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== NEL (New English Library) ==
 
== NEL (New English Library) ==
 
Also covers Souvenir Press and Four Square imprints, but these are likely to be pre-ISBN.
 
Also covers Souvenir Press and Four Square imprints, but these are likely to be pre-ISBN.
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02839 1976-1982
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03406 1994-1999
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03407 1999-2004
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03408 2004
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04500 1969-1997
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04503 1986-1993
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04504 1987-1990
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04505 1989-1994
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04506 1994-1995
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0340 overlaps with Hodder: 02839 with Sidgwick & Jackson: 0450 is pretty clear though.
  
 
== Penguin, Puffin, Peacock, Roc ==
 
== Penguin, Puffin, Peacock, Roc ==

Revision as of 22:24, 24 December 2007

The "B" is for "Bill".

I have another account here "BillLongley" that I used during some strange blocking events. Those were mostly during my early days here, and no doubt anything done by "BillLongley" could be improved, so feel free to point out my newbie mistakes. (You'll find some under THIS name too, and don't be afraid to question those either.) At some point I'll probably review all the "BillLongley" verifications and switch them to this ID - probably to get to the 2,000 Verifications point. (Yes, I know many other editors have far vaster collections, but until they start verifying them all this is one of the few targets I can aim for!)

I consider myself fairly expert on Terry Pratchett, Spider Robinson, James Blish and (reluctantly, after I heard of "fix-up" novels) A. E. van Vogt: currently I'm learning Ron Goulart (from the Josh Kirby associations), Jack Williamson and Brian Stableford: and Buffy/X-Files/Star Trek/Doctor Who series as they're just so cheaply available at car-boot sales and suchlike. (This is why I verify so many copies of the same book at times - 10p or 20p to upgrade a book from a reading copy to a good one to a pristine one is irresistible!)

I like to question a lot of ISFDB standards, and get a bit disappointed when such discussions peter out with no resolution. I upload a lot of cover images to Amazon, but wish they were here instead, for instance.

I occasionally stumble over a British SF Magazine and venture into those Dark Areas, but you'd be better off talking to other Mods about magazines. Mostly. Unless it's the British edition. Then it's only "Probably". I've done one entire series single-handed and I'll probably do "[SF] Impulse" at some point too.

And I now have a large collection of "Stuff" that is either interesting, daunting, or a fire-risk: see below.

Corgi

Prefix 0552 from 1968-2005. Although we also have a couple of 'Black Swan' pubs with "055299" prefixes, this is a pretty reliable check (over 200 good pubs verified).

Fontana Books

000613	1975-1979 (I have none of this range)
000614	1977-1980
000615	1979-1980
000616	1980-1991 (I have none of this range)
000617	1986-1993

Coronet

Mostly covered by these prefixes, although these may also be credited to Hodder & Stoughton: 

03400	1972-1981
03401	1972-1982
03402	1976-1982
03403	1984

Arrow / Legend

Arrow is usually 0099 prefix, but this also covers the Legend imprint. It also covers Mysterious Press which is/was an imprint of Arrow Books, and Red Fox and Vintage: but these are unlikely to be SF.

Sidgwick & Jackson

0283 prefix: although this may be also used for paperback publications in association with the New English library.

Star

03523 1975-1989 May be credited as "W. H. Allen-Star".

Magnum

04170 Prefix, 1977-1981

Unwin / Unicorn

Not many SF authors, Tolkien being the most notable, but has handled Tanith Lee, Robert Holdstock, M. John Harrison and Guy Gavriel Kay. Prefixes 004440 and 004823. More likely to publish SF under the "Unicorn" imprint.

NEL (New English Library)

Also covers Souvenir Press and Four Square imprints, but these are likely to be pre-ISBN. 

02839	1976-1982
03406	1994-1999
03407	1999-2004
03408	2004
04500	1969-1997
04503	1986-1993
04504	1987-1990
04505	1989-1994
04506	1994-1995

0340 overlaps with Hodder: 02839 with Sidgwick & Jackson: 0450 is pretty clear though.

Penguin, Puffin, Peacock, Roc

01400	1969-1987
01401	1987-1995
01402	1995-2001

Children's imprints: 

01403	Puffin	1969-2007
01413	Puffin	2002-2007
01404	Peacock	1978-1979

Gets complicated with Roc imprint: 

04514	Penguin/Roc	1990-2007

Pan

0330 Prefix 1967-2006. Now includes 03304 Picador, and Pan Macmillan begins to really mess things up.

Piccolo

Children's book imprint of Pan. 

