James P. Blaylock
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:19 pm
Have you heard of him. He is one of my favorite authors to read. He writes some steampunk and urban fantasy.
His greatest books in my opinion are The Last Coin, & The Paper Grail
The Last Coin -
In Blaylock's contemporary fantasy, the fate of the world falls into the hands of a daydreaming eccentric named Andrew Vanbergen. This quick-tempered Californian is muddling through the conversion of his rambling home into an inn and cafe when he unwittingly becomes one of the Caretakers who have kept the world safe for nearly two millennia. The danger is that someone like Andrew's mysterious guest Jules Pennyman will gather together Judas Iscariot's original 30 pieces of silver, thereby summoning up an apocalyptic magic. Against a lyric vision of the Southern California coast, cosmic conspiracy theories bump heads in a gleeful farce to produce another strange and wonderful book from the idiosyncratic author of Homunculus and Land of Dreams.
If you're looking for someone new and a fun read, give it a try if you like the above and it interests you, cheers. I own about 10 or so of his books in first editoin hardbound, I think he's a brilliant writer, cheers.
His greatest books in my opinion are The Last Coin, & The Paper Grail
The Last Coin -
In Blaylock's contemporary fantasy, the fate of the world falls into the hands of a daydreaming eccentric named Andrew Vanbergen. This quick-tempered Californian is muddling through the conversion of his rambling home into an inn and cafe when he unwittingly becomes one of the Caretakers who have kept the world safe for nearly two millennia. The danger is that someone like Andrew's mysterious guest Jules Pennyman will gather together Judas Iscariot's original 30 pieces of silver, thereby summoning up an apocalyptic magic. Against a lyric vision of the Southern California coast, cosmic conspiracy theories bump heads in a gleeful farce to produce another strange and wonderful book from the idiosyncratic author of Homunculus and Land of Dreams.
If you're looking for someone new and a fun read, give it a try if you like the above and it interests you, cheers. I own about 10 or so of his books in first editoin hardbound, I think he's a brilliant writer, cheers.
AHHH! Nobody knows how looong my 2B Read List is! Thanks for the heads up though-will keep in mind...