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| − | It's complicated. In 1945, [[Donald M. Grant]] and [[Thomas P. Hadley]] founded the [[small press publisher]] '''Grant-Hadley Enterprises''' in [[Providence, RI]] to publish hardcover [[SF]]. In | + | It's complicated. In 1945, [[Donald M. Grant]] and [[Thomas P. Hadley]] founded the [[small press publisher]] '''Grant-Hadley Enterprises''' in [[Providence, RI]] to publish hardcover [[SF]]. In 1946, [[Ken Krueger]] who was in the Army and stationed in Providence joined and it was renamed the '''Buffalo Book Company'''. Then, later that same year, Grant went off to college and Krueger moved back to Buffalo and Hadley continued on his own as '''Hadley Publishing Co.''', though Grant continued to advise him. |
[[Ted Carnell]] was [[British]] representative for Hadley Publishing Co. At the 1947 [[Worldcon]], [[Philcon I]], Hadley Publishing Co. was the main sponsor of a room party which was remembered for being especially drunken. (See [[Fireworks]].) | [[Ted Carnell]] was [[British]] representative for Hadley Publishing Co. At the 1947 [[Worldcon]], [[Philcon I]], Hadley Publishing Co. was the main sponsor of a room party which was remembered for being especially drunken. (See [[Fireworks]].) | ||
Revision as of 03:35, 3 January 2020
It's complicated. In 1945, Donald M. Grant and Thomas P. Hadley founded the small press publisher Grant-Hadley Enterprises in Providence, RI to publish hardcover SF. In 1946, Ken Krueger who was in the Army and stationed in Providence joined and it was renamed the Buffalo Book Company. Then, later that same year, Grant went off to college and Krueger moved back to Buffalo and Hadley continued on his own as Hadley Publishing Co., though Grant continued to advise him.
Ted Carnell was British representative for Hadley Publishing Co. At the 1947 Worldcon, Philcon, Hadley Publishing Co. was the main sponsor of a room party which was remembered for being especially drunken. (See Fireworks.)
Grant-Hadley Enterprises
- Rhode Island on Lovecraft, edited by Donald M. Grant and Thomas G. Hadley (1945)
Buffalo Book Company
- The Time Stream by John Taine (1946)
- The Skylark of Space by E. E. Smith (1946)
Hadley Publishing Co.
- The Weapon Makers by A. E. van Vogt (1946)
- The Mightiest Machine by John W. Campbell, Jr. (1947)
- The Skylark of Space by E. E. Smith (1947), reset from The Buffalo Book Company edition
- Final Blackout by L. Ron Hubbard (1948)
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