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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_Books Wikipedia entry for Sphere]
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_Books Wikipedia entry for Sphere]
  
The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen [http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/81/77/8ef5c060ada0ac8ec4779110.L.jpg here]) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen [http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/eb/5d/491962e89da0cdcac96c4110.L.jpg here]). The latter may also be the beginning of a Publisher Series of "Science Fiction Classics" (see below).
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The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen [http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/81/77/8ef5c060ada0ac8ec4779110.L.jpg here]) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen [http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/eb/5d/491962e89da0cdcac96c4110.L.jpg here]).
: [[Image:Sphere (logo).jpg]]<br>Logo from 1970<sup>{{refp|FVRDRMTHRF1970|Fever Dream: and Other Fantasies|Kurt Singer|September 1970}}</sup>
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=Addresses=
 
=Addresses=
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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>
  
== Sphere Science Fiction Classics (Incomplete) ==
 
*        {{P|THSNDSFMRS1973|The Sands of Mars}}  Arthur C. Clarke
 
*        {{P|THCSCHNRNV1972|The Ice Schooner}} Michael Moorcock
 
  
* No. 1  {{P|HTHSXXVLSX1971|Hothouse}} Brian W. Aldiss
 
* No. 2  {{P|THWRLDFNLB1971|The World of Null-A}}  A. E. van Vogt
 
 
* 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
 
* No. 11 {{P|RTFPSSGXNB1973|Rite of Passage}} Alexei Panshin
 
* 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
 
  
 
== Source publications ==
 
== Source publications ==

Latest revision as of 16:03, 15 February 2016

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)

Wikipedia entry for Sphere

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).

Sphere (logo).jpg
"Modern" logo[September 1970]

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


Source publications