If there is any one person alive today who has ensured that the knowledge of the genre of the Lost Race Romance has not been lost, it is Jessica Amanda Salmonsen. A resident of Bremerton, Washington, and an accomplished writer of fantastic fiction in her own right, Jessica ran a bookstore of antiquarian genre fiction out of her home for many years: the name of her business was Violet Books. One of Jessica's specialties was Lost Race fiction; and she compiled what is still by far the most comprehensive bibliography of Lost Race romances available, "The Lost Race Checklist", which can be found on her website at www.violetbooks.com/lostrace-check-guide.html. Without this amazing piece of scholarship, neither my personal library of Lost Race Romances nor this blog would ever have been possible, and scarcely a week goes by in which I do not spend at least one or two minutes perusing it (and often three or four hours at a time!). Jessica has now retired from bookselling, but she continues to keep her website up. It includes not only the Lost Race Checklist, but images of original-edition artwork, plus Jessica's insightful essays on various kinds of genre fiction. It is indispensable for anyone who holds an interest in the history of fantastic fiction.
http://www.violetbooks.com/lostrace-check-guide.html
http://www.violetbooks.com/lostrace.html
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