Congratulations to Philip Jose Farmer, whose gathering of “fictional author” tales, Venus on the Half-Shell and Others, just received a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly: “Finally, after demonstrating how Tarzan might have sounded had he been written by William S. rather than Edgar Rice, Farmer dons the mantle of Conan Doyle’s Dr. Watson and introduces Tarzan to Holmes in ‘The Adventure of the Peerless Peer.’ Only a writer as mature as Farmer could have pulled this stunt off so successfully.”

We’ll also proudly point your attention to the wonderfully appropriate cover by Bob Eggleton, posted here for the first time. Venus has turned into a special project for us all. Given the wonderful PW review, as with our other Phil Farmer titles (The Best of, Up from the Bottomless Pit, Pearls from Peoria), we expect it to sell out by or shortly after publication.

Posted on Monday, December 3rd, 2007 at 9:29 am.