HOMUNCULUS

James P. Blaylock

Few writers dare attempt a historical fantasy in an effort to best Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, and Robert Louis Stevenson at their own game, but back in 1986 -- long before the current alternate history craze -- James Blaylock not only tried, but succeeded brilliantly.

Darkly atmospheric, Homonculus weaves together the stories of Narbondo -- a mad hunchback who works tirelessly to bring the dead back to life, of the members of the Trismegistus Club -- a surly group of scientists and philosophers who meet at Captain Powers' Pipe Shop, and of the homonculus -- a tiny man whose powers can drive men to murder.

Homonculus is a fascinating trip to a London that never existed ... but perhaps should have.

YOUR FEEDBACK:

*****Nice ride
If you enjoy the Anubis Gate youl like this book. Far out fantasy.

Maya@warwick.net, Grahamsville, NY
(off Amazon.com, June 4, 2003

****Homunculus is a Roller Coaster...
Homunculus is a roller coaster of excitement. I think Blaylock may have lived in 18th century London, and might actually know the secret of the carp bladder himself. I have a theory, in fact that James P. Blaylock is none other than his own character Ignacio Narbondo, and these books are simply his own autobiography. Of course he threw us off his trail when he killed himself in the "Digging Leviathan".
This book, and series is excelent (I'm half way through Lord Kelvin's Machine)....

— Michael K Schmidt, River Forest, IL
(off Amazon.com, April 17, 2001 )

*****One of the Best
Homonculus is the book that Lord Kelvin's Machine is a sequel too, and is one of Mr. Blaylock's best works. Very similar in tone and style to Digging Leviathan, simply set in the same world many decades earlier. If you like anything by Blaylock, you will greatly enjoy Homonculus.

— madoc-starson, Chicago, Illinois
referring to the Ace pb edition.
(off Amazon.com, February 10, 2000)

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