Order of James P. Blaylock Books
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.
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Publication Order of The Balumnia Trilogy Books
| The Elfin Ship | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Disappearing Dwarf | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Stone Giant | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Christian Trilogy Books
| The Last Coin | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Paper Grail | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| All the Bells on Earth | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Ghosts Trilogy Books
| Night Relics | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Winter Tides | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rainy Season | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Narbondo Books
| The Digging Leviathan | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Homunculus | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lord Kelvin's Machine | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ebb Tide | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Zeuglodon | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Aylesford Skull | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventure of the Ring of Stones | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beneath London | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Further Adventures of Langdon St. Ives | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| River's Edge | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gobblin' Society | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Axolotl Double A-1 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Land of Dreams | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Magic Spectacles | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home Before Dark | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man in the Moon | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Knights of the Cornerstone | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shadow on the Doorstep | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Paper Dragons | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Better Boy | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Old Curiosity Shop | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| His Own Back Yard | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| 13 Phantasms | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In for a Penny | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Metamorphosis | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Steampunk: The Beginning | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Third Annual Collection | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Modern Classics of Fantasy | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Time Travel: Recent Trips | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like James P. Blaylock Books, You’ll Love…
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.
Thanks
Bob LaRue
You’re welcome! Cheers 🙂