When we last saw Patricia Wildman, daughter of Doc Wildman, the bronze champion of justice, six months had passed since the main events of THE EVIL IN PEMBERLY HOUSE. She and her associate Parker, an ex-Scotland Yard Inspector, had set up Empire State Investigations at her Pemberley House estate—and she just received a mysterious phone call from her supposedly late father. . .

Several months later, Pat receives a visitor, a young girl named Emma Ponsonby, whose father, a British diplomat to a small Central American country, has been kidnapped by the Scarlet Jaguar. Pat, following in her father’s footsteps of righting wrongs and assisting those in need, agrees to help, but before they can set off on their quest the Scarlet Jaguar sends a gruesome warning.

Undeterred, the investigation takes Pat, Parker, and their young charge from Pemberley House in the Derbyshire countryside . . . To New York, where they battle agents of the Scarlet Jaguar and meet Pat’s old friend, the icy, pale-skinned beauty Helen Benson, who agrees to join them on their quest . . . To the small nation of Xibum, where the Scarlet Jaguar’s reign of uncanny assassinations threatens to expand to the rest of Central America—and beyond!

Now, it’s a race against time deep in the wilds of the Central American jungle, as Pat Wildman and her crew search for Emma’s father, and confront the Scarlet Jaguar’s weird power to eliminate his enemies from afar, marked only by a wisp of crimson smoke—smoke resembling nothing so much as the head of a blood-red screaming jaguar. But who—or what—is the Scarlet Jaguar? A power-mad dictator determined to reclaim power? A revolutionary movement bent on taking over the country, and the rest of Central America?

Or a front for something even more sinister . . .?

What, are you still here? Go order the book now!

February 26th Yesterday Win Scott Eckert broke the news giving us the table of contents for the forthcoming collection from Titan Press, TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE. This is the first collection of Wold Newton stories ever published, and it's been a long time coming. In addition to stories by Philip José Farmer himself there are newer stories by Octavio Aragão & Carlos Orsi, John Allen Small, Christopher Paul Carey, and Win Scott Eckert. As with the other volumes in this series there is a new introduction, by Carey and Eckert, and each story will have an introduction explaining it's place in the Wold Newton Universe.

Back in Decemeber we announced that FarmerCon VIII would be once again held at PulpFest in Columbus Ohio, July 25-28, 2013. It's time to start making your travel plans and let us know if you are coming so we can coordinate our activities. We'll have announcements coming soon of several reasons why you will want to be there.

January 15th We have two quick things to tell you about on this update. First, as you know from our previous updates, Titan Books has been doing a fantastic job reprinting Philip José Farmer’s works in new handsome, bonus-material-laden trade paperback editions (as well as releasing them for the first time as affordable ebooks). So far we’ve seen THE PEERLESS PEER, THE OTHER LOG OF PHILEAS FOGG, TIME'S LAST GIFT, A FEAST UNKNOWN, and LORD OF THE TREES.

Today Titan has released yet another classic, must-buy Farmerian tale.

Though it comprises only three novels, the Khokarsa series is one of the most world-building-intensive series Phil ever created. And that’s why you’re going to need to get your hands on the new, just-released Titan Books edition of HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR. Not only does this new edition feature an introduction in which Christopher Paul Carey (Phil’s coauthor on THE SONG OF KWASIN) explores the fascinating literary archaeology of Khokarsa, but at the back of the book you’ll also find a brand-new gazetteer and glossary to the Khokarsan civilization titled “A Guide to Khokarsa,” which covers the characters, people and tribes, religion, geography, and language of the great motherland civilization of Ancient Opar. So even if you own another edition of HADON, you’re going to want to get a hold of the new trade paperback. (and of course, if you’re a collector you have to get the first-ever trade paperback edition, right?). Or if you just can’t wait, just download the ebook edition and start reading right now!

Second, Locus Online conducted a poll to determinne the best novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories of the 20th and 21st centuries. While Phil's work is lower on the list than it was in similar polls conducted in 1975 and 1987, he remains on the list in the best novel and best novella categories with TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GOand "Riders of the Purple Wage."

December 13th Happy Wold Newton Day!

To celebrate our favorite holiday we have three special things to tell you about. The first, as you can see by the graphic in the upper left hand corner of the screen, is the official announcement that FarmerCon VIII will once again be held in conjunction with PulpFest! Start making your plans now for a weekend of pulpy goodness and Farmerian camaraderie, July 25-28, 2013. You can already book your room at the beautiful Hyatt Regency at the special PulpFest Rate of only $112 per night.

The second special item is that we have several signed copies of GODS OF OPAR available for sale. These are not the $65 limited editions, but the $45 trade editions that were signed by Christopher Paul Carey at FarmerCon VII. Through December 17th, or until they are gone, whichever comes first, you can purchase this signed hardcover for only $40 AND we will include a free copy of Farmerphile #10 AND we'll throw in FREE SHIPPING (for US orders only). Not a bad deal for a 600+ page book that weighs nearly three pounds! Remember GODS OF OPAR contains two classic Farmer novels: HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR and FLIGHT TO OPAR published in hardcover for the first time ever, along with the long awaited conclusion to the series, THE SONG OF KWASIN by Philip José Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey.

