Three Maps from Hadon of Ancient Opar

I have been fascinated by maps since I was a child and this fascination has not abated since I have grown-up. I especially am fascinated with maps that pertain to the text I am studying at the time. Hadon of Ancient Opar, as the title of my post mentions includes three maps. These are located at the beginning of the book and include an ancient map of Africa, circa, 10,000 B. C. , a map of Island of Khokarsa, and a map of the central section of City of Khokarsa.

If you follow this link you will find four additional maps, three of which were originally created by Philip José Farmer.

Philip José Farmer’s Khokarsa Series

I have read a few of Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe texts, although not necessarily in chronological order. I have read them as I have learned of them. Many of Farmer’s books are either out of print or, if they are available, they sell as collectors’ items.

So Hadon of Ancient Opar is the start of Khokarsa series, however through the Wold Newton Universe heredity there are so many other texts that have been written before this series was introduced that are relative the plot of this text.

So the full canon of the Khokarsa series can be considered:

“Time’s Last Gift,” Farmer (1972, reissued by Titan, 2012)
“Exiles of Kho,” Carey (Meteor House, 2012)
“Allan and the Ice Gods,” Haggard
“Hadon of Ancient Opar,” Farmer (1974, reissued by Titan, 2013)
“Flight to Opar,” Farmer (1976)
“A Kick in the Side,” Carey (“Worlds of PJF” #1, Meteor House)
“Kwasin and the Bear God,” Farmer and Carey (“Worlds of PJF” #2 and “Tales of the Wold Newton Universe,” v1, Titan Books, 2013)
“Song of Kwasin,” Farmer and Carey (2012)

This list was found on Pulp Net.

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Another list:

Khokarsa Series Checklist

Philip José Farmer-Hadon of Ancient Opar

Forward

“Welcome to the lost civilization of Khokarsa. You are about to embark on one of the most epic journeys of heroic advent in the annals of history. Philip Jose Farmers Hadon of Ancient Opar is a tale of nigh forgotten age of the earth, and when swordplay and prophesies were merely the stuff of legends, but rather the fact of everyday experience…”

Christopher Paul Carey

All of the work of Farmer’s I have read, up to this point, have been a real treat and has Carey has so enthusiastically asserted an “epic journey”. Hadon of Ancient Opar is the first in Farmer’s Khokarsa series, the first of three volumes.

Hadon of Ancient Opar is a 290-page story, and includes three maps, a description of the maps, and two addendums. In addition, there is Khokarsan language glossary. There is a lot of material to parse.