as their father, nor do they suffer, visibly, the sexual aberration that Grandrith and Caliban do. This has led to most classifying the book as neither explicitly within the Wold Newton universe, nor explicitly outside of it. Farmer himself said that the best route was to "let the reader decide", but Wold Newton fan and "scholar" Dennis E. Power has written three essays relating to the subject. He hypothesises that Grandrith and Caliban are in fact children bred by the Nine to duplicate and appear strikingly similar to Doc Savage and Tarzan, to fulfill an ancient destiny prophesied by "The Undying God", in fact the original Tarzan, who traveled to prehistory in Farmer's Time's Last Gift. He doesn't return, instead living out his life throughout history. Power surmises that he became numerous figures from history, myth, and legend, and the Nine bred Lord Grandrith specifically to live out the destiny as foretold by The Undying God, which was, of course, the story of Tarzan himself. He also claims that Lord Grandrith was the individual who did some of the deeds and participated in the adventures of "Tarzan", when these adventures clash too greatly with established Wold Newton continuity. Specifically, he argues that the lead character of the film version of Tarzan and the Valley of Gold, which differs greatly from the original literary version, was Grandrith. References External links A Feast Unknown at Farmer's official website. Reviews of Feast at Farmer's official website. A list of Farmer's Wold Newton fiction at Farmer's official website. Three essays by Dennis Power which attempt, in part, to reconcile the events of Feast and its sequels with Wold Newton continuity. Tarzan? Jane?, Triple Tarzan Tangle, and Tarzans in the Valley of Gold Publishing history 1969 American novels 1969 fantasy novels American erotic novels Novels about Jack the Ripper Novels by Philip José Farmer Pulp stories Wold Newton family Crossover novels Playboy Press books