![]() ![]() Unlike many of today's deconstructionist authors, Farmer tells us details Verne was not privy to, rather than taking an "everything you know is wrong" approach. This account of the secret history behind Jules Verne's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS is an audacious and inventive take on that classic novel. Thank you, Titan, for this wonderful reprint, and thank you Mr Eckert for the effort and thought you put into such wonderful extra material for this book.Īs a huge fan of the groundbreaking, sorely underrated science fiction author, Philip José Farmer, I am thrilled that this classic book is back in print. And if you're new to all things Wold Newton you couldn't wish for a better introduction. They're worth every penny of the cover price. So, if you already own this book and have no intention of rereading it (though you'll miss revisiting an old friend!) you really should consider buying this edition for the extras. Another fascinating read that distils, with absolute clarity, the major events linked with The Other Log of Phileas Fogg. Then follows a 10 page chronology, again by Eckert. I particularly love the Fogg-Farmer family tree and if your eyes don't widen suddenly as you take it in then you have better reserve than me! Anyone wanting a full and detailed exposure to the Wold Newton Family need not look any further. These 23 pages are packed with facts, revelations, and interpretations that are as gripping as any piece of prose. But what really sold it for me were the enticing new `extras' promised and, boy, do they live up to the promise! Win Scott Eckert's afterword `Only a Coincidence' has the sub title "Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family." What follows is a gripping, fascinating, and erudite essay into the whole Wold Newton legend. I love collecting books, especially Farmer books, so of course this Titan reprint would be on my wish list. Philip José Farmer did a wonderful job with this novel and his love and appreciation of Around the World in 80 Days shines through the whole book. Rereading the book only added to the enjoyment as new depths of understanding and revelation became apparent to me. Over the last three decades I must have read this novel three or four times and each time I have reverted to my Tor version from 1982.Being a big fan of the source novel I was delighted and fascinated with how my favourite author wound his own version of events in with the Verne classic. I've just received my Titan edition of The Other Log of Phileas Fogg! To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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