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* [[Jack the Ripper]]: In ''A Feast Unknown'', Jack the Ripper is the father of the two heroes Lord Grandrith and Doc Caliban ([[Expy|expies]] of [[Tarzan]] and [[Doc Savage]], respectively).
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: In ''Tarzan Alive'' and ''Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life,'' Farmer claims that Edgar Rice Burroughs and Lester Dent were just the biographers of [[Tarzan]] and [[Doc Savage]]. He claims that their books were highly fictionalized and sensationalized and presents somewhat more mundane, but still sensational versions of the stories that correct various factual inaccuracies and continuity errors. For example, he explains that whenever Tarzan encountered a lion, a plains dwelling animal, in the jungle, it was actually a leopard and Burroughs exaggerated because lions were bigger and more dangerous looking.
** He also tries to explain away both characters' great strength and intelligence by claiming their [[wikipedia:Wold Newton family|ancestors were irradiated by a meteor]], and that other relatives of Tarzan and Savage whose ancestors were exposed to that radiation include [[Pride and Prejudice|Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy]], [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Fu Manchu]], and [[Bulldog Drummond]]. Farmer is in a class of his own!▼
▲He also tries to explain away both characters' great strength and intelligence by claiming their [[wikipedia:Wold Newton family|ancestors were irradiated by a meteor]], and that other relatives of Tarzan and Savage whose ancestors were exposed to that radiation include [[Pride and Prejudice|Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy]], [[Sherlock Holmes]], [[Fu Manchu]], and [[Bulldog Drummond]]. Farmer is in a class of his own!
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: The [[wikipedia:Wold Newton family|Wold-Newton]] [[The Verse|universe]] includes scores of [[Public Domain Character|public domain characters]] as well as many characters popular from early [[Radio Drama]] and film, such as [[The Shadow]] and Tarzan, who are not quite out of copyright. [[Fanfic|Fans]] have added many modern TV characters to the list. The ''[[Riverworld]]'' series does this with actual people from history (and how!)
* [[Mass Super-Empowering Event]]: In the "biographies" of [[Tarzan]] and [[Doc Savage]] (and the [[Massively Multiplayer Crossover]] "Wold Newton Universe" based on Phillip's stories), the Event is the titular Wold Newton meteorite. The radiation of the meteorite affected the passengers of a passing coach (and several animals in the area); their descendants were endowed with unusual strength, intelligence, and ambition, becoming [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|the inspiration for]] many of the heroes and villains of fiction. (See [[wikipedia:Wold Newton family|the other wiki]] for more details.
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{{Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Awards}}
{{World Fantasy Award Life Achievement}}
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