Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life

Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life

First edition
Author	Philip José Farmer
Cover artist	Walter Baumhofer
Language	English
Series	Doc Savage
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1973
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	226pp
ISBN	0-385-08488-9

Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life is a fictional biography by Philip José Farmer about pulp fiction hero Doc Savage.

The book is written with the assumption that Doc Savage was a real person. Kenneth Robeson, the author of the Doc Savage novels, is portrayed as writing fictionalized memoirs of the real Savage's life. Farmer examines the psychological make up of Doc and his associates, based on close readings of the 181 novels. In an appendix, "The Fabulous Family Tree of Doc Savage", Farmer links Savage to dozens of other fictional characters as a member of the Wold Newton family.

• 1973, Doubleday, hardcover
• 1975, Bantam, paperback (expanded)
• 1981, Playboy, paperback (expanded)
• 2013, Meteor House, hardcover (revised, expanded again)
• 2013, Altus Press, paperback (revised)

• The Doc Savage Chronology from The Wold Newton Universe website

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