It should be no secret to anyone who reads my stuff that I’m a big fan of the late, great Philip José Farmer.  Apparently I’m not the only one.  I’m not even the biggest one.  There are people like Michael Croteau and Win Scott Eckert who are going above and beyond when it comes to keeping his torches lit and burnishing his legacy.

They’ve created this limited edition book, THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER 1: PROTEAN DIMENSIONS, the first in an annual series dedicated to keeping his name and works alive.  They extended me a great honor by inviting me to write the foreword for this first edition.   I get to publicly thank PJF for his inspirations for the first time.   I hope you’ll add it to your collection.  Pre-orders are being taken now so get yourself one for reading and one for keeping.

To be sure you get a copy of this book, send an email to mike @ pjfarmer.com and reserve your copy today. The release date is June 26th, during FarmerCon V.

» View Larger Image

Written by PAUL MALMONT • Co-feature written by JASON STARR • Art by HOWARD PORTER and ART THIBERT • Co-feature art by SCOTT HAMPTON • Cover by J.G. JONES • Variant cover by JOHN CASSADAY

“The Lord of Lightning” continues as Doc Savage and his compatriots dig themselves out from last month’s brutal attack on their homes – but in accepting help from Doc’s phenomenal sister, Pat Savage, have they made her a target as well? Written by Paul Malmont, New York Times best-selling author of The Chinatown Death-Cloud Peril, with art by Howard Porter (JLA)! And in the JUSTICE, INC. co-feature written by crime novelist Jason Starr (THE CHILL), Richard Benson and his team of detectives come face-to-face with the dark secrets of their kidnapped friend – and the grief of his family!

Read the full review >.

These things aren’t going to sell themselves.

See you in the funny pages!

Did you read Sebastian Junger’s review of Karl Marlantes’ new Vietnam novel, Matterhorn, in last weekend’s New York Times?

If you missed his rave, click here to read it.  I’ll wait for you to come back.

Sounds like an amazing book, right?  Thanks to Karl, we now have to cases of his book to send to troops in Afghanistan. 

We’ve started collecting books for spring so if you’re an author or publisher, please get in touch with Operation Warrior Library and let us know if you’d like to be included. 

If you’d like to support the authors who are donating their books, then, y’know, buy their books in the OWL bookstore.  Any proceeds from sales there go to help us ship books over.

These audio books, and books, are ready to go to our troops recovering in Germany, and in the field in Afghanistan, as well as their wives and families here at home. They’ll begin their journey on Saturday. But it never would have happened had not these wonderful people stepped up to donate. Here’s wishing them all, and you, and America’s troops, a Happy Thanksgiving!

• Patton Oswalt
• Julia Sweeney
• Alice Sebold
• Tess Gerritsen
• Meg Gardiner
• Vince Flynn
• Glenn David Gold
• George Mastras
• Jon Guenther
• James Landis
• M. Glenn Taylor
• Guy Fieri
• Mark Stevens
• Karin Slaughter
• Eddie Stack
• Kim Barnes
• Alfred Martino for books by Jim Wheeler, Donna Hanover, David Kushner
• Marysue Rucci and Simon & Schuster for books by Dan Brown, Carrie Fisher, Stephen King, Steve Martin, Ted Kennedy, Chelsea Handler, Jeffrey Deaver (also thanks to Jennifer Smith and Sophie Epstein at S&S!)
• Sheial Emerson at Recorded Books for audio books by John Ferling, Margaret Macmillan, Jane Smiley, Ian McEwan, Hunter S. Thompson, Ivan Doig, Lee & Bob Woodruff, James Frey, Jeff Lindsay, Cormac McCarthy, Edward Lengel, Stephen Mitchell, Mark Helprin,
  Doug Fine, Philip Roth, Charles Baxter, Chuck Palahniuk, Andrew Meier, Kris Radish.
• Brilliance Audio for books by Suzanne Brockman, Stephan White, Daniel Siwa, Jayne Anne Krentz.
• Jofie Ferrari-Adler at Grove/Atlantic for books by Bill Heavy, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, Ed Macy, P.J. O’Rourke, Sam Sheridan, Arkady Babchenko.
• And last but not least, Colonel George Reynolds and his wife, Kate, Major Robert Davis, our good friend Yvette Manessis Corporon.

You can support OWL contributors like Guy by purchasing copies of their books, CDs and DVDs in the OWL Store.

Thanks, Guy!

And thanks, Yvette!

You can catch the Galleycat post here.

You can catch the AgencySpy post here.

You can actually listen to the interview here.

As a reminder to everyone who wants to help but may not have books or audiobooks to donate – you can support the authors who are donating their books to us by buying copies of their books in the OWL STORE. You’ll find all their books there. Proceeds from these sales also help us continue to deliver great books to our troops.