He and his friends Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter were mentored by Philip K. Dick. Along with Powers, Blaylock 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 previously served as director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High School of the Arts until 2013, where Powers has also been Writer in Residence.[2][3]
He has been married to his wife, Viki Blaylock, for more than 40 years. They have two sons, John and Danny.
Awardsedit
Blaylock's short story "Thirteen Phantasms" won the 1997 World Fantasy Award for best Short Fiction.[4] "Paper Dragons" won the award in 1986.[5]Homunculus won the Philip K. Dick award in 1987.[6]
Bibliographyedit
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The Man in the Moon (2002) – The original manuscript, initially rejected, from which The Elfin Ship was reworked, with commentary and an additional short story.
The "Narbondo" Seriesedit
Novelsedit
Sharing the character of villain Ignacio Narbondo; The Digging Leviathan and its sequel Zeuglodon are contemporary fantasies set in 1960s California, while the remainder are steampunk novels set in Victorian England.
The Aylesford Skull (2013; a Langdon St. Ives novel)
Beneath London (2015; a Langdon St. Ives novel)
Short fiction and novellasedit
"The Ape-Box Affair" (1978)
"The Idol's Eye" (1984)
"Lord Kelvin's Machine" (1985) – Expanded into a novel in 1992.
"Two Views of a Cave Painting" (1987)
"The Hole in Space" (2002)
The Ebb Tide (2009; a Langdon St. Ives novella)
The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs (2011; a Langdon St. Ives novella)
The Adventure of the Ring of Stones (2014; a Langdon St. Ives novella)
"The Here-and-Thereians" (2016)
"Earthbound Things" (2016)
River's Edge (2017; a Langdon St. Ives novella)
The Gobblin’ Society (2020; a Langdon St. Ives novella) (ISBN 978-1-59606-948-0)
Collectionsedit
All short fiction (except for the novelette Lord Kelvin's Machine) and two novels have appeared in two collections by Subterranean Press:
The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives (2008) – Omnibus of Homunculus, Lord Kelvin's Machine, and the stories "The Ape-Box Affair", "The Idol's Eye", "Two Views of a Cave Painting", "The Hole in Space".
The Further Adventures of Langdon St. Ives (2016) – Omnibus of The Ebb Tide, The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs, The Adventure of the Ring of Stones, and the new stories "The Here-and Thereians and "Earthbound Things".
The Complete Twelve Hours of the Night (1986) – Joke pamphlet co-written by Tim Powers and published by Cheap Street Press.
Land of Dreams (1987)
The Magic Spectacles (1991) – Young adult book.
13 Phantasms (2000) – Short story collection.
On Pirates (2001) – Short story collection with Tim Powers.
The Devils in the Details (2003) – Short story collection with Tim Powers.
In for a Penny (2003) – Short story collection.
The Knights of the Cornerstone (2008) ISBN 9780441016532
The Shadow on the Doorstep (2009) – Short story collection.
Home Sweet Home and Postscript to Home Sweet Home (2012) – Nonfiction essays included in A Comprehensive Dual Bibliography of James P. Blaylock & Tim PowersISBN 9780976748601.
Critical studies and reviews of Blaylock's workedit
^Mark Wingenfeld, "James P. Blaylock" in Bleiler, Richard, Ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror. New York: Thomson/Gale, 2003. (pp. 89-98) ISBN 9780684312507
^ ab"Interview with Steampunk Legend Author James P. Blaylock". The Geek Girl Project. May 23, 2013.
^"CW Alumni Mixer & Farewell to Jim Blaylock", OCSA Calendar, August 2, 2013, archived from the original on September 11, 2016, retrieved August 24, 2016
^World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^"1986 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^"1987 Philip K. Dick Award". Locus. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009.
External linksedit
James P. Blaylock - Official website
Website and discussion forum about Blaylock's writing