[Potential Spoilers]

The first compendium idea is one that I think I overheard being discussed at one of the G.U.'s

I can't remember exactly who asked it, maybe Marc, or Dave, or Lisa, or Susan, or Tony (one of the original core group), but I'm pretty sure one of them asked Paul if the Japanese Secret Society (with all of the self-maimed self-mutilated monks) in Black Wind was in any way connected to The Otherness, in that through the excision of different limbs etc., the monks were, in essence, physically making themselves look like the evil monsters contained in the otherness realm(s). I can't remember Paul's exact reply to this query/comment, but I think it was something positive.

The second point is more of a fanboy connection...

...In that it was a supposition of mine that if Black Wind is in the same reality as the Adversary Cycle, then the Japanese Katanas (swords) (which one character inherits from his Senseii), which seem to carry a racial memory in their make-up, might possibly have been forged using a small piece of Glaecken's original sword? Food for thought.

And on a final note, my recently rewritten and expanded short story "The Night Jaunt of F.P. Willenby" is now available for reading at http://www.astoundingtales.com

Please note that it is my homage to both H.P. Lovecraft and F. Paul Wilson.

Mike

Reborn / Black Wind link:

Reborn - Chapter Nine, Section 1.

Brother Robert's past:

In the Far East he investigated many cenobitic Buddhist sects, and in Japan, he met with the last two surviving members of an order of self-mutilating monks.

2) Anything interesting you've noticed in any of his written works. Mistakes, tie-ins, references to pop culture, etc... Basically anything that isn't part of #1 that you'd think would be interesting in a compendium.

What about differences between editions? The Tomb has been revised twice now, and the rest of the Adversary Cycle is being revised as we speak (some have already come out).

In addition, there have been small discrepancies and errors that have been noticed in the hardcover (often limited) editions that were corrected for the hard cover mass market, or at least paperback editions. Do you want items like that, as well? Less tie-in, more "this version has this and this version has this".

For the true collector geek, that'd be an awesome reference.

What about differences between editions? The Tomb has been revised twice now, and the rest of the Adversary Cycle is being revised as we speak (some have already come out).

In addition, there have been small discrepancies and errors that have been noticed in the hardcover (often limited) editions that were corrected for the hard cover mass market, or at least paperback editions. Do you want items like that, as well? Less tie-in, more "this version has this and this version has this".

For the true collector geek, that'd be an awesome reference.

Holy Moly! If you want to do that kind of research, more power to you! We'll put it in the compendium.

Everyone who submits anything that gets used in the compendium will be given due credit. In your e-mails, please let us know whether to use your real name or your MB name.

If you submit something that many other people also submitted you'll get credit anyway for making the effort. It'll probably be in a list of many other names, but it'll be in there.

Anyone who wants to take on a special project or has an idea for one let us know. This could be in the form of an essay that examines Jack's character development throughout the Saga, a breakdown of all the different weapons he has used, a top-ten list of the hardest F. Paul works to find with descriptions and pictures, or simply a mini-chart on how the LaNague books/stories are connected.

Hi all !! I am sorry that I haven't had the ability to access my email or the forum lately -- due to the military firewalls I am behind while outside the States. So, I have had to scour the local area here in Norway to get internet access. Anyway, enough of that.

THANK YOU for all the insightful emails this week. They have been a great help! Keep them coming. Having said that, I have noticed a small trend in the information you are giving me. Most of the information I am getting seems more geared towards "errors" and/or inconsistencies between books or among the AC and RJ novels as a whole. While this is great information, APHEW and I want to make this an exhaustive/comprehensive volume (I even have an illustrator wanting to eventually include original material). We would like to include comprehensive character references (both major and minor), plot connections, the significance of various locations (like Monroe and Elmhurst), even small connections like the one FPW just posted concenring Blackwind and Reborn -- I gues it will be "all things AC-RJ etc" initially, then as i sort the info out....maybe more.....

I quite literally have all the short stories/novelettes/novels that FPW has published in all the versions (both original and corrected), except those written as Colin Andrews. I even have the newest Borderlands Press editions. I don't, however, have any version of "The Last Rakosh". I'll need your help with that. I have been collecting 1st ed/1st pr mint FPW books since I read "The Tomb" in 1986. Alot of book dealers have been able to put an addition to their homes because of me....

I have had no communication with FPW, but I am inclined to use the "corrected" versions of the books. My reason for this: I have read that FPW considers these the "author's preferred texts". If this is true, then I consider those versions "canon". Am I on the right track with this? Please let me know; remember, this is for US ALL, so your inputs are GREATLY appreciated.

Anyway, sorry about the l o n g post, but just wanted to let you know how the project was coming along.

Keep the info coming gang !!!

plot connections, the significance of various locations (like Monroe and Shoreham)..

Keep the info coming gang !!!

Shoreham jumped out at me. Where is Shoreham in FPW's works?

This is getting spooky.

From CRISSCROSS (I've only just begun it): Cordova's address in the Bronx is nearly exactly the same (one digit removed) as my address growing up in the Bronx. Maggie is a derivative of Marguerite, my full name.

And now I see Shoreham, which is where my family's summer house was. As a kid, I spent half my life in Shoreham and the other half in the Bronx. I don't recall seeing Shoreham mentioned. What book is it in?

[QUOTE=Maggers]Shoreham jumped out at me. Where is Shoreham in FPW's works?

Sorry, I had Shoreham on the mind because my co-pilot is from there. I meant to type in Elmhurst. RJ did a fix there.

[QUOTE=Maggers]Shoreham jumped out at me. Where is Shoreham in FPW's works?

Sorry, I had Shoreham on the mind because my co-pilot is from there. I meant to type in Elmhurst. RJ did a fix there.

Phew! That's good. I'd rather it be good old Elmhurst, Queens than Shoreham. Too many coincidences are no good, don't you think?

And now I see Shoreham, which is where my family's summer house was. As a kid, I spent half my life in Shoreham and the other half in the Bronx. I don't recall seeing Shoreham mentioned. What book is it in?

Shoreham (Wardenclyffe then) was where Tesla built his famous tower.