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Author: ManOfBrassManOfBrass Date: Jan 22, 2008 09:21
As a longtime Doc Savage fan, one of the things that irritates me
about Philip Jose Farmer's APOCALYPTIC LIFE book is that he will often
mention something that occurred in an adevnture, or something which
Doc or one of the Fabulous Five said or did, WITHOUT telling the
reader exactly _which_ story he is referring to.
I have managed to track down a lot of these references, but there are
some I atill can't locate after all my reading, so I have decided to
defer to the experts, as it were.
So if any of you out there could please tell me in which adventures
the following occurred, I would very much appreciate the help. Thank
you.
1. In which story does Doc apparently lip-read Chinese?
2. In the early adventures, the HQ skyscraper is often said to be
"nearly a hundred stories" tall. This soon settled down to stating
that Doc's 86th floor was the top one. But one story, Farmer says,
gives the skyscraper exactly 102 stories. In which book does this
occur?
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Author: Chuck MichaelChuck Michael Date: Jan 22, 2008 13:38
> As a longtime Doc Savage fan, one of the things that irritates me
> about Philip Jose Farmer's APOCALYPTIC LIFE book is that he will often
> mention something that occurred in an adevnture, or something which
> Doc or one of the Fabulous Five said or did, WITHOUT telling the
> reader exactly _which_ story he is referring to.
>
> I have managed to track down a lot of these references, but there are
> some I atill can't locate after all my reading, so I have decided to
> defer to the experts, as it were.
>
> So if any of you out there could please tell me in which adventures
> the following occurred, I would very much appreciate the help. Thank
> you.
>
Most of this sounds familiar. When I finish my current project of reading
all my Shadows I'll have to go back to Doc and then can give you some
answers. I do think most, if not all, are true.
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Author: jerrycooper144jerrycooper144 Date: Jan 22, 2008 16:22
They all do sound true,it will take awhile to answer them though. I
think 3# is "Mountain Monster"
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Author: ManOfBrassManOfBrass Date: Feb 25, 2008 09:57
On Jan 22, 11:21 am, ManOfBrass mailandnews.com> wrote:> As a longtime Doc Savage fan, one of the things that irritates me
> about Philip Jose Farmer's APOCALYPTIC LIFE book is that he will often
> mention something that occurred in an adevnture, or something which
> Doc or one of the Fabulous Five said or did, WITHOUT telling the
> reader exactly _which_ story he is referring to.
>
> I have managed to track down a lot of these references, but there are
> some I atill can't locate after all my reading, so I have decided to
> defer to the experts, as it were.
>
> So if any of you out there could please tell me in which adventures
> the following occurred, I would very much appreciate the help. Thank
> you.
>
> 1. In which story does Doc apparently lip-read Chinese?
>
> 2. In the early adventures, the HQ skyscraper is often said to be
> "nearly a hundred stories" tall. This soon settled down to stating
> that Doc's 86th floor was the top one. But one story, Farmer says, ...
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Author: Anim8rFSKAnim8rFSK Date: Feb 26, 2008 19:16
In article
e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
ManOfBrass mailandnews.com> wrote:
> *Where* in THE CRIMSON SERPENT does Renny accidentally shoot Doc?
Behind the davenport.
--
"He'll succumb to all who find
DOC SAVAGE! DOC SAVAGE!"
Hey, that's what we THOUGHT the words were,
first time we saw the movie in the theater . . .
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Author: bww2000bww2000 Date: Feb 29, 2008 20:40
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:57:10 -0800 (PST), ManOfBrass
mailandnews.com> wrote:
[snip]
>There are even a few cases where Farmer _gives_ the name of the
>adventure and I STILL can't find what he's referring to. I don't know
>if I'm just blind, or ifthese are some of the many errors on his part
>that are in the book.
>
>*Where* in THE MAN OF BRONZE is Johynny describesd as being exactly
>six feet tall?
Nowhere I could find. However, I found the following about Johnny's
height:
"The Man Who Shook the Earth", Chapter 10:
Johnny was nearly six feet tall, and as thin as he could safely be.
Until today, he had habitually worn spectacles, in the left lens of
which was a magnifying glass. Johnny had lost the use of his left eye
in the War, and needing a magnifier in his business, had carried it
over the worthless optic.
"Mystery on Happy Bones", Chapter 5:
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