03302 1973-1985

Methuen

04131	1987-1988
04133	1975-1976
04134	1986-1987
04135	1983-1987
04136	1986
04137	2002 (Methuen Drama)


Wyndham / Universal / Target / Virgin / W. H. Allen / Dr Who Books

0426 prefix, mainly for Doctor Who and spin-offs.

Heinemann

043400	1987-1997

Faber and Faber

0571 prefix.

Gollancz / VGSF / Orion / Millennium

Mayflower

05831 prefix, 1969-1982
This prefix may also be credited to Granada from 1978-1984, or Grafton from 1985-1988.

Beaver

Children's imprint of Hamlyn, so shares prefix of 06003. Most notable author John Christopher.

Mandarin

An imprint of Octopus UK, whoever they are. 

074930	1989-1993
074931	1992-1995

Colin Smythe

Only two books here so far: original publisher of Terry Pratchett. Prefix 086140

Titan

Reprinted a lot of Star Trek Pocket books. 

185286	1987-1993

Panther Books

ISBN Ranges from all verified books: 

058601	1970-1983
058602	1969-1984
058603	1970-1981
058604	1974-1985
058605	1980-1985
058606	1984-1986

Note: These prefixes were also used by Granada 1973-1986. The 0586 prefix was also used by Grafton, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Voyager, Paladin and Triad, who also used the 058607-058600 ranges Panther and Granada didn't.

Granada also used prefixes: 

024611	1982 (only 1 sample)
024612	1984-1985
058311	1984
058312	1978-1984
058313	1980-1983

Grafton also used prefixes: 

000765	1996
024612	1986
024613	1987-1991
058311	1985-1988
058312	1987
058313	1987-1988
058607	1987-1991
058620	1986-1992
058621	1991-1993

Orbit Books


ISBN Ranges from my verified books: 

070888	1978-1992   (Most common prefix before takeover)
070881	1989
070883	1987-1988 
070884	1989-1991
070885	1992
086007	1974-1992   (Second most common prefix before takeover)
072214	1991        (Reprint of Sphere book)
072219	1990        (Reprints of Sphere books)
074740	1990-1991
184149	2000-200604 (Second most common prefix after takeover)
185723	1992-2004   (Most common prefix after takeover)
  • Trade Emblem: Looks like a mushroom in a circle, but is probably meant to be an O with a T in. See Jandar of Callisto.


  • 1974-1975: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications Limited", "49 Poland Street, London W1A 2LG".
  • ISBN prefix 08600.


  • 1975-1976: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications Limited", "Warner Road, London SE5".
  • ISBN prefix 08600.


  • 1976-1977: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications Limited", "110 Warner Road, Camberwell, London SE5".
  • ISBN prefix 08600.


  • 1978: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications Limited", "110 Warner Road, Camberwell, London SE5".
  • ISBN prefix 07088 introduced.


  • 1979: No samples


  • 1980-1981: Company Name and Address: "MacDonald Futura Publishers Limited", "Paulton House, 8 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7LW".
  • ISBN prefix 08600 still used on reprints, 07088 on new.


  • 1981: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Holywell House, Worship Street, London EC2A 2EN".


  • 1982: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Maxwell House, 74 Worship Street, London EC2A 2EN".


  • 1983: No sample.


  • 1984-85: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Maxwell House, 74 Worship Street, London EC2A 2EN". "A BPCC plc Company".


  • 1986-87: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7QX". "A BPCC plc Company".


  • 1988: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7QX". "A member of Maxwell Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".


  • 1988-1989: Company Name and Address: "Futura Publications. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 66-73 Shoe Lane, London EC4P 4AB". "A member of Maxwell Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".


  • 1990: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Orbit House, 1 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AR". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".
  • First use of 07474 ISBN Prefix.


  • 1990: Company Name and Address: "Sphere Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Orbit House, 1 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AR". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".
  • First use of 07221 ISBN Prefix for Orbit?


  • 1991: Company Name and Address: "Sphere Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Orbit House, 1 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AR". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".


  • 1991: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Orbit House, 1 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AR". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".


  • 1991: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 165 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YA". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Corporation PLC".


