ADVENT: PUBLISHERS

ADVENT: PUBLISHERS
   Chicago-based specialist publishing house, owned by sf fans, which publishes critical and bibliographical material. The first book was Damon KNIGHT's In Search of Wonder (1956); other notable volumes include James BLISH's two collections of critical essays (as William Atheling Jr) and, later, his posthumous The Tale that Wags the God (coll 1987), as by Blish. A: P's most important scholarly publication has been Donald H.TUCK's The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968 (vol 1 1974; vol 2 1978; vol 3 1982). See also: SMALL PRESSES AND LIMITED EDITIONS.

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