Descendants of the Meteor Strike:
These families
intermarried in the following generations, reinforcing the gene
mutated by the radiation of the meteor, eventually producing what Farmer calls a
“nova of genetic splendor, this outburst of great
detectives, scientists, and explorers of exotic worlds, this last efflorescence of true
heroes in an otherwise degenerate age.”
The heroic contributors
and inheritors of this gene are members of the Wold Newton Family, including:
Solomon Kane; Captain
Blood; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Harry Flashman; Sherlock Holmes; Captain Nemo; Phileas Fogg; The Time
Traveler; Tarzan and his son Korak; A.J. Raffles;
Professor Challenger; Arsène Lupin; Richard Hannay; Bulldog
Drummond;Sir Denis Nayland Smith; G-8; The Shadow; Sam Spade; Doc Savage, his cousin Pat Savage, and
one of his five assistants, Monk Mayfair; The Spider; Nero Wolfe; Mr. Moto; The Avenger; Philip Marlowe;
James Bond; Lew Archer; and Travis McGee
And the villainous ones:
Fu Manchu, Professor Moriarty,
Carl Peterson, and Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Cover art by 2006 Hugo Award
nominee John Picacio. Art © 2006 John Picacio. www.johnpicacio.com/
MYTHS FOR
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The Wold Newton Family