We always seem to miss Phil more today than any other day of the year, even his birthday. So, while we have linked to some of these articles on the Sherlock Peoria website in the past, let's take this opportunity to go down memory lane and read a few: Philip Jose Farmer and the Pre-historic Hansoms of John Clayton. . . about the founding of Peoria’s Sherlock Holmes society, the tongue-in-cheek The Sherlock Peoria Walking Tour . . ., In Defense of the Peerless Peer a review of Farmer's Holmes/Tarzan pastiche, and Farmerphiles and Hansoms a review of Farmerphile #12. Interestingly, all of these excellent articles are by the same author, Peorian Brad Keefauver.

Here's a quick update on the Magick 4 Terri benefit auctions. To date they have raised over $50,000 and there are now over 440 items to choose from. Last week we upped the ante, and now we're raising: not only is the Estate donating 25% from any purchases made through December 15th to Magick 4 Terri, but the volume discounts have been temporarily canceled and everything is now on sale for 20% off! It's not everyday you get to save money for a good cause and we can't think of a better way to spend Wold Newton Day than scrolling through the Estate Sale listings and dreaming of adding (another) one of Phil's books to our own collection.

Today we have decided to up the ante—but we're not donating any more items to be auctioned off. Instead we are putting the entire Estate Sale at Magick 4 Terri's disposal. For any items purchased from the Estate between now and December 15, 2011, 25% of the purchase price will go to Magick 4 Terri. So, get in the holiday spirit, buy some great books, even unique one-of-a-kind association copies, and give some money to a good cause.

Don't forget to preorder your copy of THE SONG OF KWASIN sooner rather than later. Subterranean Press' Farmer books have a habit of selling out, sometimes quickly and sometimes even before the books are released.

The most amazing part of this however, is that the auction is open for anyone to donate items and it is growing quickly. On Monday Meteor House donated a matched numbered set of THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOS� FARMER and there were 83 items up for grabs at that time. This morning the Estate donated a collection of four reprints of classic Farmer titles: STRANGE RELATIONS, THE UNREASONING MASK, DARE, and TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH and there are now 130 items available to bid on. Most of the auctions are running up to the end date of December 15th.

So, please do your part, take a look and see if there is anything you want to bid on�a lot of the items available would make wonderful, unique, gifts. Or better yet, really participate and donate an item to the auction.

The second, and much bigger, news is that two of the three currently scheduled reprints are for the first time being packaged as part of a Wold Newton series. With more titles to come! This is HUGE. This is important. This means that Titan Books has done their research and they are willing to look at old titles in a new light. We cannot wait to see what the future holds for, what we have described elsewhere on this site as perhaps Phil's most enduring creation, the Wold Newton Family and its expansion into the Wold Newton Universe.

In 2004, Paolini did a tour for his first book, ERAGON. This time around the tour is for INHERITANCE, the fourth and concluding novel in his epic fantasy cycle. Last time I commented on how impressed I was with him personally, especially how poised in public he was for someone so young. If anything I was more impressed this time. He told the crowd that while he does plan to someday return to the world of Alagaesia, before that, he wants to write science fiction. In listing some of his favorite authors: Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Mervyn Peak, E.R. Eddison, Octavia Butler, among others, I was struck by the number of classic authors he has read. Hours later, when we made it to the front of the line and got our books signed, I told him I was glad to hear he wanted to write science fiction and that he had read so many classic authors. He said that he's also read Bradbury, Vance, and several others. You know, of course, I had to ask him if he had read Farmer. His face lit up and he said he had read many of Phil's books. So, we'll definitely be on the look out, and have high hopes, for his forays into science fiction.

Someone, who was standing about three feet in front of my son and I, recorded all of Christopher Paolini's pre-signing talk and posted it on youtube. This video of him discussing his favorite fantasy authors is also pretty interesting.

