Phoenix Pick
Phoenix Pick is the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor Publishers based in Rockville, Maryland, United States.
Parent company | Arc Manor |
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Founded | 2007 |
Founder | Shahid Mahmud |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Rockville, Maryland |
Publication types | Books |
Fiction genres | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Official website | www |
Phoenix Pick publishes many classic and semi-classic works of science fiction and fantasy. These include Dark Universe (1961) and Simulacron-3 (1964) by Daniel F. Galouye, Lest Darkness Fall and Related Stories (1939) by L. Sprague de Camp (with the related stories by Frederik Pohl, David Drake, and S. M. Stirling) and The Long Tomorrow (1955) by Leigh Brackett.
In 2010, Phoenix Pick published two novellas nominated for the Nebula Award: "Act One" by Nancy Kress and '"Arkfall" by Carolyn Gilman. "Act One" was also nominated for the Hugo Award. That year, Phoenix Pick also published Ceres by L. Neil Smith, a finalist for the Prometheus Award.
Other publications include Alexei and Cory Panshin's Hugo-Award-winning study on science fiction, The World Beyond the Hill (1989) and the Phoenix Science Fiction Classics series. The series publishes a number of annotated classic texts (with commentary) specifically geared toward college students. PSF Classics is edited by Paul Cook, and authors represented in this series include H. G. Wells and Jules Verne. Additionally, Phoenix Pick promotes Arc Manor's bimonthly Galaxy's Edge magazine.[1]
The Stellar Guild
In July 2011, Phoenix Pick announced The Stellar Guild series. With five-time Hugo Award winner Mike Resnick as editor, the series pairs bestselling science fiction and fantasy authors with lesser known authors to help give them greater visibility. Each writer in the pair contributes a story set in the same universe, specifically written for the series.[2]
The books published through November 2015 are:
- Tau Ceti by Kevin J. Anderson with Steven Savile (November 14, 2011)[3] — Story of The Beacon, a generation ship launched from an Earth tearing itself apart from its exhaustive demand for resources and aimed at Sarbras, a habitable planet circling Tau Ceti.
- Reboots by Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin (November 26, 2011)[3] — Follows a mixed crew consisting of zombies, werewolves and vampires in the closed confines of a spacecraft.
- On the Train by Harry Turtledove and Rachel Turtledove (September 25, 2012)[3]
- When the Blue Shift Comes by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (October 25, 2012)[3]
- New Under the Sun by Nancy Kress and Therese Pieczynski (November 15, 2013)[3]
- The Aethers of Mars by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon (May 6, 2014)[3]
- Red Tide by Larry Niven and Brad R. Torgersen/Matthew J. Harrington (October 15, 2014)[3]
- INCI by Mike Resnick and Tina Gower (August 19, 2015)[3]
- Wishing on a Star by Jody Lynn Nye and Angelina Adams (November 14, 2015)[3]
Authors published
- Kevin J. Anderson
- Poul Anderson
- A. A. Attanasio
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- J. F. Bone
- Leigh Brackett
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Terry Gene Carr
- Jack L. Chalker
- Paul Cook
- L. Sprague de Camp
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- David Drake
- Eric Flint
- Michael Flynn
- Daniel F. Galouye
- Carolyn Ives Gilman
- Tom Godwin
- Terence M. Green
- Karen Haber
- Joe Haldeman
- Edmond Hamilton
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Frank Herbert
- James P. Hogan
- Kij Johnson
- Nancy Kress
- Mercedes Lackey
- Jay Lake
- Stephen Leigh
- Edward M. Lerner
- Cody Martin
- A. Merritt
- Larry Niven
- Andre Norton
- Alexei Panshin
- Cory Panshin
- Frederik Pohl
- Mike Resnick
- Steven Savile
- Charles Sheffield
- Mary Shelley
- Joan Slonczewski
- L. Neil Smith
- Christopher Stasheff
- S. M. Stirling
- Victoria Strauss
- Harry Turtledove
- Jules Verne
- Jack Williamson
- Aaron S. Zelman
References
- Galaxy's Edge. PhoenixPick.com. Arc Manor. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- "Best Selling Fiction Authors Sign On to New Publishing Project Assisting Newer Authors". PRWeb. July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
- "The Stellar Guild Series". Retrieved February 22, 2015.