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Tales of the Wold Newton Universe

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by Philip José Farmer


  Readers of Myths for the Modern Age may note that “The Wild Huntsman” contradicts my own “Who’s Going to Take Over the World When I’m Gone? (A Look at the Genealogies of Wold Newton Family Super-Villains and Their Nemeses)” in its treatment of Baron von Hessel. My only defense in this regard is that someone, somewhere along the way, must have been lying. It happens.

  Readers may also need help in sorting out the tangled branches of the various official Wold Newton Origins stories and unofficial “sideways” tales.

  The first story, “Is He in Hell?” was published in Tales of the Shadowmen 6: Grand Guignol (January 2010). It was revised to include its intended ending and was published as an official Wold Newton tale in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions (Meteor House, June 2010); this is the preferred text. Thereafter, two short sideways follow-ups to “Is He in Hell?” “Nadine’s Invitation” and “Marguerite’s Tears,” appeared in Tales of the Shadowmen 7: Femmes Fatales (December 2010) and Tales of the Shadowmen 8: Agents Provocateurs (December 2011), respectively. These sideways tales can be read separately from the main storyline, and conclude with a third story, “Violet’s Lament,” in Tales of the Shadowmen 9: La Vie en Noir (December 2012).

  “The Wild Huntsman” in this volume carries forward the official Wold Newton Origins storyline and is a direct sequel to “Is He in Hell?”

  To anyone reading “The Wild Huntsman” who has not read Philip José Farmer’s Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke, Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, Time’s Last Gift, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, and A Feast Unknown... One: for shame. Two: you might be a little lost at this point. Three: that’s all right, go out and find and devour those books immediately, and then follow them up with Escape from Loki: Doc Savage’s First Adventure, The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel, The Peerless Peer, Ironcastle, The Evil in Pemberley House, Lord of the Trees, The Mad Goblin, and Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa.

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