{"id":21663,"date":"2026-01-26T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=21663"},"modified":"2025-10-28T16:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:38:58","slug":"savageology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2026\/01\/26\/savageology\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Savageology’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Savageology<\/em> is a new collection of works on Doc Savage<\/a><\/strong> by Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/a><\/strong> and others from Meteor House Press<\/a>. It\u2019s a sort of follow-on to The Man Who Met Tarzan<\/a><\/em>, which collected Farmer\u2019s work on Tarzan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Savageology\"<\/a>This new book contains more than 20 items, including pieces by Win Scott Eckert<\/a><\/strong>, Chuck Welch<\/a><\/strong>, Will Murray<\/a><\/strong>, Christopher Paul Carey<\/a><\/strong>, and others. While I have read several of the items here, a few I\u2019ve not, and it\u2019s great to have all of this pulled together.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t go over every item here, but the ones I felt were most interesting.<\/p>\n

On the subject of Farmer\u2019s Doc biography, we get a piece he wrote on writing it that has appeared in a few places, as well as Win Scott Eckert\u2019s introduction to the most recent edition from Meteor House and Altus Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The George Pal<\/a><\/strong> Doc movie was a missed opportunity. In addition to the press kit for the movie, we get Farmer\u2019s film treatment (not a full script) for what might have been the sequel to it. Based on \u201cMurder Mirage,\u201d it may be known to many as Doc Savage: Archenemy of Evil<\/em>. Here it is Doc Savage and the Cult of the Blue God<\/em>. This has been reprinted before, but I don\u2019t think in a manner that was accessible to the average fan.<\/p>\n

Way back in Weird Heroes<\/a><\/em>, which I\u2019ve posted on<\/a> and which was an attempt at New Pulp in the 1970s, we got the first of a planned two-part work by Farmer called \u201cThe Grant-Robeson Papers.\u201d The completed piece appeared in volume 8.<\/p>\n

The idea was that Kenneth Robeson<\/a><\/strong>, the creator of Doc Savage, meets Maxwell Grant<\/a><\/strong>, the creator of The Shadow<\/a><\/strong>. And the two authors were actually similar in some ways to their creations, and they would then write pieces about each other. The first one, \u201cSavage Shadow,\u201d is by Grant, and sadly, we didn\u2019t get the second part. What we got was an introduction explaining all this, along with that first story.<\/p>\n

The Monster on Hold<\/em> was the long-awaited (too long, IMO) conclusion to the Secrets of the Nine trilogy, with Doc Caliban<\/a><\/strong> and Lord Grandrith<\/a><\/strong> fighting a secret group of immortals. Farmer never finished it, leaving it up to Win Scott Eckert to do so. Farmer did do some of the work, which was published in a few places, including here. Also related to TMOH<\/em> is a piece by Eckert on finishing the work, and some hints and spoilers on it. This was included with the recent omnibus edition of the trilogy.<\/p>\n

From Will Murray is a long interview he conducted with Farmer back in 1989, part of which was published in a couple of issues of Starlog<\/em> in 1990.<\/p>\n

Escape From Loki<\/em> was finally when Farmer was able to write an actual Doc novel and not a pastiche. Related to that, we get his afterword to the final Doc omnibus from Bantam that appeared before that novel and gives his ideas for what he\u2019d like to write involving Doc, and a piece on Escape<\/em> by Christopher Paul Carey.<\/p>\n

We also get Farmer\u2019s short story \u201cAfter King Kong Fell,\u201d with several nods to other characters. I\u2019m uncertain where I finally read this one. Was it The Grand Adventure<\/em>?<\/p>\n

So, it’s another great collection from Meteor House that would appeal to either Farmer fans or Doc Savage fans.<\/p>\n

I asked the folks at Meteor House if we would ever get further collections like this, and they said if so, it would be focused on Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/strong>. I know Farmer did use Holmes a few times, but I don\u2019t know if there is enough to fill a book. Guess we\u2019ll have to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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