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.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Bewitching Blog Tours & The Book Cave

Bewitching Blog Tours http://www.bewitchingbooktours.com will be hosting me during my book release of PANGAEA: EDEN’S PLANET, from FIRST REALM PUBLISHING the week of June 23rd through June 30th. I will update the information as I know more. I am also scheduled to tape an interview on THE BOOK CAVE on June 15th, to air June 19th. You can tune in to the Podcast throughout the week here http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/webpage I will be discussing the book and characters, and probably go off on a few tangents about paleontology, dinosaurs, and ancient reptiles. It should be fun so don’t miss it. I will also take pictures of the Whiteside Museum of Natural History that opens on June 7th in Seymour, Texas. Seymour is the home of the Seymouria, a Permian reptile/amphibian that was discovered in the Craddock Redbeds in the early twentieth century and named after the town. Dr. Robert Bakker has discovered many Permian fossils during his Dig at the Site. The museum will feature fossils of Permian life as well as dinosaurs and mammals from other periods in our past. June is going to be an exciting month.


Monday, May 26, 2014

Cover Survey

I have a question for folks who follow my Blog and writing. Looking at the four covers at the top of the Blog, and if you only had enough money for one of the books, which book would you buy based on the covers? I would love to read your comments. It's important to pass on to the publishers.
Tom Johnson

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Pangaea: Eden's Planet


Pangaea: Eden’s Planet

Pangaea: Eden’s Planet has been picked up by First Realm Publishing, and scheduled for release in June for eBook, and July for paperback edition. More details will be forthcoming. Visit First Realm Publishing http://www.firstrealmpublishing.com/tom-johnson

Seven astronauts en route to Mars encounter a time warp in space that disables their ship. Crash landing on Earth, they discover an alien planet sixty million years before the dinosaurs. Pangaea, the super continent, is filled with danger and terror, as they must survive against fierce reptiles that ruled the Earth 250 million years in the past!

Monday, December 23, 2013

Pangaea: Eden's Children


Sudden death in a prehistoric jungle. Armed only with bow and arrows, Desree, the beautiful jungle girl defends her savage land from strange invaders armed with modern weapons, searching for hidden storage vaults filled with treasure worth a dozen King Solomon's Mines. But the jungles of Pangaea are not so easily conquered! When the Jur novels were tied up due to Aspen Mountain Press, Tom refused to let them have “Treasure of Jur”, and turned the plot into a sequel of “Pangaea: Eden’s Planet”, bringing us “Eden’s Children” instead. This book is no longer available. Ton Johnson's fascinating sequel to last year's "Pangaea: Eden's Planet" is filled with pulp action and adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' many prehistoric tales.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Three Go Back


Three Go Back by Tom Johnson. When their teleport vehicle malfunctions, becoming a time machine, it sends three young girls back in time on a journey of discovery they never expected. From the Ice Age through the Cretaceous, Permian, Carboniferous, and finally to the beginning of the Earth’s evolution of life, they experience their world’s prehistoric past in all its splendor and terror, coming away with the joy of knowledge and adventure!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Pangaea: Eden's Planet


This is the story that truly begins the Jur series. It is here where the Ancient Ones originate, during the Permian Period, 60 million years before the Jurassic and dinosaurs. Pulp adventure returns to science fiction in “Pangaea: Eden’s Planet”.

Seven astronauts en route to Mars encounter a time warp in space that disables their ship. Crash landing on Earth, they discover an alien planet sixty million years before the dinosaurs. Pangaea, the super continent, is filled with danger and terror, as they must survive against fierce reptiles that ruled the Earth 250 million years in the past!

Available for $2.99 on Kindle, and print for $13.50 from the author at fadingshadows40@gmail.com

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Drums of Jur


In Tom Johnson’s “Drums of Jur”, the 6th novel in the popular Jur saga, Jurak, the son of Aaron Jameson and Odette Aimee St. Claire, born on Jur, returns to his birthplace seeking adventure – and love. When the Queen of Kal-dar is kidnapped it brings an ape clan and wild men together to mount a rescue. Dinosaurs, danger, and thrills in the savage land of prehistoric Jur. Don’t miss this final tale in the series.

Published by Fading Shadows as a paperback in 2013, available from the author for $12.95 at fadingshadows40@gmail.com Also available on Kindle for $2.99.