Friday, July 9, 2010

BYOR (Bring Your Own Research)

Call this a reservation of a topic for future research. In the fantastic anthology The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer: Protean Dimensions, the "lost" story "My Summer Husband" aroused my interests.

The introduction by Michael Croteau states that the story of an Alaskan "bear-god" and his lesss than faithful human mate "doesn't seem to be related to any of his [Farmer's] other work." At this stage, I disagree; however, before I run off half-cocked and make a total idiot of my self, I need to reread a few of Farmer's later novels.

4 comments:

  1. James, I'm not sure where you got the idea that Paul Malmont wrote the editorial introductions to each piece in the collection? Michael Croteau is the book's editor.

    All the best,

    -Win

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  2. Thanks for catching that, Win!

    When I was typing this up, I looked to the front cover of WORLDS to check the spelling of Mike's last name. Somehow, I got Mike's name as editor mixed up with Paul Malmont...I really have no idea how I managed such a feat. Ah well.

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  3. Okay!
    Looking forward to the results of your research.
    -W

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