In case you somehow missed our reports on FarmerCon VI; how accommodating PulpFest was, how we blended right in with complimentary programming, how the dealer room is what some of us believe Heaven looks like . . . you can read about it here. When you think about how well FarmerCon VI went�considering we only had a few months to plan for it and we had no idea what to expect from PulpFest�it's exciting to think how much better FarmerCon VII could be. One thing we really want to improve on is the attendance, but hey, that's not on us, that's on you.

One final note: Be sure to like our new pjfarmer facebook page so you will be notified any time this website is updated�including letting you know when you can register for PulpFest and make your hotel reservation.

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Many of the books in the Estate Sale are signed. Except where noted, every book was owned by Phil Farmer (the exceptions are newer books that have been sent to his estate by his publishers). More than half of the books we started with have been sold, but there are still over forty signed Farmer titles, over forty signed anthologies, and nearly forty books signed by other authors, many of them association copies inscribed to Farmer by his peers. There are also unsigned Farmer titles, a few audio books, a couple of items left from Farmer's Edgar Rice Burroughs collection, a sampling of some of the antiquarian books Farmer owned and a Sir Richard Francis Burton collection that will knock your socks off.

As with most Subterranean Press titles, there is both a trade edition and a limited edition. The latter is 250 signed (by co-author Christopher Paul Carey), numbered copies which contain a plethora of additional material: The Song of Kwasin Outline, The Khokarsan Language, Khokarsan Glossary, The Khokarsan Calendar, and The Plants of Khokarsa. Expect the limited edition to sell out within a week or two, and the trade edition by the end of the year. Since 2006 Subterranean has published seven outstanding Farmer collections and novels. Five titles are sold out completely while one only has the $300 lettered edition left and another was fortunate enough to have a rare second printing of the trade edition. We can't even remember how many times the limited edition, if not the trade edition, has sold out before publication. So, don't blame us if you delay and miss out, do the smart thing and PREORDER your copy today.

Keep an eye on the forthcoming books page for more details, such as the revealing of the cover art by Bob Eggleton. But, if the thought of waiting until April 2012 to read about Hadon, Kwasin, and their companions, is too much to bear�rejoice, we have good news for you. "A Kick in the Side" a short story by Carey set during the events of FLIGHT TO OPAR, and "Kwasin and the Bear God," a novella by Farmer & Carey from any alternative outline to the third Khokarsa novel, are available now in THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOS� FARMER, volumes 1 and 2. Each volume of THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOS� FARMER is also a numbered limited edition, and there is even a discount for buying a matching set of numbers.

The second is there will soon be an announcement regarding THE SONG OF KWASIN, the very long awaited third and concluding volume to the Khokarsa series. Begun in 1974 with HADON OF ANCIENT OPAR, and followed up with FLIGHT TO OPAR in 1976 this series about a civilization spread across the shores of an African inland sea 12,000 years ago was quite popular. It went through multiple US printings and foreign editions over the next decade. All three novels will be published together in a hardcover omnibus edition. You can read about the writing of this novel in an interview with the co-author, Christopher Paul Carey.

You might as well just go ahead and bookmark forthcoming books as we expect it to be the most frequently updated webpage at the site for some time to come.

After a decade of monthly updates, we've decided to make a change to the website. Instead of updating the site throughout the month (yea right, like 90% of it didn't get done the day before anyway...) and then telling you about everything on the 9th of the month, we're going to a more blog-like update (which was how it was done from 1996 to 2001 when this was still the unofficial site). This means more frequent updates, but in smaller chunks of information. This being how the world works these days, these updates will be mirrored on our new Facebook page. Like us over in the left hand column, or on Facebook, and you'll be alerted whenever something happens around here.

Getting into the swing of things, we're only going to tell you about one thing today (besides everything you just read above). In any normal month this would have been our lead off story; we now have a fourth interview online with an author influenced by Philip Jos� Farmer. This time around we're proud to have a discussion with Charles R. Saunders. Read all about how Charles has become one of the busiest writers around, even venturing into new genres.