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[Tex]

Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa--an omnibus that will include Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin--is now available for preorder from Subterranean Press and Amazon. The book is scheduled for an April 2012 release.

I pre-ordered this as soon as I saw this post. AND I did it via Subterranean instead of Amazon (so they get a bit more $$ to encourage them to do more books as AWESOME as this.

THANKS for the heads-up, Mr.C!

Tex
(counting the days until he can throw his secondhand paperbacks back into the "book pool" for someone else to "catch")

[cpcarey]

I must have this! Thank you so much!

You're very welcome!

[cpcarey]

Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa--an omnibus that will include Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin--is now available for preorder from Subterranean Press and Amazon. The book is scheduled for an April 2012 release.

I pre-ordered this as soon as I saw this post. AND I did it via Subterranean instead of Amazon (so they get a bit more $$ to encourage them to do more books as AWESOME as this.

THANKS for the heads-up, Mr.C!

Tex
(counting the days until he can throw his secondhand paperbacks back into the "book pool" for someone else to "catch")

Thank you, that's much appreciated, Tex, and I hope you enjoy the book!

[deuce]

Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa--an omnibus that will include Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin--is now available for preorder from Subterranean Press and Amazon. The book is scheduled for an April 2012 release.

Titan Books is also coming out with a new edition of Time's Last Gift in June 2012, so it looks like all of the books will be back in print shortly.

GREAT news, Christopher. Really diggin' the title for the omnibus. Well-nigh perfect, IMO. A pity that Roy Krenkel isn't around to illustrate it all.

Cool news regarding TLG as well. For those who don;t know, it's sort of a prequel to the Opar series. I won't say more out of courtesy for the spoilerphobic.

[cpcarey]

Thanks, Deuce! I'm a huge fan of Krenkel and I'd have loved to see what he could have done with The Song of Kwasin too. If you ever run across it, ERBANIA #35 (June 1974) includes some wonderful unused drawings by Krenkel for Hadon of Ancient Opar, including one of Paga giving his ax to Kwasin.

I do think Bob Eggleton, who's illustrating the dust jacket, really seems to grok the source material and will do the book proud. I feel very fortunate to have him aboard.

[cpcarey]

Subterranean Press has posted the epic cover art by Bob Eggleton for Gods of Opar: Tales of Lost Khokarsa. Behold Khowot (the volcano) and the Great Tower of Kho and Resu! Wait till you see the full wraparound dust jacket art--it's truly a work of wonder (you can see it now if you're friended with Bob on Facebook as he's posted it there).

Best,
Chris

[Tex]

That looks SA-WEET!

We still on track for this to drop in April?

Tex
(still counting the days)

[cpcarey]

That looks SA-WEET!

We still on track for this to drop in April?

Tex
(still counting the days)

Thanks, Tex, agreed about the art!

Yes, as far as I am aware, it's still coming out in April (April 30 is technically the release date, but the actual release date always seems to vary a bit with Subterranean). Now that the cover art is here and I've turned in my final corrections, they should be sending it off to the printer any day now.

[Almuric]

Can't wait either.

[Kane]

This is excellent news!
I was at the PulpFest when this was annouanced and I've been waiting to read these every since.
Now I just need to get it.

[deuce]

Cool FB update from Christopher Paul Carey:

In association with the Philip J. Farmer Trust, Michael Croteau and I have been working on a website that will offer a lot of world-building material and web extras related to the upcoming omnibus GODS OF OPAR: TALES OF LOST KHOKARSA. This will include some goodies that weren't able to fit into the Bonus Chapbook due to space considerations. We're envisioning it as the go-to resource for Farmer's Khokarsa series and I think fans of the series should really enjoy it. Coming soon--stay tuned!

[cpcarey]

Cool FB update from Christopher Paul Carey:

In association with the Philip J. Farmer Trust, Michael Croteau and I have been working on a website that will offer a lot of world-building material and web extras related to the upcoming omnibus GODS OF OPAR: TALES OF LOST KHOKARSA. This will include some goodies that weren't able to fit into the Bonus Chapbook due to space considerations. We're envisioning it as the go-to resource for Farmer's Khokarsa series and I think fans of the series should really enjoy it. Coming soon--stay tuned!

Thanks, Deuce! And here is the new Khokarsa website.

I should also mention there's also one more Khokarsa story in the works, Exiles of Kho, a standalone signed limited-edition novella coming later this year from Meteor House (check out the phenomenally evocative Mike Hoffman cover art!). This will tell the story of the heroine-priestess Lupoeth (who is referred to in passing several times in the novels; remember the statue with the spear that Hadon uses at the end of Flight to Opar? That's Lupoeth) and is set a few hundred years before the main series. Meteor House is only printing a small number of copies above the preorders, so grab this one while you can if you're interested.



Best,

Chris

[cpcarey]

Cool FB update from Christopher Paul Carey:

In association with the Philip J. Farmer Trust, Michael Croteau and I have been working on a website that will offer a lot of world-building material and web extras related to the upcoming omnibus GODS OF OPAR: TALES OF LOST KHOKARSA. This will include some goodies that weren't able to fit into the Bonus Chapbook due to space considerations. We're envisioning it as the go-to resource for Farmer's Khokarsa series and I think fans of the series should really enjoy it. Coming soon--stay tuned!

Thanks, Deuce! And here is the new Khokarsa website.<p> %

[Tex]

Ordered!

Tex
(looking forward to the lagniappe as well as the book)

[Almuric]

Damn, that Exiles of Kho cover looks just like a 1970s DAW paperback.

[deuce]

Damn, that Exiles of Kho cover looks just like a 1970s DAW paperback.

Right on. It's a great time to be a Opar/Khokarsa fan!