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The Wold Newton Universe is a concept created by Philip Jose Farmer in his pseudo biographies of Tarzan (Tarzan Alive) and Doc Savage (Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life). In short, it presupposes that in 1795, a meteorite that fell in the English village of Wold Newton caused a number of mutations in the genealogies of the ancestors of various fictional characters. These include not only Tarzan and Doc Savage, but also Sherlock Holmes, Bulldog Drummond, Nero Wolfe and many, many more. The Wold Newton Universe has therefore become a giant fictional melting pot in which characters (or their ancestors) meet, interact, etc. in ways that were never intended by their creators.

Since most of the contributors -- professionals and fans alike -- to the Wold Newton Universe are English-speaking, it is not surprising that very few characters from the vast field of French popular fiction have found their way there -- two notable exceptions being Jules Verne's Captain Nemo and Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin. The purpose of this site is to remedy this, and bring into the Wold Newton Universe a gallery of new characters, easily the equals of Holmes, Tarzan or Doc Savage.

Finally, we have chosen to limit ourselves strictly to literary characters, and exclude film, television and comic books. (French comic books characters can be reviewed by visiting our
Cool French Comics host site.)

Now, enter the...


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