For over thirty years, readers have marveled at Philip José Farmer's inventive integration of popular fiction and literature's most beloved characters, in a mythical web known as the Wold Newton Family. First described in the fictional biographies Tarzan Alive: The Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, Farmer expanded his Wold Newton mythos in novels such as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, Time's Last Gift, Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel, and Escape from Loki: Doc Savage's First Adventure.The Evil in Pemberley House, an addition to the Wold Newton cycle, plays with the Gothic horror tradition. Patricia Wildman, the daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and crimefighter of the 1930s and '40s, Dr. James Clarke Doc Wildman, is all alone in the world when she inherits the family estate in Derbyshire, Englandold, dark, and supposedly haunted.But Farmer, characteristically, turns convention on its ear. Is the ghost real, or a clever sham? In Patricia Wildman, Farmer creates an introspective character who struggles to reconcile the supernatural with her rational scientific upbringing, while also attempting to work through unresolved feelings about her late parents. He sets the action at Pemberley from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and ingrains the various mysteries in the Canon of the Sherlock Holmes stories.The Evil in Pemberley House is a darkly erotic novel with broad appeal to readers of pulp and popular literature, particularly followers of Doc Savage, Sherlockians, and fans of Farmer's own celebrated Wold Newton Family.

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214 sidor
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Engelska
Utgivare

Subterranean
Publiceringsdatum

30 September 2009
ISBN-10

1596062495
ISBN-13

978-1596062498
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Utgivare ‏ : ‎ Subterranean (30 September 2009)
Språk ‏ : ‎ Engelska
Inbunden ‏ : ‎ 214 sidor
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1596062495
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1596062498

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James Wilson

Erotic adult story.

Granskad i USA den 1 januari 2016

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I thought this was a good story. I have always liked Farmer and he always has a good story to tell. It is set right after her father, Doc Wildman and his wife, disappears and assumed dead. It is also set in Farmers Wold world so you see references to her father whom we know as Doc Savage, Sherlock Holmes, the Avenger, the Shadow, Tarzan and a number of other polk characters. I have already read a sequel which I also enjoyed. I hope they create a series of books based on the crazy and erotic adventures of Patricia "Savage" Wildman. Being a 6 foot woman with many of the characteristics of her father could make this a great series .

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R. Lai

Brilliant addition to the Farmerian Mythos

Granskad i USA den 19 september 2009

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This novel clevery links earlier works by Philip José Farmer into the context of a gothic mystery. The elaborate connections between Tarzan and Doc Savage from Mr. Farmer's Wold Newton Universe are skillfully interwoven into an exciting narative.

There are also many refrences to other fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu and Bulldog Drummond. Even the most erudite fan of populer fiction may have difficulty in catching all of these literary crossovers. It took me a while to realize that a comment concerning a family named Belville tied into E. W. Hornung's Raffles story, "To Catch a Thief."

Completed by Win Scott Eckert from an unfinished manuscript and a very detailed outline by Philip José Farmer, the novel is an enthralling delight. Mr. Eckert was ideally suited for this task. He has consistently championed the crossover concepts of Philip José Farmer in articles (see Myths for the Modern Age) and in pastiche fiction (see Mr. Eckert's wonderful short stories in the Tales of the Shadowmen anthologies).

Although I wholeheartedly recommend this novel, I must add a word of caution. Unlike the other Wold Newton works by Mr. Farmer, The Evil in Pemberley House has graphic sexual content. Mr. Farmer clearly intended this novel to be the Wold Newton equivalent of A Feast Unknown (1969), an early controversial Tarzan/Doc Savage pastiche that was contradicted by his later works. While the disguised version of Doc Savage in this novel does not engage in any controversial sexual acts in The Evil in Pemberley House, the novel's heroine (meant to be Doc's daughter) behaves in a very provocative manner.

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Bruce G. Coleman

New Spin on the Doc Savage Legend.

Granskad i USA den 31 mars 2019

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Pat Savage, who was introduced as Doc's cousin, and took part in 5 of the original 180/181 super sagas: gets a new makeover in this outing. I like the pacing and the story. You'll need to be older than 12 to read this one.

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Chuck Loridans

MAGNIFICENT BOOK!

Granskad i USA den 12 oktober 2009

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Mr. Eckert did a seamless job of finishing the work of one of my all time favorite authors, P. J. Farmer.
I became COMPLETELY absorbed in to the story and have a huge crush on the main character, Patricia Wildman.
I would love to see sequels written about her. She could stand shoulder to shoulder with butt-kicking women like, Modesty Blaise, Emma Peel and Buffy Summers! Looking for a great adventure with thrills, chills, terror, action and intelligent humor? Then GET THIS BOOK!!!!!!

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Raven

Not My Cup of Tea

Granskad i USA den 9 juni 2013

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First of all let me admit that this is entirely my fault. In my defense I will say I have had experience with PJF's "darkly erotic" so I didn't feel this would fall into my personal category of distasteful. I now stand corrected. Perhaps Win Scott Eckert is a little too spicy for my taste. Who knows?

The problem is that the over-the-top sexual escapades actually take away from the plot of the story. After a while as one more explicitly described lust fest is encountered, you begin to wonder: Wasn't there supposed to be a "ghost" in this story? Aren't we supposed to be dealing with why someone is out to steal Pemberly House, even if Patrica Wildman must die? Isn't Patrica supposed to be in danger from an unknown adversary? What is she in danger of, death by sexual encounter?

Don't get me wrong I don't expect pulp characters to wear chastity belts. A little spice can make the characters more real. They have desires and sometimes the world can wait long enough for the hero/heroine to have a little pleasurable intercourse. I just think this amount of spice would have Gordon Ramesy saying to a prospective chef "You know that's too hot, yes?"

PJF was a great writer and I own some of his masterpieces. Win Scott Eckert has produced several masterpieces on his own that I find incredible. This one, not so much. One man's opinion, folks. Make up your own mind!

Quoth the Raven...

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