What follows is a review/discussion by three diverse authors…all enthusiastic creators and readers of pulp adventure. The three of us met in 2021 and immediately enjoyed one another’s company and writings to the degree that we joined in the tradition of author circles like the 1930’s Kalem Club (a literary group whose last names allContinue reading “The Conseil du Mal discusses Philip José Farmer’s “Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life” – Part 1″
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Three pulp authors discuss Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert’s The Monster on Hold
What follows is a review/discussion by three diverse authors…all enthusiastic creators and readers of pulp adventure. The three of us met in 2021 and immediately enjoyed one another’s company and writings to the degree that we joined in the tradition of author circles like the 1930’s Kalem Club (a literary group whose last names allContinue reading “Three pulp authors discuss Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert’s The Monster on Hold”
The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed some of the factors that built up the legend of this unique story. In a way, a perfect storm of literary weight had grown around it by the time it was discussed by Philip José Farmer in his 1973 book Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. Literary weightContinue reading “The Myth and Psychology of “Up From Earth’s Center” – Part 2″
Philip José Farmer’s Film Treatment for the second Doc Savage movie
After the critical and box office debacle of the 1975 movie Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, what had been intended as a series of films came to an abrupt end. But in the final credits of that film, a second movie was announced, Doc Savage: Archenemy of Evil. That movie was never made, butContinue reading “Philip José Farmer’s Film Treatment for the second Doc Savage movie”
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”
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″
Clark Savage, Sr. and the Victorian World of A Feast Unknown – Part 3
In the first part of this article, a few paragraphs from the Foreword of Philip José Farmer’s novel A Feast Unknown were presented, describing how the narrator, Lord Grandrith, was certain that his biological father was Jack the Ripper. That father would also go on to sire James “Doc” Caliban, Farmer’s pastiche of Doc Savage.Continue reading “Clark Savage, Sr. and the Victorian World of A Feast Unknown – Part 3”
Clark Savage Sr., Idealist or Monster? – Victorian Roots to 20th Century Pulps, Part 2
Doc Savage’s father is mentioned in many of the pulp novels, but only in the context of his strange obsession to turn his son into a superman, trained and equipped to fight the evils of the world. Why would he do such a thing? The concept is intensely extreme…and yet what drove the elder SavageContinue reading “Clark Savage Sr., Idealist or Monster? – Victorian Roots to 20th Century Pulps, Part 2”
A Feast Unknown Sketchbook
In this month’s earlier blog post, Painting Into Books: The Creation of Readable Art, there are dynamic visual samples of Iason Ragnar Bellerophon’s method of painting directly onto the pages of books. That technique did not begin with the painted books of the Talos Saga. Years before undertaking that epic project, Iason was drawing ontoContinue reading “A Feast Unknown Sketchbook”
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