GREENWOOD PRESS

   US specialist publishing house, based in Westport, Connecticut, whose books are largely academic and sometimes bibliographical; it has a special interest in sf, and is one of the major academic publishers in this area. GP has published commentaries on sf by Martha A. Bartter (1989), Thomas D.CLARESON (1984), Bud Foote (1990), Donald M. HASSLER (1982), John J. PIERCE (1987 and 1989), Gary K. WOLFE (1986) and others, and anthologies of critical essays on sf ed Michael R. COLLINGS, Thomas P. Dunn and Richard D. Erlich, Martin H. GREENBERG, Robert E. Myers, Donald Palumbo,Robert Reilly, Carl B. YOKE and others, many in GP's Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series, which began in 1982 and has (by 1992) published over 40 volumes. Some of the anthologies have been selected from conference proceedings of the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Other GP books are the splendidScience Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines (1985) ed Marshall B. TYMN and Mike ASHLEY, and A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (1988) by Robert E. WEINBERG, both standard references. GP has also published complete runs of many famous sf magazines (mostly PULP MAGAZINES) in microfiche, including AMZ, Planet Stories and Startling Stories.

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   See also: SF IN THE CLASSROOM.