Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Feast Unknown | 1995 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
| 2 | Lord of the Trees | 1970 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
| 3 | The Mad Goblin | 1970 | Philip José Farmer | Buy |
The Doc Caliban and Lord Grandrith series features Philip Jose Farmer’s reimaginings of two classic pulp characters. Doc Caliban is a thinly veiled Doc Savage, and Lord Grandrith is a version of Tarzan, both recast in a darker and more adult framework. The series begins with A Feast Unknown (1995 reprint, originally 1969) and continues with Lord of the Trees and The Mad Goblin.
The books reveal these heroes as members of a secret society of immortals, adding layers of conspiracy and moral ambiguity to characters that were originally written as straightforward adventure heroes. The series is a key piece of Farmer’s Wold Newton mythology.