James Morrow

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1982
  • Latest Book:
    April 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Godhead Trilogy

1 - Towing Jehovah (May-1994)
2 - Blameless in Abaddon (Aug-1996)
3 - The Eternal Footman (Nov-1999)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • The Wine of Violence

    On a distant planet, two human societies keep an uneasy equilibrium—one nonviolent, the other ferocious—in this “triumphant writing performance” (Atlantic City Press).  A fact-finding mission has crash-landed on a harsh ...

  • The Continent of Lies

    A dystopian tale about mass-entertainment-turned-toxic from the award-winning author of Towing Jehovah—perfect for Philip K. Dick fans.  Cutting-edge virtual reality has emerged as a popular, albeit controversial, source of amusement. Devo...

  • This Is the Way the World Ends

    George Paxton was an ordinary man until something extraordinary happened--nuclear holocaust. Now George Paxton is about to discover what happens after the end of the world. "Astute, highly engaging, and finally moving".--Los Angeles Times....

  • Only Begotten Daughter

    Call it a miracle. Call it an accident at the sperm bank. But Murray Katz, the celibate keeper of an abandoned lighthouse near Atlantic City, has been blessed with a daughter conceived from the union of his own seed and a holy ovum. Like her half-bro...

  • City of Truth

    In Veritas, people have been conditioned to always tell the truth, no matter how unnerving the truth may be. Jack Sperry must learn to lie in order to save his son in this witty science fiction novella. Recipient of a 1992 Nebula Award.
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  • Nebula Awards 28: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

    Morrow notes that many of the Nebula finalists grapple with the question Is science good or bad? Lending weight to this debate are all of the winners and many of the finalists in the 1992 awards.
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  • Towing Jehovah

    Godhead Trilogy - 1

    God is dead, and Anthony Van Horne must tow the corpse to the Arctic (to preserve Him from sharks and decomposition). En route Van Horne must also contend with ecological guilt, a militant girlfriend, sabotage both natural and spiritual, and greedy h...

  • Bible Stories for Adults

    Short fiction of biblical proportions -- and bent -- from the science fiction satirist and author of The Godhead Trilogy.   James Morrow, “the most provocative satiric voice in science fiction,” unabashedly delves into matters both sacred a...

  • Blameless in Abaddon

    Godhead Trilogy - 2

    A New York Times Notable Book: The People vs. God in “a funny, ferocious fantasy” from the two-time Nebula Award"winning author (The Philadelphia Inquirer).   Hallelujah! God is not dead. He’s just been a deep-freeze coma in the Arctic. ...



  • The Eternal Footman

    Godhead Trilogy - 3

    Can civilization survive the untimely demise of God? “A buoyant romp . . . superlatively intelligent and entertaining” (The Baltimore Sun).   Completing the World Fantasy Award"winning author’s darkly comic trilogy, The Et...

  • The Last Witchfinder

    Jennet Stearne's father hangs witches for a living in Restoration England. But when she witnesses the unjust and horrifying execution of her beloved aunt Isobel, the precocious child decides to make it her life's mission to bring down the Parliamenta...

  • The Cat's Pajamas : and Other Stories

    Terminal baptism, erotic performance art, and voodoo economics with actual voodoo.An integrity gene is harvested from the brain of an unwilling schoolteacher. Christopher Columbus lands in modern-day Manhattan. John Wayne seeks treatment from a cinem...

  • The Philosopher's Apprentice

    A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction, Mason Ambrose has torpedoed a promising academic career and now faces a dead-end future. Before joining the ranks of the unemployed, however, he's approached by a representative of billionai...

  • Shambling Towards Hiroshima

    Theodore Sturgeon Award winner Nebula and Hugo Award nominee It is the early summer of 1945, and war reigns in the Pacific Rim with no end in sight. Back in the States, Hollywood B-movie star Syms Thorley lives in a very different world, starring as ...

  • The Cat's Pyjamas

  • The Cat's Pajamas

    A rollicking and audacious collection of stories featuring Martian invaders, time travel, voodoo queens, giant Hollywood monsters, Dr. Moreau-like mad scientists, and more In The Cat’s Pajamas, James Morrow -- called “the most provocative sati...

  • The Madonna and the Starship

    New York City, 1953. The golden age of television, when most programs were broadcast live. Young Kurt Jastrow, a full-time TV writer and occasional actor, is about to have a close encounter of the apocalyptic kind. Kurt's most beloved character (and...

  • Galapagos Regained

    James Morrow's Galápagos Regained centers on the fictional Chloe Bathurst, an unemployed Victorian actress who finds work on Charles Darwin's estate, nurturing the strange birds, exotic lizards, and giant tortoises he brought back from his trip arou...

  • The Asylum of Dr. Caligari

    “No one does history-meets-the-fantastic like Morrow. The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a great example―Impressionism versus expressionism, psychology in the asylum of ‘dreams,’ the weaponization of art, big laughs and big ideas, a wild imaginati...



  • Behold the Ape

    A satirical SF caper of evolution, gangsters, Darwin’s brain, and the Golden Age of Hollywood from the Nebula and World Fantasy Award"winning author. When Sonya Orlova, a successful 1930s horror-film actress, crosses paths with a gorilla whose br...

Award-Winning Books by James Morrow

City of Truth
1993 Nebula Award -- Novella
Only Begotten Daughter
1991 World Fantasy Award -- Novel
Towing Jehovah
1995 World Fantasy Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Morrow has published 20 books.

James Morrow does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Behold the Ape, was published in April 2023.

The first book by James Morrow, The Wine of Violence, was published in November 1982.

Yes. James Morrow has 1 series.
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