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* {{P|THCSCHNRNV1972|The Ice Schooner}} Michael Moorcock | * {{P|THCSCHNRNV1972|The Ice Schooner}} Michael Moorcock | ||
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* No. 4 {{P|THSNDCHGPB1971|The Syndic}} C. M. Kornbluth | * No. 4 {{P|THSNDCHGPB1971|The Syndic}} C. M. Kornbluth | ||
* No. 5 {{P|THPWNSFNLL1972|The Pawns of Null-A}} A. E. van Vogt | * No. 5 {{P|THPWNSFNLL1972|The Pawns of Null-A}} A. E. van Vogt | ||
| − | * | + | * No. 6 {{P|THSNDSFMRS1973|The Sands of Mars}} Arthur C. Clarke |
* No. 7 {{P|MCRSCPCDJP1972|Macroscope}} Piers Anthony | * No. 7 {{P|MCRSCPCDJP1972|Macroscope}} Piers Anthony | ||
* No. 8 {{P|NTRNSTRZBM1972|Neutron Star}} Larry Niven | * No. 8 {{P|NTRNSTRZBM1972|Neutron Star}} Larry Niven | ||
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* No. 12 {{P|THBRKNSWRD1973|The Broken Sword}} Poul Anderson | * No. 12 {{P|THBRKNSWRD1973|The Broken Sword}} Poul Anderson | ||
* No. 13 {{P|NXTFKNLVST1973|Next of Kin}} Eric Frank Russell | * No. 13 {{P|NXTFKNLVST1973|Next of Kin}} Eric Frank Russell | ||
| − | * No. 14 {{P|THNWDMKNSL1974|The New Adam}} Stanley G. Weinbaum | + | * No. 14 {{P|THNWDMKNSL1974|The New Adam}} Stanley G. Weinbaum |
== Source publications == | == Source publications == | ||
Revision as of 06:36, 6 August 2011
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).
- "Modern" logo[September 1970]
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Addresses
1970: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1 Source: The Maker of Universes
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)
- The Ice Schooner Michael Moorcock
- No. 1 Hothouse Brian W. Aldiss
- No. 2 The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt
- No. 4 The Syndic C. M. Kornbluth
- No. 5 The Pawns of Null-A A. E. van Vogt
- No. 6 The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke
- No. 7 Macroscope Piers Anthony
- No. 8 Neutron Star Larry Niven
- No. 10 The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany
- No. 11 Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin
- No. 12 The Broken Sword Poul Anderson
- No. 13 Next of Kin Eric Frank Russell
- No. 14 The New Adam Stanley G. Weinbaum
Source publications
- Fever Dream: and Other Fantasies by Kurt Singer published September 1970