Book description
A strange man (named Howard) on a strange quest (for a Paper Grail) in
a strange land (California) . . . A lot of fuss for a folded scrap of
paper. But considering all the odd people searching for the Grail, it
must be something special. Something magical . . . James P. Blaylock
was born in Long Beach, California, in 1950, and attended California
State University, where he received an MA. He was befriended and
mentored by Philip K. Dick, along with his contemporaries K. W. Jeter
and Tim Powers, and is regarded - along with Powers and Jeter - as one
of the founding fathers of the steampunk movement. Winner of two World
Fantasy Awards and a Philip K. Dick Award, he is currently director of
the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County High School of
the Arts, where Tim Powers is Writer in Residence.
