I thought I had already commented on this thread,but apparently not. Anyway,I first read the good doctors work when I read his Joker story in the collected paperback of THE GREATEST JOKER STORIES EVER TOLD...and then I promptly forgot who he was(sorry FPW). A few years later,I was in a K-Mart killing time looking at the books. One caught my eye as it had a blurb from Dean Koontz on the cover(I was a big Koontz fan at the time). Then I saw another blurb about Stephen King being the President of the Repairman Jack fanclub. The book was Legacies,and it was only a couple of bucks so I picked it up. I've always been a fan of vigilantes...Batman,The Equalizer(both of whom got shout-outs in the first few pages of Legacies). When it got to the scene with Santa-Jack....I knew I was hooked. For life. The only bad part is that I cant afford the collectors editions and the year-long wait between Jack books is KILLER...

When it got to the scene with Santa-Jack....I knew I was hooked. For life.

Santa-Jack was one thrilling scene. And the part about the "antlers" left me almost breathless with laughter.

Hiyo goddam Pork Bellys! (Silver currently being on the skids . . . speculation-wise.)

Ken V.

I will admit, Jack does cajole and quip with the best of them. I love the fact that he is truly the everyman. Batman does his deal with his money and a lifetime of training, ole Jack just relies on his wits and some help from his friends from time to time. Even if there wasn't a overlaying theme of imminent worldly destruction to the books, and an endpoint in sight, I'd gladly pick these books up one after the other. All it took was reading The Tomb and I was thoroughly hooked, I'm now proud to say that two months after the fact, I own all the books that FPW has written. Thank god for ebay, amazon, and used books stores.

Thanks for the welcome. Hope it's always out there...

Welcome, 3rd. You'll like it here.

[bows to cobalt]

-Wapitikev

I remember coming upon both "The Keep" and "The Tomb" in paperback around the same time in 1985.......both my (then)wife and I were avid readers who consumed a huge amount of material while taking care of our multiply handicapped daughter.......constant trips to the hospital and the waiting involved require a fully stocked bag o' books for sanity maintenance.........and although they were not completely to her tastes I spent a couple of Saturday nights both reading,and then re-reading them............LOVED Jack right off the bat and years later,with a copy of "Hosts" snagging my attention from the new releases rack....my interest evolved into the addiction it is now with a fevered bout of "find any F.Paul Wilson available and devour it" as its' main symptom...........ahem(uurp!)........most tasty....:arf:

Welcome, Scary. You'll like it here. As well.

-Wapitikev

So, what's it gonna take? I'll help... again.

Already started indexing the Keep...stuck 1/2 way when free time dried up. Index will grow to all Adversary Cycle works as time allows. Will definitely need help along the way, Ken, adding things that got missed and tweaking things that didn't.

I'll add each one individually to Stephanie's Wiki, so everyone can read it there.

The effort will continue...probably be done in time for FPW not to need it any more (after the 15th Jack book, 2 years from now).

-Wapitikev

I agree about the FPW Compendium.

There's a book that cross-references all of the places, names/people, creatures, etc. that have been present at one time or another in Stephen King's literary multiverse.

I think the same guy that did that one has been working on the RJ one for about 3 years (or more), now...according to the recent FPW podcast on Genrefinity, it is not his top priority at the moment.

-Wapitikev

Already started indexing the Keep...stuck 1/2 way when free time dried up. Index will grow to all Adversary Cycle works as time allows. Will definitely need help along the way, Ken, adding things that got missed and tweaking things that didn't.

I'll add each one individually to Stephanie's Wiki, so everyone can read it there.

The effort will continue...probably be done in time for FPW not to need it any more (after the 15th Jack book, 2 years from now).

-Wapitikev

PM me and tell me what you and Steph want. We'll see.

I was introduced to the Adversary universe in an unusual way. In my late teens, I was in college and perusing their library. I saw a novel called "The Keep" and decided to read it.

I checked the book out of the library, and let it sit in my locker. A couple of days later, I had some time and decided to read it in the lobby where our classes gathered.

Another student saw the novel, and asked me if I "had gotten to the part where the face appears out of the darkness, and then a hand grabs the heroine"?

I stated "No, I really haven't started reading it yet."

She went on to tell me that she had read this novel and it scared the living daylights out of her.

That got my interest.

Finished the novel within the week, reading it whenever I got the chance.

I just was captured by this novel, and would re-read it many times over. Even saw the movie of it. (Poor, poor, F. Paul Wilson.) What a travesty that was.

Anyway, quite a few years later, I was in a used bookstore with my wife. I was looking for copies of any books by Clive Cussler (My then favourite author), and I came upon another book by F.P. Wilson. The novel was a paperback of "Nightworld".

Read the back of the book, and thought it sounded intriguing. What was the author of "The Keep" writing about know.

Imagine my complete surprise as I discovered that this was the final episode in the Adversary Cycle. This novel would go on to haunt me figuratively and literally (I hate milli- and centipedes).

I only really got into the Adversary Cycle and RJ series a couple years ago, and couldn't put them down.

I am not a full fledged fan of both series, having purchased all the RJ books to date, and acquired the Borderlands Press editions of the Adversary Cycle.

As well, I've dipped my collective mind into other works of F. Paul Wilson and really appreciate his scope of collective fiction.

I think this will do for my first post. Glad I finally came onto this board. :cheers:

Welcome to the gang, 3rd. I think you'll find this a fun board.

First FPW was The Tomb AKA Rakoshi and go down the list from there. I read the tomb and immediatley went out and bought every book up until Harbingers and quickly read through them. I awoke one day covered in sweaty, stinky, smelly books, all by FPW, and realized that there were none left and I had to wait a year for the next. I cried for 13 hours and then realized that the Adversary Cycle was out there somewhere.

I literally went to every single used bookstore in a 50 mile radius until I found The Touch, Reborn and Reprisal. and it was worth every minute.

Oh but the sweaty stinky book and 13 hour crying attack is a fib.....sue me