James Van Pelt

• Jul-2022
• / Science Fiction

From a giant spider that can't be ignored in a high school classroom, to humanity facing a mutagen plague, to the last two robots witnessing the end of the universe, this comprehensive collection includes sixty-two of the best stories from James Van ...

• Nov-2017
• / Science Fiction

Jim Van Pelt is one of science fiction's most accomplished and prolific story writers, with over 150 published stories to his credit. This new collection, his fifth, consists of twenty-four of the thirty-five short stories Van Pelt sold from his w...

• Apr-2015
• / Science Fiction

What would you do if you controlled powers that were once attributed to gods? What if what you had heard was right: sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic? High school student Peter Van Meer finds an impossible treasure that...

• Nov-2012
• / General Fiction

Jim Van Pelt’s first collection, Strangers and Beggars, was voted one of the Best Books of 2003 by the American Library Association. Now, in this new collection, Van Pelt continues to explore the ever-changing boundaries of science fiction, fa...

• Oct-2012
• / Science Fiction

James Van Pelt's fourth story collection Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille offers a carnival of science fiction, fantasy and horror tales. Hang on as you fly a WWI fighter plane displayed in a singles' bar, ride a dragon from a troubled...

• Jul-2009
• / Science Fiction

BOOKLIST: "Such variety assures continual interest...the authors...certainly know their craft." Long after our species and all its works have turned to dust, the Moon-landing sites will still show evidence of our time here on Earth. Imagine future ex...

• May-2009
• / Fantasy

Mixing straightforward science fiction ideas, such as the search for habitable planets, the terra-forming of Venus, and a time-traveling substitute teacher, along with fantasy concepts, such as saving the Earth from nuclear destruction through supern...

• Nov-2006
• / Science Fiction

When a plague wipes out most of humanity, fifteen-year-old Eric sets out to find his father. Sixty years later, Eric starts another long journey in an America that has long since quit resembling our own, but there are shadows everywhere. Shadows of w...

• Aug-2005
• / Fantasy

Jim Van Pelt's first collection, Strangers and Beggars, was voted one of the Best Books of 2003 by the American Library Association. Now, in this new collection, Van Pelt continues to explore the ever-changing boundaries of science fiction, fantasy a...

• Jul-2002
• / Fantasy

Strangers and Beggars gathers together for the first time seventeen stories — one of them previously unpublished — by new talent, James Van Pelt, showcasing his explorations in science fiction, fantasy and horror. Human, compassionate a...

• 2002
• / Fantasy

The second collection of Grant Morrison's groundbreaking run on ANIMAL MAN reprints issues #10-17, plus the 19-page story from SECRET ORIGINS #39, this volume shows Animal Man moving more and more deeply into the cause of animal rights. But something...