Celebrating ten years of Doc Talos storytelling: 2015-2025. One of the most important decisions to make a decade ago as the Doc Talos concept was coming together in all its wide-ranging detail, was of course the choice of the Talos name itself, as well as the first names of the main characters. Based on theContinue reading “Continuing the 10 year anniversary celebration of Doc Talos: How names came to be.”
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Doc Talos Magazine #7 now available!
Issue #7 – Fall 2024 – front and back cover art by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – 64 pages. Printed magazine: $21.00 plus shipping – PDF download: $5.00 To inquire about or to order this issue, please send an email to: taloschronicle@gmail.com Contents: Editorial by R. Paul Sardanas – Exploring the poetic voice of A FeastContinue reading “Doc Talos Magazine #7 now available!”
The Sensual Poetry of “A Feast Unknown”
Poetry is probably not the first word that springs to mind for most people when considering Philip José Farmer’s powerful, enduring novel A Feast Unknown. And yet, the title itself is from a poem. Not all editions have it, but most show this stanza from the poem Evolution before the story begins (the following passageContinue reading “The Sensual Poetry of “A Feast Unknown””
Review of Doc Talos “Montage”
Montage, by R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon — review by Grace Ximenez Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of penning a very short story for the Talos anthology collection Mona, and when author/publisher R. Paul Sardanas sent me a contributor’s copy of the book (which was lovely), he also included a reviewContinue reading “Review of Doc Talos “Montage””
Dr. Arthur Sippo interviews Doc Talos author/creator R. Paul Sardanas
Last weekend author/critic Dr. Arthur Sippo interviewed me for his podcast ArtsReviews, and we had a great, far-ranging talk about pulp writing, the creation and evolution of the Doc Talos series, some of my own personal history from the 1960’s to the present, and more. A link to the interview is below…and here are someContinue reading “Dr. Arthur Sippo interviews Doc Talos author/creator R. Paul Sardanas”
Fifty years ago this month: the Doc Savage pastiche that wasn’t
Fifty years ago this month, I turned fifteen, and knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be a writer, and was filled with intense energy which I focused on that goal. In addition, I knew exactly what I wanted to write…a pastiche of Doc Savage, but one that IContinue reading “Fifty years ago this month: the Doc Savage pastiche that wasn’t”
Splintered Mirror: Doc Savage and Doc Caliban – Part 2 of 2
At the end of this article’s first segment, I suggested that the core of what the character Doc Caliban offered was a literary opportunity: to explore, using techniques of adult storytelling, a whole range of compelling human drives…from ethics and morality right down through atavistic behaviors of sexual hunger and need, and their link toContinue reading “Splintered Mirror: Doc Savage and Doc Caliban – Part 2 of 2”
Splintered Mirror: Doc Savage and Doc Caliban – Part 1 of 2
Much has certainly been written about the literary and publishing decisions that resulted in the creation of Philip José Farmer’s character Doc Caliban. The character, who first appeared in 1969’s A Feast Unknown, has certainly endured. For a character that for all intents and purposes has appeared in two books (if you consider the doubleContinue reading “Splintered Mirror: Doc Savage and Doc Caliban – Part 1 of 2”
Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #5 – Silver Legacy
Note from Doc Talos author/contest judge R. Paul Sardanas: Atom Mudman Bezecny’s story is an ambitious weaving of elements from across a spectrum of Doc Savage works. She blends the pulp and comic worlds, and infuses them with a powerful explicit tone of eros/thanatos in the style of A Feast Unknown. The result is aContinue reading “Talos Fan Fiction Contest Entry #5 – Silver Legacy”
Transformations from the world of “A Feast Unknown”, Part 1
The Doc Talos books are in many ways a pastiche of a pastiche. To explore facets of pulp heroism and adventure that would never be allowed in canonical or mainstream works featuring Doc Savage or Tarzan, author Philip José Farmer, for his 1969 novel A Feast Unknown, shifted to doppelgangers of those iconic characters, DocContinue reading “Transformations from the world of “A Feast Unknown”, Part 1″
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