Wold Newton family

The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the American science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. Farmer suggested in two fictional biographies (Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life) that the Wold Cottage meteorite, which fell near Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England, on December 13, 1795, caused genetic mutations in the occupants of two passing coaches due to ionization. Many of their descendants were thus endowed with extremely high intelligence and strength, as well as an exceptional capacity and drive to perform good or, as the case may be, evil deeds. The progeny of these travellers are purported to have been the real-life originals of fictionalised characters, both heroic and v

Wold Newton family

The Wold Newton family is a literary concept derived from a form of crossover fiction developed by the American science fiction writer Philip José Farmer. Farmer suggested in two fictional biographies (Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life) that the Wold Cottage meteorite, which fell near Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England, on December 13, 1795, caused genetic mutations in the occupants of two passing coaches due to ionization. Many of their descendants were thus endowed with extremely high intelligence and strength, as well as an exceptional capacity and drive to perform good or, as the case may be, evil deeds. The progeny of these travellers are purported to have been the real-life originals of fictionalised characters, both heroic and v