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James K. Morrow


Born
in Philadelphia, The United States
March 17, 1947

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences
Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Oscar Wilde, ...more


Born in 1947, James Kenneth Morrow has been writing fiction ever since he, as a seven-year-old living in the Philadelphia suburbs, dictated “The Story of the Dog Family” to his mother, who dutifully typed it up and bound the pages with yarn. This three-page, six-chapter fantasy is still in the author’s private archives. Upon reaching adulthood, Jim produced nine novels of speculative fiction, including the critically acclaimed Godhead Trilogy. He has won the World Fantasy Award (for Only Begotten Daughter and Towing Jehovah), the Nebula Award (for “Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge” and the novella City of Truth), and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for the novella Shambling Towards Hiroshima). A fulltime fiction writer, Ji ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.75 · 21,812 ratings · 2,634 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors
Towing Jehovah (Godhead, #1)
3.87 avg rating — 3,027 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions
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Only Begotten Daughter
3.89 avg rating — 1,845 ratings — published 1990 — 47 editions
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This Is The Way The World Ends
3.72 avg rating — 1,906 ratings — published 1986
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The Last Witchfinder
3.52 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions
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City of Truth
3.76 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Blameless in Abaddon (Godhe...
3.95 avg rating — 1,003 ratings — published 1996 — 15 editions
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Shambling Towards Hiroshima
3.63 avg rating — 815 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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The Philosopher's Apprentice
3.44 avg rating — 836 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions
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Bible Stories For Adults: I...
3.93 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions
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The Eternal Footman (Godhea...
3.79 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions
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Quotes by James K. Morrow  (?)
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“The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.”
― James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder
tags: fighting, humor, medieval, renaissance
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“There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.”
― James Morrow
tags: atheists, foxholes
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“[...] as Kurt Vonnegut pointed out [...] the literary novel has become extraordinarily privatistic of late. It's as if the big issues (Does God exist? from whence springs decency? what sort of species is Homo Sapiens?) were either settled or not worth discusssing, and serious writers should therefore confine themselves to their various ethnic heritages and interpersonal relationships.”
― James Morrow, Nebula Awards 27: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
tags: literature, real-life
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