Del Rey Books
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Del Rey Books is a branch of Ballantine Books, which is owned by Random House. It is a separate imprint established in 1977 under the editorship of author Lester del Rey and his wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. It specializes in science fiction and fantasy books, as well as manga under its Del Rey Manga imprint.
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[edit] Authors
- Isaac Asimov
- Amber Benson
- Terry Brooks
- Jack L. Chalker
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Dan Cragg
- Philip K. Dick
- Stephen Donaldson
- David Eddings
- Alan Dean Foster
- Gregory Frost
- Christopher Golden
- Barbara Hambly
- Katherine Kurtz
- James Luceno
- Anne McCaffrey
- Larry Niven
- H. P. Lovecraft
- David Sherman
[edit] Series
- The first book published by the imprint was The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks in 1977.
- Del Rey novelized the Robotech series across over 20 books since 1987.
- Del Rey is currently the publisher of the adult Star Wars novels while Scholastic Press deals with young reader Star Wars books.
- Del Rey novelized the popular video game series Halo.
- Del Rey is the publisher for the Ghosts of Albion novels by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden.
- Accursed (October 2005)
- Witchery (September 2006)
- A series of tie-in novels with the film Batman Begins was published throughout 2006 and 2007.
- Batman: Dead White (July 2006)
- Batman: Inferno (October 2006)
- Batman: Fear Itself (February 2007)
[edit] Criticism
Del Rey's standings for Star Wars in their New Jedi Order-Legacy of the Force series have come under harsh criticism of fans of Bantam Books and the Star Wars: Original Trilogy. Detractors complain that there is not enough variety to the books, that every series has been a galaxy-level war, and that the series has been too dark.
[edit] External links
- Del Rey Online - official site
