check the new and very interesting website "Explore the
World of Lost Khokarsa".
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Bob Eggleton |
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More
titles from Titan Books |
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21
Mar
2012
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A perfect
vampire story |
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19
Mar
2012
Phil
was asked by Byron Preiss to write a vampire story for the collection The Ultimate Dracula
(Dell, 1991). He wrote the short story "Nobody's
Perfect", a Gothic horror tale, with a highly erotic and
religious theme.
In the foreword to the story in the collection Pearls
from Peoria Farmer said a few words about it: "I'd always
considered vampire stories, werewolf tales, and in fact, the whole
Gothic field, as more-or-less disguised sex stories. Pornography of the
weird. Why not bring the hidden stuff into the open."
Another story page redone.
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Bruce Jensen |
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Gods of
Opar, first review |
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11
Mar
2012
Publishers
Weekly has a review, the first we know of, of Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost
Khokarsa. This omnibus will be published at the end of
next month by Subterranean Press.
PW:
"The
late Farmer (1918–2009; Riverworld) wrote two novels paying
tribute to and expanding on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the
outline of a third. This outline informs Carey’s development
of a
story that focuses on exiled Kwasin, the “strongest man in
the
world,” and his battle against King Minruth of Khokarsa.
Kwasin
marries and loses a queen, meets the persistent bard Bhako, and
adventures with the king’s rebellious daughter, Awineth. True
to
its roots, the latest entry is fast-paced, often violent
(Kwasin’s enormous battle-ax is a major character), and
filled
with pulp tropes. Fans of Farmer’s original series will
appreciate this repackaging and enjoy the finale, both in tone and
because of the closure it provides. Likewise, fans of Burroughs, H.
Rider Haggard, and other pulp authors will find the entire collection
an accessible and enjoyable throwback."
A nice review! With congratulations to Christopher Paul Carey,
co-author of the third novel. I hadn't expected anything less after reading
Carey's "Kwasin and the Bear
God".
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Bob Eggleton |
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Tarzan
Lives interview |
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4
Mar
2012
In
April 1972 Esquire,
The Magazine for Men, published the interview Philip José
Farmer had with Tarzan, the Eight Duke of Greystoke. The title of the
interview in Esquire
was "Tarzan Lives".
Farmer stated that he had met Tarzan in a hotel in Libreville, Gabon
(Africa), but later corrected it –in an Author's
Note with a later publication– that it had been
in Chicago.
For a long time I had the interview, as an article, on the Non Fiction
pages of this bibliography. Actually it is a fictional interview, so
the story belongs in the Short Fiction section.
I have corrected this with a new Short Fiction page of "Tarzan Lives". Reason to
correct it now was the publication of the interview in the French
fanzine La Tribune des
amis d'Edgar Rice Burroughs (website). It was
published in two parts in the issues 78, June 2011, and 79, of November
2011.
The Finnish publication in 1991 of the interview added part of a letter
by Phil to the editor of Portti.
In this letter Farmer writes: "...Another note, perhaps interesting.
I've been working on my genealogy, my family lineage, for about eleven
years. I've traced one of my lines back to the historical barons of
Greystoke...".
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