Jess Nevins
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| Jess Nevins | |
| Born: | 1960s Boston |
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| Occupation: | Author and librarian |
| Nationality: |
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| Writing period: | 2003 - |
| Genres: | Victoriana, Pulp |
| Debut works: | Heroes & Monsters |
| Influences: | Michael Moorcock, Alan Moore |
| Website: | Homepage |
Jess Nevins is an American author and librarian.
He is mostly noted for his comic book annotations, especially The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen annotations, and his works on Victoriana and pulp fiction.
[edit] Work
Nevins is the author of the World Fantasy Award-nominated Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana, the definitive guide on the strange and wonderful of that period, and is now working on the Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes, which should be published in 2007. Two other books to be published in 2007 are the Pulp Holdings Index, from McFarland, a listing of which issues of which pulp magazines are held in which American, Canadian, British, and European libraries, and Impossible Territories, from MonkeyBrain Books, the third companion to the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In 2008 he will publish Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, a descriptive listing of every superhero published between 1935 and 1949.
Nevins is also writing a novel.
[edit] Bibliography
- Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (paperback, 239 pages, MonkeyBrain, 2003, ISBN 193226504X, Titan Books, 2006, ISBN 1845763165)
- A Blazing World: The Unofficial Companion to the Second League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (paperback, 240 pages, MonkeyBrain, 2004, ISBN 1932265104, Titan Books, 2006, ISBN 1845763173)
- Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana (hardcover, 1200 pages, MonkeyBrain, 2005, ISBN 1932265155)
- Pulp Magazine Holdings Directory: Library Collections in North America and Europe (McFarland, forthcoming May 2007, ISBN 0786430680)
- Impossible Territories: An Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Black Dossier (paperback, 304 pages, MonkeyBrain, forthcoming August 2007, ISBN 1932265244)
- Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes (forthcoming, 2007)
- Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes (forthcoming, 2008)
[edit] External links
- Jess Nevins' main website, he maintains two others for the different areas of his work:
- His Livejournal
- No Fear of the Future, communal blog he contributes to
