Fiction Illustrated 5263324 204874712 2008-04-11T07:40:24Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Unreferenced|date=April 2008}} '''''Fiction Illustrated''''' is a short-lived series of early [[illustrated fiction]], similar to [[graphic novels]], produced and packaged by [[Byron Preiss|Byron Preiss Visual Productions]] in the 1970s and published by [[Pyramid Books|Pyramid/Jove/HBJ]]. Four were produced, with a fifth was planned. All but one were written by Byron Preiss. The first three were published [[digest size]],<!--can find no confirmation of the following re: Chandler Red Tide: while the third was also available in more standard 'graphic novel' size.--> the fourth was published in larger format. ==Volumes== *''Fiction Illustrated #1 — Schlomo Raven: Public Detective'' ((Pyramid Books, 1976; by Preiss and [[Tom Sutton]]) *''Fiction Illustrated #2 — Starfawn'' (Pyramid Books, 1976; by Preiss and [[Stephen Fabian]]) *''Fiction Illustrated #3 — [[Chandler: Red Tide]]'' (Pyramid Books, 1976 ISBN 0-515-04241-2; [[Dark Horse Comics]], 2001 ISBN 1-56971-438-X) *''Fiction Illustrated #4 — Son of Sherlock Holmes'' (Pyramid Books, 1977; by Preiss and [[Ralph Reese]]) ==Follow-ons== *Dragonworld (planned to be the fifth volume), Preiss and [[Michael Reaves]], illustrated by Joseph Zucker. ** [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] hardcover, 1979 ** [[Random House|Bantam / Dell]] [[mass market paperback|paperback]], 1979) ISBN 0-553-01077-8 ** Spectra paperback (July 1983) ISBN 0-553-25857-5 ** Bantam / Dell paperback (Aug. 1983) ISBN 0-553-23426-9 ** [[iBooks]], Inc. paperback (2000) ISBN 0-671-03907-5 ** iBooks, Inc. [[ebook]] ([[Microsoft Reader]]; 2001) ** iBooks, Inc. paperback (2002) ISBN 0-7434-5253-4 ** iBooks, Inc. paperback (2005) ISBN 1-59687-233-0 *[[Alfred Bester (author)|Alfred Bester]]'s ''[[The Stars My Destination]]'' as a planned two-volume graphic novel, illustrated by [[Howard Chaykin]], [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Putnam/Berkley]], 1978. Volume two never published, Complete published by [[Epic Comics]], xx. *[[Samuel R. Delany]]'s ''Empire'', illustrated by [[Howard Chaykin]], [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Putnam/Berkley]], 1978. ISBN 0-399-12245-1/ISBN 0-425-03900-5 *''The Illustrated [[Roger Zelazny]]'', illustrated by [[Gray Morrow]], [[Baronet]], 1978, [[Ace Books]], 1979. ISBN 0-89437-014-6 [[Category:Series of books]] [[Category:Graphic novels]]