Philip Jose Farmer wrote some of the best patiches in adventure fiction. Farmer wrote convincing adventures of Doc Caliban (Doc Savage), Lord Grandrith (Tarzan), and Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Peerless Peer). Gods of Opar collects three novels: Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin. Hadon of Ancient Opar was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1974. Hadon of Ancient Opar and its sequel, Flight to Opar (1976), explore the ancient prehistory of the lost city of Opar, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs for his Tarzan series. Farmer’s Opar books have been out-of-print so this new Subterranean edition is welcome. In addition, the unpublished third novel in the trilogy, The Song of Kwasin is included in this wonderful volume. This is a must-buy for Philip Jose Farmer fans!
Farmer was the best adventure writer of his generation and when he worked with ERB as his source he was especially good. This collection sounds extraordinary, George. Thanks.
The money shot in GODS OF OPAR is the unpublished third novel of the trilogy, Ed. It’s worth the price of the entire book!
My copy arrived the other day. Now I just need to find time to read it!
You have hours of great reading ahead of you, Scott!
This is one I need to get I suppose. I have the paperbacks of those first two Opars.
You’ll want the previously unpublished third book in the OPAR trilogy, Randy. Subterranean Press publishes wonderful omnibus editions!
I recently found a Jules Verne pastiche by Farmer that features Phileas Ffogg in some kind of weird time travel/sci-fi/fantasy mash-up that sounded so bizarre I bought the book. Part of his Wold Newton Universe books. I have been meaning to read/review it for FFB. Hopefully soon.
The Wold Newton Universe operates in all the Philip Jose Farmer pastiches, JF. You should check out Win Scott Eckert’s website at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/Pulp.htm
I saw this, but it wasn’t sufficiently compelling, me not caring for Farmer much, to spend the money on. Sounds like you really enjoyed it.
If you enjoy High Adventure, Rick, GODS OF OPAR delivers!