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News
& What's New - October 2012 |
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German
Peerless Peer postponed |
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22
Oct 2012
Just
received word from the German publisher Atlantis that the translation
and publication of the German edition of The
Peerless Peer has been postponed.
Originally scheduled for the Summer of 2012, it is now planned for
early 2013. The translation, Sherlock
Holmes und die Legende von Greystoke, will probably appear
in February 2013.
See Forthcoming Books.
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Cover
revealed of Flesh |
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21
Oct 2012
Win
Scott Eckert revealed on his
blog the cover of the forthcoming
publication of Flesh. Again a great cover!
To be
published by Titan Books (UK) in August 2013.
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Received
A Feast Unknown |
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14
Oct 2012
This
is the fourth reissue of Philip José Farmer's books by the
British publisher Titan Books. Again in a beautiful trade paperback,
with a very recognizable and nice lay-out throughout the series.
A Feast Unknown, packaged
by Titan Books as 'A Wold Newton Novel'. got a lot of mixed reactions
on its original publication by Essex House in 1969. Especially from the
Tarzan and Doc Savage fans: «...it will drive the Burroughs
Bibliophiles up the wall...». Opinions as diverse as:
«...Good clean fun, but probably not for the whole
family...», «...quite good in its own perverted
way...», «... a worthless book...» till
«...It is a shocking book, with gobs of very bad taste,
requiring an extremely strong stomach, but it is an honest
book...».
Arthur C. Sippo, who wrote the Introduction and the Afterword for this
publication, also had mixed feelings when he first
read the book in 1969. From his Introduction: «...I was
simultaneously intrigued, repulsed, disgusted, titillated, and
entertained ... Reading this book was a turning point in my life .. I
invite you to enter the wild and extreme vision of Philip
José Farmer as he reimagined the world op pulp adventure for
grownups in the late 1960s...»
I can only endorse Arthur C. Sippo's invitation.
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Steve White |
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Riverworld
in Poland |
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12
Oct 2012
The
first three Riverworld
books were released in Poland by the publisher MAG in 2008. Together
with an announcement that the other two, The
Magic Labyrinth and Gods of Riverworld soon
would follow.
It took MAG four years to release the fourth translated novel, Czarodziejski
labirynt (The
Magic Labyrinth) in Poland. It was published last July.
This publication has been added on the book page.
If and when the fifth Riverworld novel will be published in Poland is
unknown.
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Irek Konior |
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Prometheus |
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11
Oct 2012
With
"Prometheus"
(1961) Philip José Farmer wrote the fifth and final story in
the series about Father John
Carmody, «a murderer and psychopath turned
interstellar adventurer and priest».
It is a sequel to "A Few Miles"
(1960).
In that story John is in the zoo and thrown into a cage of very big
birds, called horowitzes. One of these birds lays an egg on his chest,
that attaches itself to his body. The egg cannot be removed.
In "Prometheus"
John Carmody goes
to Feral, planet of the horowitzes, to learn what can be done about the
egg. He meets a group of horowitzes, and is accepted into the group. He
starts learning from them, starts teaching them a language, and
then also becomes their leader after a fight with the male horowitz
leader. John's
life with the horowitzes becomes more complicated the longer he stays.
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Mel
Hunter |
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Books |
Two new additions on the book
pages this month.
 A
Feast Unknown
The reissue from Titan Books, 2012.
The Magic Labyrinth
The Polish translation (Czarodziejski
labirynt) from publisher MAG, 2012.
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| Statistics |
These are the
numbers for the book pages this month.
1772
publications
1161 different
covers
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