HYPERION PRESS

   US publisher based in Westport, Connecticut. HP's relevance to sf is through its photographically reproduced reprint series, Classics of Science Fiction; HP was the first publisher to undertake such a series,preceding ARNO PRESS, GARLAND and GREGG PRESS. The series editor was Sam MOSKOWITZ, who also provided introductions to many of the volumes; thebooks selected were primarily drawn from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first series, published 1974, had 23 vols; the second, published 1976, had 19 vols. HP also brought back into print 6 anthologies and collections of criticism by Moskowitz.

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