  • 1991: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 165 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YA". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Publishing Corporation PLC". (No "Pergamon")


  • 1992: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 165 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YA". "A member of Maxwell MacMillan Publishing Corporation".


  • 1992: Company Name and Address: "Orbit Books. A Division of Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited. 165 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YA".
  • 185723 prefix introduced.


  • 1993: Company Name and Address: "Orbit. A Division of Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited. 165 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YA".


  • 1994-2001: Company Name and Address: "Orbit. A Division of Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited. Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN".


  • 2002-2003: Company Name and Address: "Orbit. An imprint of Time Warner Books UK. Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN".


  • 2004-2006: Company Name and Address: "Orbit. An imprint of Time Warner Book Group UK. Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN".


  • 2006: Company Name and Address: "Orbit. An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group Ltd. Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN". A member of the Hachette Livre Group of companies.


Oddities: 07474 Prefix ends in 1991? 185723 Prefix starts in 1992, ends 2004? BLongley 07:57, 24 Dec 2007 (CST)

Sphere Books

Stub for future Publisher page, trying to establish who owned the imprint when, etc. Created from examining a sample of my own publications, one or more from each year.


ISBN Ranges from my verified books: 

07221 	1970-1990 (Then taken over by Orbit)
074740 	1988-1989 (Later used by Orbit)


  • 1967: Company listed as "Sphere Books Limited, London"
  • No ISBN, but serial number is usually last five digits of the theoretical ISBN if the prefix '07221' is used.
  • Credits Ballantine Books Inc. first printings.
  • Trade Emblem: Usually Circle with Red upper half, Black lower half. Colours varied when on a cover of similar colour, e.g. Needle in a Timestack or The Towers of Toron


  • 1968: Company listed as "Sphere Books Limited", Address given as "40, Park Street, London W1"
  • No ISBN, but serial number is usually last five digits of the theoretical ISBN if the prefix '07221' is used.
  • Trade Emblem: As 1967.


  • 1969: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "40, Park Street, London W1"
  • No ISBN, but serial number is usually last five digits of the theoretical ISBN if the prefix '07221' is used.
  • Trade Emblem: Stylised Globe, e.g. Hothouse


  • Also 1969, and in 1970: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London W.C.1"
  • No ISBN, but serial number is usually last five digits of the theoretical ISBN if the prefix '07221' is used.
  • Trade Emblem: As above.


  • 1971-1985: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8JL"
  • ISBNs started being printed in full in 1971, prefix '07221' is used.
  • Trade Emblem: As above.


  • 1986: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "27/28 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ"
  • Trade Emblem: As above.


  • 1987: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ" (N.B. No longer at 28 as well.)
  • Starts mentioning Penguin Books, which has same address.
  • Trade Emblem: As above.


  • 1988: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ"
  • Stated as "Published by the Penguin group."
  • Trade Emblem: As above.
  • First time "07474" ISBN prefix appears.


  • 1989: Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd", Address given as "27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ"
  • Stated as "Published by the Penguin group."
  • Trade Emblem: As above.
  • 07721 and 07474 prefixes used.


  • 1990: Stated as "An Orbit book." Company listed as "Sphere Books Ltd. A Division of MacDonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd"
  • "A Member of Maxwell Macmillan Pergamon Publishing corporation."
  • Address given as "1, New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1AR"
  • 07721 and 07474 prefixes used.


Oddities: 1977 "08600" prefix pubs: 0860079554 and 0860079619. Futura pubs?

Corgi SF Collector's Library

(Dumping ground for future Publication Series)
Earth Abides
Fantastic Voyage
More Than Human
Reach for Tomorrow
Star Surgeon
The Dreaming Jewels
The Illustrated Man
The Inner Landscape
The Other Side of the Sky
The Shape of Further Things

Barefoot in the Head

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Billion Year Spree
Fahrenheit 451
I Sing the Body Electric!
Intangibles Inc
Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations
The City and the Stars
The Star Rover
A for Andromeda 1975? Andromeda Breakthrough 0552099392 1975?
Dandelion wine 0552098825 1975?
Dragonflight 0552092363 1973?
Farnham's Freehold 0552100676 1976?
Hospital Station 0552102148 1976?
Something Wicked This Way Comes 0552100439 1975?
Tales of Ten Worlds 0552097853 1975?
The Golden Apples of the Sun 0-552-09333-5 1973?
The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night 0552098299 1975?
The Menace from Earth 0552093343 1973?
The Mysterious Island 0552100889 1976?
The Shape of Things to Come 055209532X 1974?
The Silver Locusts 0552097845 1975?
The Wind from the Sun 0552096547 1974?
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 0552098833 1975?

