Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe

Win Scott Eckert

MonkeyBrain Books, Oct 30, 2005 - Fiction - 392 pages

In his classic biographies of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author Philip Jose 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 JOSE 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.

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Review: Myths for the Modern Age: Wold Newton Universe (Wold Newton Reference)

User Review  - Riju Ganguly - Goodreads

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 ...

Review: Myths for the Modern Age: Wold Newton Universe (Wold Newton Reference)

User Review  - Charles Prepolec - Goodreads

While many Sherlockians engage in the mental gymnastics of “Playing the Game”, their efforts pale in comparison to the contortionists who have embraced the connect-the-dots style of game playing ...

About the author

Win Eckert holds a BA in Anthropology and a Juris Doctorate. In 1997, he posted the first site on the Internet devoted to expanding Philip Jose Farmer's concept of the Wold Newton Family. He has recently served as an expert consultant on crossovers involving characters from pulp fiction and Victorian literature for a lawsuit concerning a major motion picture. Win lives with his family near Denver, Colorado.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe
• Editor: Win Scott Eckert
• Publisher: MonkeyBrain Books, 2005
• ISBN: 1932265147, 9781932265149
• Length: 392 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Science Fiction / General