Bassett, James C
Entry updated 27 October 2025. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(? - ) US painter, sculptor and author who began to publish work of genre interest with "Storm Warning" in Young Blood (anth 1994) edited by Mike Baker. His one sf novel is Living Real (1997), a Near-Future tale of Cyberspace and Virtual Reality whose protagonist discovers a means to make VR seem truly real, with potentially permanent effects on the minds of those who experience it. Bad actors become interested in the possibilities of such conditioning or mind control; conflict ensues. Bassett has also edited anthologies [see Checklist below] in collaboration with Stephen L Antczak. [DRL]
James C Bassett
born Groton, Connecticut
works
- Living Real (New York: HarperPrism, 1997) [pb/Peter Gudynas]
works as editor
- Zombiesque (New York: DAW Books, 2011) with Stephen L Antczak and Martin H Greenberg [anth: Zombies: pb/Shutterstock]
- Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables with Stephen L Antczak (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2013) [pb/Eric Williams]
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