Recent Acquisitions

The Brian Stableford collection is going to take some time to go through. If you see anything especially of interest here, let me know. I'm just going to record what there is for now, and what my future intentions for it are. BLongley 14:06, 14 Jul 2007 (CDT)

Just to make it clear: Knud Lam has expressed an interest in preserving the ENTIRE physical collection, I think: I have no Danish language skills and it seems my English isn't that clear to Danes either, as I have had to apologize several times over about my perceived intentions. I'm currently keeping these items and the other boxes/bags stored, and many items are of ISFDB interest. If anyone is interested in entering the ISFDB-relevant data, then I'm happy to let you borrow the items, on the understanding that Knud wants the physical copies eventually. Knud seems happy to allow researchers access to the physical editions, but he has a ten-year backlog of work already and I don't want to put the burden of data-entry on him alone! BLongley 16:42, 18 Jul 2007 (CDT)



Looking for good home.
The Wellsian - The Journal of the the H. G. Wells Society. Essay Contents listed here already, has reviews as well. Issues 4, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26.
The H. G. Wells Newsletter. Summer 1986, Autumn 1995, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002.
Science Fiction Research Association Newsletter. 98-125, 127-128, 130-131, 145, Annual Directory 1983, 1984.
Friends of Foundation newsletter: 2,3,4,5, 10, 18, 20.
The Ghost Story Society newsletter: 9 -13
Inception (Storm Constantine Information Service) 6,7,8,10
An Occasional Axolotl (ditto): 5,6
Zene: 15-18,20-24
Scavenger's Scrapbook: Dec 97, Jan 99, Jun 99, Jan 2000, June 2000
Light's List 1996, 2003, 2005
Braquemard 1,8
Buzzwords 11,12
Australian SF News 21,22, 24
Fantasy Newsletter 28-38
Horror 1,2,3/4,5
Tangent 18,19
The Scream Factory 11,12 Equinox 3 Quantum 41, 42

Nongenre Goth zines (maybe some relevant Vampire stuff?) to go, between one and half-a-dozen of each title
Asylum 1,2
The Penny Dreadfull 1,2,3, 6, 8
Decrepit 1,2
The Naked Truth 3, 7-10
Bats and Red Velvet 9,10, 18,19,20
Screem in the Dark 8-10
For the Blood is the Life: Autumn 89, Spring/Summer 1994, 12, 22,23 Specials 2, 3
The Velvet Vampyre 21, 23,24,25, 27,28,29,30
Re Vamped
Udolphu Mar/Jun/Sep/Win 94, Spr/Sum/Aut/Win 95, Spr/Sum/Aut/Win 96, Spr/Sum/Aut/Win 97
Crimson 22-26
Bloodstone 2-5
The Gothic Grimoire (German) (1-3)



To read:
Counterclock: 4,5,6,7
The Patchin Review: 3,6.
The Alien Critic: 6,11,13
World SF directories and Newsletters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10-17,22.
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts newsletter: Sum 88, Fall 88, Win 89, Fall 90, Sum 91, Fall 91, Win 91, Sum 92, Fall Win 92-93.
Focus: an S.F. Writers magazine. 5-10.
Out of the Woodwork: 1
Black Hole (Leeds University zine)
Australian Science Fiction Review: May, Sep 1986.


To research: British Fantasy Society Bulletins/newsletters: LOTS!
SFWA Bulletin: 41,42, 44-46, 54-78
SFWA Forum: 44-47, 49-74,76, 81-87, 100-106,108-113, 116-120, 122
SFWA Bylaws
SFWA Directory, 80, 82,83, 87
Science Fiction Review: 28, 32-36, 38-55, 78-83, 85-87, 89,90, 92, 96, 97, 99, 101 and 1984 Index to the reviews of 64-74.

Stuff I can't even read beyond the title:
Solar X , Aorta, Proxima, Styx, Phenix, Mandlad Alfa.


BSFA Stuff already claimed but temporarily with me:
Matrix (Lots)
Vector (Lots)
Paperback Inferno (Lots)
Paperback Parlour (Lots)
Focus (dozens)
BSFA Newsletter (dozens)

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