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Avalon Books
Avalon Books (originally Bouregy & Curl) was a small New York City, New York-based book publishing imprint (trade name), imprint owned by Thomas Bouregy & Company. Established in 1950 by Thomas Bouregy, it would be run by his daughter, Ellen Bouregy Mickelsen, from 1995 to 2012 when it was sold to Amazon (company), Amazon. Avalon was an important science fiction imprint in the 1950s and 60s; later its specialty was mystery and romance books. On June 4, 2012 it was announced that Amazon had purchased the imprint and its back-list of about 3,000 titles. Amazon said it would publish the books through the various imprints of Amazon Publishing. Science fiction era In the 1950s and 60s Avalon specialized in science fiction. It issued hardcover material in the genre during the period, particularly in the earlier portion. Avalon issued new titles, reissued out of print titles originally from other publishers, and first editions of material that had previously only seen magazine publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Publishing
Amazon Publishing (or simply APub) is Amazon's book publishing unit launched in 2009. It is composed of 15 imprints including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Montlake Romance, Thomas & Mercer, 47North, and Topple Books. Amazon publishes e-books via its Kindle Direct Publishing subsidiary. History In May 2009, Amazon launched AmazonEncore, the inaugural flagship general imprint. It publishes titles that have gone out-of-print or self-published books with sales potential. The first book published under this imprint was Cayla Kluver's ''Legacy'' in August 2009. This was followed by ten more books in Fall 2010. AmazonCrossing was announced in May 2010, for translated works into English. The first translated books were the French-language novel '' The King of Kahel'' and the German-language novel ''The Hangman's Daughter'' which were released in November and December 2010, respectively. In May 2011, Amazon launched two genre-focused imprints, Montlake Romance, and Thomas & Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly Banister
Manly may refer to: Places Australia * Manly, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Manly Council, a former local government area in Sydney ** Electoral district of Manly, an electorate in the NSW State Government ** Manly Beach, a beach * Manly, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane ** Manly railway station ** Electoral district of Manly (Queensland), an electoral district from 1986 to 1992 United States * Manly, Iowa, a city * Manly, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Lake Manly, a former rift lake in California, US New Zealand * Manly, New Zealand, a suburb on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula north of Auckland Sports * Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, a team in the Australian National Rugby League * Wynnum Manly Seagulls, a rugby league team in Brisbane, Australia * Manly RUFC, a rugby union team in Manly, New South Wales, Australia Other uses * Manly (name), a surname and a given name * '' Mr. Manly'', an American radio program * ''Manly Daily'', an Australian newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ulrich Giesy
John Ulrich Giesy (August 6, 1877 – September 8, 1947) was an American physician, novelist and author. He was one of the early writers in the Sword and Planet genre, with his Jason Croft series. He collaborated with Junius B. Smith on many of his stories. Career Giesy was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA. Robert Weinberg (author), Robert Weinberg's website described the series of stories starring Jason Croft as "[o]ne of the most popular scientific romance trilogies published in ''All-Story Weekly'' magazine of the first quarter of the 20th century." Giesy also wrote for other pulp magazines such as ''Argosy (magazine), Argosy'', ''Adventure (magazine), Adventure'' and ''Weird Tales''. Giesy's 1915 novel ''All For His Country'' is a story of a future Invasion literature, invasion of the US by the Japanese. Because ''All For His Country'' depicts Japanese-Americans living in California helping the invasion, some critics have cited it as an exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar J
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer José Oscar Bernardi * Oscar (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior * Oscar (Irish mythology), son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall Places in the United States * Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community * Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township * Lake Oscar (other) Animals * Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws * Oscar (bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan England
George Allan England (February 9, 1877 - June 26, 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. Life England was born in Nebraska. He attended Harvard University, where he received Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees. In 1912 he stood for Governor of Maine as the candidate of the Socialist Party of America. In that election, he finished in third place with 2,081 votes (1.47%). England died in a hospital in New Hampshire, although there is a legend that he disappeared on a treasure hunt. Science fiction England's writing career took place mainly in New York and Maine. Many of his works have a socialist theme. Influences on England's writing include H. G. Wells, Jack London and Algernon Blackwood.Richard A. Lupoff, "England, George Allan" in '' Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers'' by Curtis C. Smith. St. James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Detzer
Diane Detzer de Reyna (May 13, 1930 – 1992) was an American science fiction writer in the 1960s, under her own name and the pseudonyms Adam Lukens and Jorge de Reyna. Early life Dorothy Diane Detzer was from Ridgefield, Connecticut, the daughter of August J. Detzer, a Navy captain, and Dorothy Allee Shields Detzer. Her grandmother, Laura Goshorn Detzer, was the first public librarian in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her aunt, Dorothy Detzer, was a prominent peace activist. Her uncle, Karl Detzer, was a screenwriter and an editor at ''Reader's Digest''. Diane Detzer attended Barnard College, the Pennsylvania State University, and a secretarial school in Newtown, Connecticut Newtown ( ) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Greater Danbury area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705, and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2020 census, its p .... Career Books by Detzer (as Adam Lukens, Adam de Lukens, Jorge de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Del Rey
Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, subsequently Random House, working for his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey’s imprint, Del Rey. Biography Original name Del Rey often told people that his real name was Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey (and sometimes facetiously even Ramón Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heartcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez del Rey y de los Verdes Stableford, Brian and Clute, John.del Rey, Lester, '' Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. Retrieved September 9, 2020.). However, his sister has confirmed that his name was in fact Leonard Knapp. He also claimed that his family was killed in a car accident in 1935. In reality, the accident only killed his first wife. Career Writing career Del Rey first starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Cummings
Ray Cummings (born Raymond King Cummings) (August 30, 1887 – January 23, 1957) was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books. Early life Cummings was born in New York City in 1887. He worked with Thomas Edison as a personal assistant from 1914 to 1919, where he arranged phonograph record albums and wrote labels for Edison Records. Facsimiles of his signature appear on many of the labels. Literary career Cummings is identified as one of the "founding fathers" of the science fiction genre. His most highly regarded fictional work was the novel '' The Girl in the Golden Atom'' published in 1922, which was a consolidation of a short story by the same name published in 1919 (where Cummings combined the idea of Fitz James O'Brien's ''The Diamond Lens'' with H. G. Wells's ''The Time Machine'') and a sequel, ''The People of the Golden Atom'', published in 1920. Before taking book form, several of Cummings's stories appeared serialized in pulp magazines. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunt Collins
Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Albert Lombino; October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of ''87th Precinct'' novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of police procedural genre. His other notable works include ''The Blackboard Jungle'', a semi-autobiographical novel about life in a troubled inner-city school, which was adapted into a hit 1955 film of the same name. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film '' The Birds'', based on the Daphne du Maurier short story. Hunter, who legally adopted that name in 1952, also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon and Richard Marsten, among others. Life Early life Salvatore Lombino was born and raised in New York City. He lived in East Harlem until age 12, when his family moved to the Bronx. He attended Olinville Junior High School (later Richard R. Green Middle School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanton A
Stanton may refer to: Places United Kingdom East of England * Stanton, Suffolk * Stanton Chare, Suffolk East Midlands * Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote * Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire * Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire * Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire * Stanton Moor, Derbyshire * Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire * Stanton Hill, Nottinghamshire North East * Stanton, Northumberland South East * Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire * Stanton St John, Oxfordshire South West * Stanton, Gloucestershire * Stanton Drew, Bristol * Stanton Prior, Somerset * Stanton Wick, Somerset * Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire * Stanton St Bernard, Wiltshire * Stanton St Quintin, Wiltshire West Midlands * Stanton, Staffordshire, a village * Stanton Lacy, Shropshire * Stanton Long, Shropshire * Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire United States Populated places * Stanton, California * Stanton, Delaware * Stanton, Iowa * Stanton, Kansas * Stanton, Kentucky * St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Marlowe
Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American literature, American author of science fiction, Mystery fiction, mystery novels, and autobiography, fictional autobiographies of Francisco Goya, Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created for the 1955 novel ''The Second Longest Night''. Lesser also wrote using the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder, and Ellery Queen (house name), Ellery Queen. Biography Lesser attended the College of William & Mary, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang soon after graduating. He was drafted into the United States Army, U.S. Army during the Korean War. He and his wife divorced in 1962. He was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988 for ''The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus'', and in 1997 he was awarded the Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis W
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French ''curteis'' (Modern French">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''curteis'' (Modern French ''courtois'') which was in turn derived from Latin ''cohors''. Nicknames include Curt, Curty and Curtie. The name means "polite, courteous, or well-bred". It is a compound of ''curt-'' "court" and ''-eis'' "-ish". The spelling ''u'' to render in Old French was mainly Anglo-Norman and Norman, when the spelling ''o'' was the usual Parisian French one, Modern French ''ou'' ''-eis'' is the Old French suffix for ''-ois'', Western French (including Anglo-Norman) keeps ''-eis'', simplified to ''-is'' in English. The word ''court'' shares the same etymology but retains a Modern French spelling, after the orthography had changed. It was brought to England (and subsequently, the rest of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
