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John Hornor Jacobs

John Hornor Jacobs

American author

John Hornor Jacobs (born January 5, 1971) is an American author, best known for the novel Southern Gods,[1] which began as a rough draft created through the NaNoWriMo process, and was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in 2011. His 2015 novel Foreign Devils was nominated for a David Gemmell Award for Fantasy.[2]

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Early life

Jacobs was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he attended Little Rock Central High School.[3]

The Incorruptibles

Published in paperback by Gollancz in 2014, The Incorruptibles[4] is a fantasy novel by Hornor. It centers on two mercenaries: Shoestring, a half-dwarf/human; and Fisk, a human. They are employed to guard a nobleman and his family as they journey along a river by paddleboat. The novel was followed by Foreign Devils in 2015.

Reception

James Lovegrove, reviewing The Incorruptibles for the Financial Times, commended Jacobs' ability to "blend ... cowboys, the Roman empire and high fantasy".[5] The Arkansas Times review praised his "wholly original and deeply imaginative voice".[3] The Incorruptibles has also been reviewed by the British Fantasy Society,[6] SFFWorld,[7] and SFBook Reviews.[8]

Works

  • Southern Gods (2011)
  • Fierce as the Grave: A Quartet of Horror Stories (2011)
  • This Dark Earth (Gallery Books, 2012)[9]
  • The Twelve-fingered Boy (2013)[10]
  • The Shibboleth (2014)
  • The Incorruptibles (Gollancz, 2014)[5]
  • The Conformity (2015)
  • Foreign Devils (2015)
  • Infernal Machines (2017)
  • The Sea Dreams It Is the Sky (2018)
  • A Lush and Seething Hell (2019)
  • Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales (2020)

References

  1. [1]
    "John Hornor Jacobs: Southern Gods". AVClub.com. August 17, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "John Hornor Jacobs – The David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy". GemmellAwards.com. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Baker, Matt (April 20, 2015). "Review: The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs". Arkansas Times. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Jacobs, John Hornor (2014). The Incorruptibles. Gollancz. ISBN 9780575123465. OCLC 921846193.
  5. [5]
    Lovegrove, James (August 30, 2014). "The Incorruptibles, by John Hornor Jacobs". Financial Times. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  6. [6]
    Fowler, Katherine (February 19, 2016). "The Incorruptibles. Book Review". BritishFantasySociety.org. British Fantasy Society. Retrieved July 3, 2019. The Incorruptibles is a breath of fresh air ... The plot of this novel is not overly complex, yet the originality of the world that has been built, and the strength of the characters, make the novel feel as well-crafted as many epic fantasies twice the length of this book.
  7. [7]
    Yon, Mark (August 2, 2014). "The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs". SFFWorld.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019. It was nice to read something that in the end turns into a rather original novel, albeit with traits regular readers of the genre might recognise.
  8. [8]
    Denham, D. L. "The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs". SFBook.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019. Highly entertaining and fast-paced is a necessity and this story delivers just that, while offering a new fantasy to slip into for a few hours. Preferably not too near the witching hour.
  9. [9]
    Pitt, Davit (August 4, 2012). "Also Gritty and Brutal is This Dark Earth (book review)". Winnipeg Free Press.
  10. [10]
    "THE TWELVE-FINGERED BOY | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.


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