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1984: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|TCTCSFMSTK1984|name=Tactics of Mistake}}<br> | 1984: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|TCTCSFMSTK1984|name=Tactics of Mistake}}<br> | ||
1989: Sphere Books Ltd, Published by the Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Source: {{P|BKTG01762|name=The Chantry Guild}}<br> | 1989: Sphere Books Ltd, Published by the Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Source: {{P|BKTG01762|name=The Chantry Guild}}<br> | ||
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| + | == Sphere Science Fiction Classics (Incomplete) == | ||
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| + | * Hothouse (1969?) Brian W. Aldiss | ||
| + | * {{P|THSNDSFMRS1973|The Sands of Mars}} Arthur C. Clarke | ||
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| + | * No. 4 {{P|THSNDCHGPB1971|The Syndic}} C. M. Kornbluth | ||
| + | * No. 5 {{P|THPWNSFNLL1972|The Pawns of Null-A}} A. E. van Vogt | ||
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| + | * No. 7 {{P|MCRSCPCDJP1972|Macroscope}} Piers Anthony | ||
| + | * No. 8 {{P|NTRNSTRZBM1972|Neutron Star}} Larry Niven | ||
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| + | * No. 10 {{P|THNSTNNTRS1973|The Einstein Intersection}} Samuel R. Delany | ||
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| + | * No. 12 {{P|THBRKNSWRD1973|The Broken Sword}} Poul Anderson | ||
| + | * No. 13 {{P|NXTFKNLVST1973|Next of Kin}} Eric Frank Russell | ||
| + | * No. 14 {{P|THNWDMKNSL1974|The New Adam}} Stanley G. Weinbaum | ||
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Revision as of 13:52, 17 January 2009
Thomson Books founded the Sphere paperback imprint in 1966. In 1985 Thomson Books sold Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Sphere Books, Rainbird Publishing Group and TBD Book Service to Pearson-controlled Penguin. In 1989 Robert Maxwell bought Sphere Books from Pearson's Penguin for £13.75m.
Common ISBN Ranges:
- 07221 1970-1990 (Then taken over by Orbit)
- 074740 1988-1989 (Later used by Orbit)
The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen here) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen here). The latter may also be the beginning of a Publisher Series of "Science Fiction Classics" as evidenced by Number 4 here and Number 10 here and Number 8 here.
Addresses
1971: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Neutron Star
1973: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Next of Kin
1982: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Dorsai!
1984: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Tactics of Mistake
1989: Sphere Books Ltd, Published by the Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Source: The Chantry Guild
Sphere Science Fiction Classics (Incomplete)
- Hothouse (1969?) Brian W. Aldiss
- The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke
- No. 4 The Syndic C. M. Kornbluth
- No. 5 The Pawns of Null-A A. E. van Vogt
- No. 7 Macroscope Piers Anthony
- No. 8 Neutron Star Larry Niven
- No. 10 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany
- No. 12 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson
- No. 13 Next of Kin Eric Frank Russell
- No. 14 The New Adam Stanley G. Weinbaum