Johnson, James B
Entry updated 7 November 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1944- ) US author who began publishing sf with his first novel, Daystar and Shadow (1981), in which a Post-Holocaust USA is depicted. More interesting, though the voltage of innovation remains low, is Trekmaster (1987), set on a rediscovered colony planet whose inhabitants are divided over the issue of reunion with the Galactic Federation; included are some dynastic romance, a rite of passage and a cohabiting Alien species. Further novels in the same general vein, though showing an increasing competence, are Mindhopper (1988), dealing with Psi Powers, Habu (1989), about the dubious effects of a longevity treatment; and A World Lost (1991), a Space Opera in which, not very originally, space travel and stock car racing are seen as similar. [JC]
James Blair Johnson
born 1944
works
- Daystar and Shadow (New York: DAW Books, 1981) [pb/Ken W Kelly]
- Trekmaster (New York: DAW Books, 1987) [pb/Michael Whelan]
- Mindhopper (New York: DAW Books, 1988) [pb/Les Edwards]
- Habu (New York: DAW Books, 1989) [pb/Erik Olson]
- A World Lost (New York: DAW Books, 1991) [pb/Nicholas Jainschigg]
- Counterclockwise: A Science Fiction Novel (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press/The Borgo Press, 2011) [pb/]
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