AVAILABLE NOW FROM TITAN BOOKS
PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER
Brand-new editions of classic novels from one of the greatest science-fiction writers of the 20th century. Each novel contains unique bonus material from well-known Farmer experts and fans.
WOLD NEWTON SERIES
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
PREHISTORY
Time’s Last Gift
Hadon of Ancient Opar
SECRETS OF THE NINE: PARALLEL UNIVERSE
A Feast Unknown
Lord of the Trees
The Mad Goblin
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe
GRANDMASTER SERIES
Lord Tyger
The Wind Whales of Ishmael
Flesh
JAMES P. BLAYLOCK
The award-winning author returns with his first full-length steampunk novel in twenty years!
The Aylesford Skull
Professor Langdon St. Ives, brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer, is at home in Aylesford with his family. Not far away a steam launch is taken by pirates, the crew murdered, and a grave is possibly robbed of the skull. The suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old nemesis of St. Ives. When Narbondo kidnaps his son Eddie, St. Ives races into London in pursuit.
Also available:
Homunculus
Lord Kelvin’s Machine
“Blaylock is better than anyone else at showing us the magic that secretly animates our world….” — Tim Powers
“Blaylock is a singular American fabulist.” — William Gibson
SHERLOCK HOLMES
BY GUY ADAMS
The Breath of God
A body is found crushed to death in the London snow. There are no footprints anywhere near. It is almost as if the man was killed by the air itself. This is the first in a series of attacks that sees a handful of London’s most prominent occultists murdered. While pursuing the case, Holmes and Watson have to travel to Scotland to meet with the one person they have been told can help: Aleister Crowley.
The Army of Doctor Moreau
Following the trail of several corpses seemingly killed by wild animals, Holmes and Watson stumble upon the experiments of Doctor Moreau. Determined to prove Darwin’s evolutionary theories, through vivisection and crude genetic engineering Moreau is creating animal hybrids. In his laboratory, Moreau is building an army of “beast men” in order to gain control of the government…
CAPTAIN NEMO
The Fantastic Adventures of a Dark Genius
BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON
When André Nemo’s father dies suddenly, the young adventurer takes to the sea and is accompanied by his lifelong friend, Jules Verne. Verne is thwarted in his yearning for action, while Nemo continues to travel across continents…
THE MARTIAN WAR
BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON
What if the Martian invasion was not entirely the product of H. G. Wells’s vivid imagination? What if Wells witnessed something that spurred him to write The War of the Worlds as a warning? From drafty London flats to the steamy Sahara, to the surface of the moon and beyond, The Martian War takes the reader on an exhilarating journey with Wells and his companions.
THE ANNO DRACULA SERIES
Anno Dracula
The Bloody Red Baron
Dracula Cha Cha Cha
Johnny Alucard
BY KIM NEWMAN
Brand-new editions of Kim Newman’s critically acclaimed alternate history series, featuring additional never-before-seen material.
“Compulsory reading… Glorious.” — Neil Gaiman
PROFESSOR MORIARTY
The Hound of the d’Urbervilles
BY KIM NEWMAN
Imagine the twisted evil twins of Holmes and Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Prof. James Moriarty and Colonel Sebastian “Basher” Moran. Together they run London crime, unravelling mysteries for their own gain.
“Extravagantly gruesome, gothic and grotesque.” — The Independent
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About the Author
Philip José Farmer was a multiple award-winning science fiction writer of 75 novels. He is best known for his Wold Newton and Riverworld series. In 2001 he was awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Prize and a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He passed away in 2009.
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VENUS ON THE HALF-SHELL
Print edition ISBN: 9781781163061
eBook edition ISBN: 9781781163078
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First edition: December 2013
This is a work of fiction.
Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 1974, 2013 by the Philip J. Farmer Family Trust. All rights reserved.
“Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout” copyright © 1988, 2013 by the Philip J. Farmer Family Trust. All rights reserved.
“The Obscure Life and Hard Times of Kilgore Trout” copyright © 1973, 2013 by the Philip J. Farmer Family Trust. All rights reserved.
“Jonathan Swift Somers III: Cosmic Traveller in a Wheelchair” copyright © 1977, 2013 by the Philip J. Farmer Family Trust. All rights reserved.
“Trout Masque Rectifier” copyright © 2012 by Jonathan Swift Somers III. All rights reserved.