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””
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The Doc Savage Brotherhood of Bronze
Late in 1975 I was seventeen years old, living in a beach town in Delaware. I’d gotten early acceptance to college, and was already pursuing my writing career, doing short science fiction and fantasy stories (I have an impressive collection of rejections from some of the legendary editors in the field). At college my majorContinue reading “The Doc Savage Brotherhood of Bronze”
A Feast Unknown: 52 years later – Part 2 of 3
The French title for A Feast Unknown is La Jungle Nue, “The Naked Jungle”…in Italy it is Festa di Morte, “The Feast of Dead Men”. But it seemed they missed the subtlety in Farmer’s title. Not all editions have it, but most show this stanza from the poem Evolution before the story begins. The poet,Continue reading “A Feast Unknown: 52 years later – Part 2 of 3”
Doc Talos 