Here is an even bigger deal for any of you out there who still who have not discovered THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER series. Today, December 13, 2012 only, you can save $13 off the already discounted price when you purchase volumes 1, 2, and 3 (numbered limited editions with matching numbers) together if you add a copy of EXILES OF KHO (a signed limited edition) by Christopher Paul Carey to the order.

Normally all three amazing volumes would cost you $62, plus another $19 for EXILES OF KHO, if shipped in the US. Today only you can buy all four books for only $68!

If shipped to Canada you would pay $69 + $21 but today you can get all four books for only $77!

If shipped anywhere else in the world you would pay $86 + $26, but today you can get all four books together for only $99!

What about EXILES OF KHO you might ask? While Christopher Paul Carey spent years doing research to complete THE SONG OF KWASIN, he kept coming across mentions of a legendary figure, a heroine-priestess named Lupoeth, who founded a city some 800 years before the events of HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR. This is her story.

Come back in January when we'll have some additions to the website like new (and old) reviews, more scans of inscribed books and other goodies.

November 13th Well so much for getting another update done by the end of September. The best laid plans of mice and part-time webmasters... But, there was no way we were going to let another of Titan's reprints go by unheralded, but first let's go over what you may have missed while we've been away:

First, Titan's kicked off their series of Wold Newton reprints with THE OTHER LOG OF PHILEAS FOGG (Afterword and Chronology by Win Scott Eckert) in May and it was fun to see it reviewed all over the internet in the likes of: Starburst, Affairs Magazine, Extraordinary Tales!, SF Crowsnest, The Tattooed Book, City Book Review, and Bookgasm.

Next came the rerelease of TIME'S LAST GIFT (Afterword by Christopher Paul Carey; Chronology by Win Scott Eckert & Dennis E. Power) in June which also garnered many reviews around the web: SFBook Reviews, Starburst, Rip Jager's Dojo, SF Crowsnest, Trash Mutant, DNM Magazine, Fantasy Matters, Wired, and My Bookish Ways.

Then in July came LORD TYGER (Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale; Foreword by Paul Spiteri) and again more reviews: Starburst, Sci-Fi-Online, SF Crowsnest, Good Reads, The British Fantasy Society, and She Never Slept. While there weren't quite as many reviews of this last title, one has to wonder if it because it is not part of the "Wold Newton" series which is attracting so much interest.

October brought us the reissue of Farmer's dark masterpiece A FEAST UNKNOWN (Afterword by Art Sippo). Not surprisingly there were not as many reviews of this title because the books' pornographic (but not erotic) nature: The PorPor Books Blog, SF Crowsnest, Genre Go Round Reviews are the only three we have found so far.

Whew! Now we're all caught up on Titan's reprints and they don't have another book coming out until, wait, TODAY! That's right, go hit your local big box book store and you will probably see LORD OF THE TREES (Introduction by Win Scott Eckert: "A Tale of Two Universes") on the shelf. And if you don't you can just click on that link and order it online.

In addition to all those reviews, we've also added links to reviews of THE PEERLESS PEER, UP THE BRIGHT RIVER, GODS OF OPAR, and all three volumes of THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER.

Hey, one more really important thing you might have missed is Sean Levin's con report for FarmerCon VII. Give that a read, and then make your reservations for PulpFest/FarmerCon in Columbus, OH next year.

September 12th Just a short update to let everyone know that we have not fallen off the face of the earth. Most of June, all of July, and the first part of August were all taken up by getting two new books, THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER 3: Portraits of a Trickster and EXILES OF KHO published in time for FarmerCon/PulpFest.

The week after FarmerCon was spent shipping most of those books and then some how it's three weeks later. On the agenda for the rest September is updating the Forthcoming Books, Short Stories, Articles, Articles About, Reivews and Conventions webpages, and probably a few more we've forgotten to list here.

There are two things you need to know about before we wrap up this update. The first is that EXILES OF KHO, the prequel/origins story to Farmer's HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR, FLIGHT TO OPAR and THE SONG OF KWASIN (co-authored with Christopher Paul Carey) which is by Carey, is a Signed Limited Edition novella of only 200 copies, and there are only about 20 copies left for sale. All of the comments we've seen on this book have been very positive, such as this review by Brad Mengel and a used copy has already popped up on amazon for $39.99, nearly three times the cover price! Get your copy while you can.

Speaking of HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR, FLIGHT TO OPAR and THE SONG OF KWASIN, all three of these novels were published together in the collection GODS OF OPAR: Tales of Lost Khokarsa. As most of you know, this was the first publication of THE SONG OF KWASIN anywhere. GODS OF OPAR was published by Subterranean Press in two editions, a $65 signed (by Carey) numbered edition and a $45 trade edition. Left over from FarmerCon, we have several copies of the $45 trade edition that are signed by Christopher Paul Carey. These are available for the $45 trade edition price (plus shipping), no extra charge for the signature! To place an order, send an email to mike @ pjfarmer.com.

Ok, that is it for this update, hopefully the whole website will be up to date by the end of the month.

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