History of Jur

The Jur novels came about during slow night shifts in France. Around 1965 I was a squad leader for a bunch of Army MPs in Southern France. At night, while working the desk and my patrols were keeping law and order, to pass the time I created plots and characters attempting to write fiction. Nothing became of my interest in writing until 1970, after a tour in the jungle of Vietnam, and those plots came back to me. I wrote the first two novels during that year, and sent the first to publishers. Basically, my main characters were an Army Green Beret and a French archaeologist, who accidentally fall through a time tunnel to the Jurassic Period. When the first novel didn’t go anywhere I set the manuscripts aside. James Reasoner suggested I change the Green Beret and set the beginning after the Stock Market Crash of ’29. The rest is history. The sequence of the novels are: “Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth”, “Savage Land of Jur”, “Lost Land of Jur”, “Queen of Jur”, “Treasure of Jur”, and “Drums of Jur”. "Pangaea: Eden's Planet" actually takes place in the Permian Period, prior to the Jurassic, but it is the story that truly begins the JUR series.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

JUR NOVELS FROM NBI



JUR NOVELS

“Jur: A Story of Pre-Dawn Earth by Tom Johnson & James Reasoner and “Savage Land of Jur” by Tom Johnson. The original publications of the first two Jur novels from NBI, long out of print, available from Tom at $14.00 each post paid (US). The cover artist is Linnea Sinclaire. I will also swap for other author’s books, if interested.


“Lost Land of Jur” & “Queen of Jur” by Tom Johnson. The original publications of these two novels. “Savage Land of Jur” was originally published by NBI with cover art by Linnea Sinclaire.


“Queen of Jur” was published by Tom with a cover by our own Kevin Duncan. These paperback editions are long out of print, but available from Tom for $14.00 each, post paid (US). I will also swap for other author’s books, if interested. Hey, I need to add to my bookshelf, and have more reading in my retirement.