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| − | Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry. | + | '''Pocket Books''' produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in [[America]] in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry. |
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| + | Its [[SF]]/[[fantasy]] line included several early classics in the genre, including [[James Hilton]]'s ''Lost Horizon'' (1939), ''Great Tales & Poems of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'' (1940), [[Guy Endore]]'s ''The [[Werewolf]] of Paris'' (1941), [[Donald A. Wollheim]]’s ''The Pocket Book of [[Science Fiction]]'' (1943), [[Bram Stoker]]'s ''[[Dracula]]'' (1947), [[Pat Frank]]'s ''Mr. Adam'' (1948), [[Raymond J. Healy]]’s ''New Tales of Space & Time'' (1952), [[Murray Leinster]]'s ''Space Platform'' (1953), [[H. G. Wells]]' ''The War of the Worlds'' (1953), and [[Arthur C. Clarke]]’s ''The Sands of Mars'' (1954). | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 10 January 2022
Pocket Books produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry.
Its SF/fantasy line included several early classics in the genre, including James Hilton's Lost Horizon (1939), Great Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1940), Guy Endore's The Werewolf of Paris (1941), Donald A. Wollheim’s The Pocket Book of Science Fiction (1943), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1947), Pat Frank's Mr. Adam (1948), Raymond J. Healy’s New Tales of Space & Time (1952), Murray Leinster's Space Platform (1953), H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1953), and Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars (1954).
| Publisher | 1939— |
| This is a publisher page, referring to science fiction book and prozine publishers. |
