The Way They Were — Jeff Deischer

Have you ever wondered when Victor Frankenstein created his monster? Or when Dracula terrorized England? How about Captain Nemo's past? The Way They Were takes an in-depth look at the life and times of some of adventure fiction's most famous heroes and most notorious villains. Inside you'll find not only the answers to the above questions, but those to many more, covering characters as diverse as Korak, Son of Tarzan, James Bond and the Phantom of the Opera â€" who, it is revealed, is related to none other than Doc Savage and Sam Spade of Maltese Falcon fame! The Way They Were is a collection of essays by chronologist Jeff Deischer, discussing and analyzing famous stories of adventure fiction as if they had actually occurred. They are then combined into a "shared fictional universe" timeline.