Bantam Spectra is the science fiction division of American publishing company
Bantam Books
Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Sidney B. K ...
, which is owned by
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
.
According to their website, Spectra publishes "science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and speculative novels from recognizable authors". Spectra authors have collectively won 31 such awards in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, and been nominated on 132 occasions. These authors include the following:
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Anthony Ballantyne
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Bruce Sterling
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Catherine Asaro
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Catherynne Valente
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Charles Platt
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Christopher Barzak
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Connie Willis
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Dan Simmons
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David Brin
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author. He has won the Hugo Award, Hugo,
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David J Williams
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Doug Beason
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Elisabeth Vonarburg
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Elizabeth Bear
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Elizabeth Hand
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Ellen Kushner
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George R. R. Martin
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Gregory Benford
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Ian McDonald
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Jamil Nasir
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Joe Lansdale
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John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
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Justina Robson
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Karen Fowler
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Kelley Armstrong
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...
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Lisa Goldstein
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Liz Williams
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M. K. Hobson
M. K. Hobson (born January 21, 1969) is an American speculative fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 she was a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her debut novel The Native Star was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award. She lives in Oregon City, Oregon.
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Maggie Furey
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Margaret Ogden
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Margaret Weis
Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is f ...
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Mark Budz
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Michael McQuay
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Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque.
Stephenson's work explores mathemati ...
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Patrice Murphy
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Patricia Geary
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Paula Volsky
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Richard Grant
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Robert Charles Wilson
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Roberta MacAvoy
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Roger MacBride Allen
Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and grew up outside of Washington, D.C., graduating from Walt Whitman High School. He graduated from Boston University ...
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Scott Lynch
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Sheri Tepper
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T. A. Pratt
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Tim Lebbon
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Tracy Hickman
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William Gibson
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William McCarthy
Bantam Spectra series
Star Wars
More than 20 ''Star Wars'' novels have been published under the Bantam Spectra Imprint. Notable Spectra ''Star Wars'' novels include
Timothy Zahn's blockbuster ''Thrawn Trilogy'',
Barbara Hambly's ''
Children of the Jedi'', and others. Eventually
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in December 10, 1971 in San Rafael, California, and later moved to San Francisco in 2005. It is best known for creating and producing th ...
, which owns ''Star Wars'', decided to have
Scholastic and
Del Rey publish their books, leading to the end of the Bantam Spectra Star Wars era.
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American speculative fiction publishers
Random House
Science fiction publishers
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