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.
Tarzan
Sherlock Holmes
Phileas Fogg
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Philip José Farmer was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.
Farmer in 2002
Farmer and his great-grandson in 1995
Farmer's novelette "Some Fabulous Yonder" was the cover story on the April 1963 issue of Fantastic