Fiction Illustrated

"Fiction Illustrated" is a short-lived series of early illustrated fiction, similar to graphic novels, produced and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions in the 1970s and published by 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, 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 — " (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 hardcover, 1979
** Bantam / Dell 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's "The Stars My Destination" as a planned two-volume graphic novel, illustrated by Howard Chaykin, Putnam/Berkley, 1978. Volume two never published, Complete published by Epic Comics, xx.
*Samuel R. Delany's "Empire", illustrated by Howard Chaykin, 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