Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and

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. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of

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History

Solaris Books was founded in February 2007 by

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, to trade alongside their existing licence-based imprint the Black Library, and the then-existing Black Flame imprint. When asked why BLP had started the new imprint, Consulting Editor George Mann stated that "...between... the major corporate publishers... and... the small and independent press... there seems to be little or no room left for the midlist," and that Solaris would provide a mass-market platform for up-and-coming writers, or established writers with smaller readerships. In September 2009, it was announced that Solaris Books had been bought by Rebellion Developments, who also publish comics and graphic novels under '' 2000 AD'' imprint and genre fiction under the Abaddon Books imprint, for an undisclosed sum. The imprint came under the leadership of Abaddon editor

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, who ran both imprints side by side as Editor-in-Chief, along with editors David Moore and Jenni Hill. The new team continues to publish books in the Solaris tradition, maintaining existing relationships with authors such as Brian Lumley, Andy Remic and Juliet McKenna and also discovering new voices in the SF and fantasy genres. As of August 2010, Solaris had published seventy-three titles by twenty-nine authors, including anthologies and new editions of out-of-print titles.

Authors

* Adam Roberts *

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* Ben Jeapes * Brian Lumley * Christopher Fowler * Chris Roberson * Ed Greenwood * Emily Gee * Eric Brown *

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Gareth L. Powell Gareth Lyn Powell (born 1970) is a British author of science fiction. His works include the ''Embers of War'' trilogy, the ''Continuance'' series, the ''Ack-Ack Macaque'' trilogy, ''Light Chaser'' (co-written with Peter F. Hamilton), and ''Abou ...

* George Mann * Ian Whates * James Goss *

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* James Maxey * Juliet McKenna * Keith Brooke * Natasha Rhodes * Paul Kearney * Silvia Moreno-Garcia *

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* Weston Ochse

Publications

*'' Arch Wizard'' (by Ed Greenwood, December 2008, ) *'' Bitterwood'' (by James Maxey, July 2007, ) *''Dante's Girl'' (by Natasha Rhodes, March 2007, ) *'' Dark Lord'' (by Ed Greenwood, September 2007, ) *''

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'' (by Jeffrey Thomas, March 2007, ) *''

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'': (by Eric Brown, June 2007, ) *''House of Fear Anthology edited by

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*'' Infinity Plus'' (edited by Keith Brooke and

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, August 2007, ) *''Phoenicia's Worlds'' (by Ben Jeapes, 2013) *'' Set the Seas on Fire'' (by Chris Roberson, August 2007, ) *''

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'' (by Adam Roberts, September 2007, ) *''The Solaris Book of New Fantasy'' (edited by George Mann, December 2007, ) *''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction'' (edited by George Mann, February 2007, ) * ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Three'' (edited by George Mann, 2009, ) * ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two'' (edited by George Mann, 2008, ) *'' The Summoner'' (by

, February 2007, ) *''The Touch'' (by Brian Lumley, March 2007, ) *''Thief With No Shadow'' (by Emily Gee, May 2007, )

Awards

* Alastair Reynolds' story "The Fixation", from ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three,'' won the 2009 Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Short Form). * Chris Roberson's ''The Dragon's Nine Sons'' won the 2008 Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Long Form). * Ellen Datlow's ''Poe Anthology'' won the 2010

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for Best Dark Genre Anthology (Readers' Choice), and the 2010

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for an Edited Anthology, and was nominated for the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. *

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's story " Evil Robot Monkey", from ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Two,'' was nominated for the 2009

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for Best Short Story. * Mary Rosenblum's story "Sacrifice", from ''Sideways in Crime,'' won the 2008 Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Short Form).

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's story "The People's Machine", and Kristine Kathryn Rusch's story "G-Men", both from ''Sideways in Crime,'' were nominated in the same category. *

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's story "One of Our Bastards is Missing", from ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three,'' was nominated for the 2010

for Best Novelette. * Stephen Baxter's story "Last Contact", from ''The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction,'' was a finalist in the 2008

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for Short Story and a nominee for the 2008

for

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.2008 Hugo Award Nominees
The Hugo Awards, 21 March 2008

Notes

References

Solaris Books
at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

External links

* {{Rebellion Developments Rebellion Developments British companies established in 2007 Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom