James P. Blaylock is an American fantasy author best known for writing the Narbondo series and the Balumnia trilogy. He won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award for his Steampunk novel, Homunculus.
Blaylock makes his home in southern California. He is best known for writing steampunk novels and is considered to be one of the pioneers of the genre. When he’s not writing books, James works as an educator. He began teaching composition in 1976 and has stayed doing it ever since. He has since become a tenured professor at Chapman University where he directs the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs.
The Elfin Ship is the first book in the Balumnia trilogy. The book focuses on Master Cheeser Jonathan Bing. He used to find trading with elves easy as he’d just send a some good cheese down the river and the Elfin wonders would return to him. That was awhile ago though and things are more difficult now. The Willowood Station has been destroyed and a elfin airship started flying overhead. Jonathan decides to head downriver to deliver the cheese himself to figure out what has been happy. The trip ends up being quite eventful with the weeping skeleton, mad goblins, magic coins, an evil dwarf, a cloak of invisibility—and a watch that stopped time. The return trip will be even more eventful.
Blaylock also penned The Steampunk Adventures of Langdon St. Ives, a collection of Steampunk short stories of Professor Langdon St. Ives. The Victorian Adventurer St. Ives is a traveler through time and space. He’s a member of the Explorers Club and the Royal Society, but often finds himself misunderstood. This book collects him and his friends as they face down strange enemies and avert catastrophes that the world scarcely knows exist.
Thank you for adding James P. Blaylock to the series list. Looks like I’ve read most of them, but now it’s easier to track down those I missed.
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James P. Blaylock is an American fantasy author best known for writing the Narbondo series and the Balumnia trilogy. He won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award for his Steampunk novel, Homunculus.
Thank you for adding James P. Blaylock to the series list. Looks like I’ve read most of them, but now it’s easier to track down those I missed.
Thanks
Bob LaRue
You’re welcome! Cheers 🙂