Fiction Illustrated
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'''''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]]