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James P. Blaylock

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 19 1950
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James Paul Blaylock is an American fantasy author. He is noted for his distinctive style. He writes in a humorous way: His characters never walk, they clump along, or when someone complains that flight is impossible, the other characters agree and show him why he's right.

He was born in Long Beach, California; studied English at California State University, Fullerton, receiving an M.A. in 1974; and lives in Orange, California, teaching creative writing at Chapman University. Many of his books are set in Orange County, California, and can more specifically be termed "fabulism" — that is, fantastic things happen in our present-day world, rather than in traditional fantasy, where the setting is often some other world. His works have also been categorized as magic realism.

He and his friends Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter were mentored by Philip K. Dick. Along with Powers he invented the poet William Ashbless. Blaylock and Powers have often collaborated with each other on writing stories, including The Better Boy, On Pirates, and The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook.

Blaylock is also currently director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High School of the Arts, where Powers is Writer in Residence.

James P. Blaylock

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 19 1950
Website
Go to Website
James Paul Blaylock is an American fantasy author. He is noted for his distinctive style. He writes in a humorous way: His characters never walk, they clump along, or when someone complains that flight is impossible, the other characters agree and show him why he's right.

He was born in Long Beach, California; studied English at California State University, Fullerton, receiving an M.A. in 1974; and lives in Orange, California, teaching creative writing at Chapman University. Many of his books are set in Orange County, California, and can more specifically be termed "fabulism" — that is, fantastic things happen in our present-day world, rather than in traditional fantasy, where the setting is often some other world. His works have also been categorized as magic realism.

He and his friends Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter were mentored by Philip K. Dick. Along with Powers he invented the poet William Ashbless. Blaylock and Powers have often collaborated with each other on writing stories, including The Better Boy, On Pirates, and The William Ashbless Memorial Cookbook.

Blaylock is also currently director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High School of the Arts, where Powers is Writer in Residence.

Books from James P. Blaylock

Cthulhu 2000

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Last Coin

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Elfin Ship

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Paper Grail

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Digging Leviathan

3.6/5 ( ratings)

All the Bells on Earth

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Aylesford Skull

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Lord Kelvin's Machine

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Disappearing Dwarf

4/5 ( ratings)

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection

4/5 ( ratings)

The Apes of Wrath

3.8/5 ( ratings)

On Pirates

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Pilot Light

3.1/5 ( ratings)

Christmas Forever

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Powers: Secret Histories

4.8/5 ( ratings)

Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1998

3/5 ( ratings)

Subterranean Magazine Spring 2008

4/5 ( ratings)

The Magic Spectacles

4/5 ( ratings)

The Rainy Season

4/5 ( ratings)
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